The insulation guy was very nice, helping Joe out with the bathroom. I made him some coffee and convinced him to let me make him a sandwich (becca, "can I make you a sandwich?" haha!!) He seemed kind of lonely because it took him about an hour and a half to give us the bid - which, unfortunately, was outrageous. Still, nice guy.
I went to my meeting. Apparently to use my gift certificate I have to pay $300. A short rant is coming up:
I absolutely HATE it when people use "financing options" as an incentive to buy something you can't afford. I said "sorry, we just haven't budgeted for a random $300, and if I had that money to spend anywhere, I'd spend it somewhere else." Her response: "Well, we do have easy monthly payment options." Ugh, this is how people get sucked into debt! I feel ill every time I see those signs. If you must go into debt, go to school or buy a house, then work like crazy to pay it off. You shouldn't go into debt for fancy furniture or spa services, that's sick. And I understand that people have to make their own decisions, but if I had a business, I would not offer financing, and I would say why! And I would have copies of Dave Ramsey's book for sale! If someone told me, "your product is out of my price range" I would say "I respect your budget. Might I suggest a cheaper option, or coming back later? We want to support financially healthy families."
Ha! How's THAT for family friendly!
Anyway. I took Joe's car to the appointment, then went to Costco and got car batteries (his needs replacing too) then went to Safeway and got water. Hopefully the water in our house will be fixed tomorrow so I can wash all those wet rags and finish the half-washed load in the dishwasher! At Costco I returned some stuff and got the money back from the coupons I forgot.
I am soooo ready to relax tonight, but I'm going to clean instead. Joe is hard at work so I should be, too.
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Oh my goodness! That's crazyness with the bathroom, Joe is sure learning a lot in the process I am sure. :) Its so awesome you have a hubby willing to do all that work.
ReplyDeleteOh and I agree about financing options, so crazy. Pretty sure that's how the people before us lost their house. It was so nice of them to make everything pretty before leaving though.
And good work with all those errands! Sounds exhausting.
Yikes! You made it sound like the water thing was totally no big deal though! And, I totally laughed about the sandwich thing :)
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree about the financing thing! It drives me crazy, especially in the last year, because it seems like so many people that we meet out here are struggling financially. They don't understand that if they don't have the money now, they will NOT magically have it later, and they are in a constant struggle. I wish people could see the peace they could live in with being content with what they have and working harder in the meantime.
Ok done ranting.
Hope you got a lot accomplished last night and get to relax soon! I'm looking forward to seeing how the bathroom looks when its all done and in working order again :)