divergrrl
Ideal_Rock
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Soooo....DH tells me after having our 2nd baby this September that I can go to our jewelers and just "pick something out". Since I manage the household finances, I figure I can play with about 1k. My jeweler (not a maul jeweler---really great private place) has some sapphire bands, diamond eternity bands, etc that I love. I was also considering the WF bangle or 2 maternity rings from Facets, one in blue sapphire & one in pink sapphire (for my son & daughter). Since I can''t decide to save my life, I''ve been doing nothing. (except surfing the Fay Cullen website to add extra indecision! lol)
So last week I''m carrying the baby in her carrier to the car (our garage is detached) and I trip on a rogue piece of concrete that sticks up a few inches out of my nasty old gravel driveway. Fortunately I only roll my ankle & am able to stay standing (cat like reflexes!!
).
But I''m standing there thinking, "this looks like a$$ out here. I''m sick of ruining my nice heels on my old gravel drive, and I''m gonna biff it one of these days". So I call DH and ask what our concrete guy who did our patios quoted him to pave our driveway.
$1500 bucks.
Well...AGAIN, I''m contemplating spending money on my house instead of bling. Our house is not a money pit, but it was a screamin'' deal, and then we''ve done so much renovating that now we have an awesome home, for way less than we could have bought it for. However, I still have a handful of projects that need to be done (replace windows upstairs, finish off our daylight basement, new laundry room, driveway)....
I know DH said I could get some jewelry, but a new driveway would really make our house look great. Here we''ve done all this work, and have so much pride in our home, and we have this NASTY tattered gravel driveway. I can''t do both, because then I''d be spending more than I''m comfortable with...
Argh...
Bling or driveway? Which would you choose?
So last week I''m carrying the baby in her carrier to the car (our garage is detached) and I trip on a rogue piece of concrete that sticks up a few inches out of my nasty old gravel driveway. Fortunately I only roll my ankle & am able to stay standing (cat like reflexes!!
But I''m standing there thinking, "this looks like a$$ out here. I''m sick of ruining my nice heels on my old gravel drive, and I''m gonna biff it one of these days". So I call DH and ask what our concrete guy who did our patios quoted him to pave our driveway.
$1500 bucks.
Well...AGAIN, I''m contemplating spending money on my house instead of bling. Our house is not a money pit, but it was a screamin'' deal, and then we''ve done so much renovating that now we have an awesome home, for way less than we could have bought it for. However, I still have a handful of projects that need to be done (replace windows upstairs, finish off our daylight basement, new laundry room, driveway)....
I know DH said I could get some jewelry, but a new driveway would really make our house look great. Here we''ve done all this work, and have so much pride in our home, and we have this NASTY tattered gravel driveway. I can''t do both, because then I''d be spending more than I''m comfortable with...
Argh...
Bling or driveway? Which would you choose?