See, whereas I bought my mattress all of six or seven years ago, and am thinking I may need a new one. OTOH, it's lots more comfy than the hotel I was in last week, so..
I would prioritize crown, Paris, and try to figure out a way to self-move with cheap hired help (local students for $10 an hour?), and go longer-term on new furniture (or ask my sister the Craigslist Wonder to shop for you. That girl is an antiques cheapskate of magic proportions.)
TOTALLY have Nutty buy for you! She's in your town! :) I myself would not cheap out on the movers--having moved many times, it was so incredibly worth it to have other people do it the last time I moved. But if you're not moving (much) furniture, it might be OK.
I just agreed to spend $6K on landscaping/creating a patio. I think it'll be awesome once it's done, but I can't believe I just agreed to that. I need to stop spending All The Money, but there's tons of stuff going on the next few months that I'll need to. Eek!
Also, I am totes buying a new mattress this Monday. Our old one came to us in 1996 and was not new then, which now that I type it out, that is embarrassing. Man.
Original Mattress Factory. They rock. Plus, they're one of the only places that still sells flippable mattresses.
You guys, can we talk about money? I want to go to Paris in the winter/spring, and need to hire movers, and probably get a bunch of new furniture (and I'm sick of cheap furniture), AND I need to replace a crown for $500. I do not have money for all of these things! But I think I should still do them all. Going back into debt for a little bit is OK, right?
I pretty much paid off my Dublin trip all winter and spring. It was worth it. I don't regret spending a penny. Most of the time I wonder why I waited so long to go. I am itching to travel again, but I am still not entirely debt free, I am a terrible saver, and there are lots of things I need. I am in the same boat.
I am also obsessed with looking on Google flights...There was a cheap flight from Halifax to Paris for weeks (for October), and then suddenly there was a flight to Dublin yesterday...But since I have been applying for jobs, I feel too unsettled to plan a vacation.
I myself would not cheap out on the movers--having moved many times, it was so incredibly worth it to have other people do it the last time I moved. But if you're not moving (much) furniture, it might be OK.
Yeah, I'm all about good movers. Especially since they had to take off my apartment door to get the sofa in...
Is it a cruise????
As long as it's a transatlantic one with air/rail links to Paris.
I keep applying for these Int'l Org jobs. Mostly because I'm like...oooh, I'd like to live in Brussels or The Hauge for two years!
Oh, right, budgeting is totally something I need to do...
I need a more professional way to say "I am rejecting this video because this ass-backwards gender normative bullshit is not appropriate for students or in fact anyone at all."
So if anyone could suggest a classier way to say "ass-backwards gender-normative bullshit" that would be just great.
"No thank you. It doesn't meet our standards."
Am I likely damaging anything by not minding the pain as much as I could
In my unfortunate experience, its possible. And some of that pain could be a pretty constant reminder.
I myself would not cheap out on the movers--having moved many times, it was so incredibly worth it to have other people do it the last time I moved.
Just get written stuff on bonded and insured. I had the most uncompensated damage using movers. Me packing? A pain but awesome on the survivability because I was ... careful. And used 50+ lbs of wrapping paper.
