During the last 2 weeks I got really behind on recording my spending (but I saved about 70% of the receipts) and now I need to get back on track and feel overwhelmed. And shame.
We spent so much on fast food. We spent so much on things that we could have done without.
Its like buying the house gave us a "reason" to give in to our desire to spend. Not even buy things we have been wanting...just to buy because we could.
We purchased new flooring and bought 10 extra feet "just in case". Now we have an extra box of flooring under the house.
I wanted 1 outlet cover for 1 outlet and bought a whole packet. Now those are in storage.
I went a bit crazy buying paint. At first I bought 2 gallons of paint for a room- got home- hated the color. Went to the store bought 2 gallons of a different color- still didn't like the color. So I bought some samples. Went sample crazy- bought 6 samples @$4 each- then bought the paint I liked by the gallon. Well come to find out each room needs about 1/2 gallon (plaster takes less paint than sheetrock apparently). So I have gallons of unopened paint.
We bought a swiffer for the floor. We were told a different brand would work better and bought that one (it didn't). We still were not getting good results and paid $60 for a steam shark (swiffer with hot steam) and it works GREAT! but now have 2 swiffers hanging in the closet never to be used again.
Stuff like that makes me angry with myself.
Mistakes in home buying
February 25th, 2009 at 02:55 pm
February 25th, 2009 at 02:59 pm 1235573991
February 25th, 2009 at 03:11 pm 1235574674
February 25th, 2009 at 03:22 pm 1235575371
February 25th, 2009 at 03:26 pm 1235575591
Your area is serious termite territory so don't store flooring under the house....Paint will keep a long time, so you might be able to store it and use it on the upstairs apartment. Remember that you can change the color you bought, too. You can add pigments to it. You can either buy the pigments in a tube, or go back to the store and have them add pigment, which they will probably do for free if you have your receipt.
Hmmm, as you don't have a basement, do you have a backyard storage shed?
February 25th, 2009 at 03:42 pm 1235576529
February 25th, 2009 at 05:26 pm 1235582771
Kepp the wood flooring though. it will come in handy when you might need to repair something some day.
have you heard about the paint can add ins? it can help lighten or darken a gallon at a time, might work for you.
February 26th, 2009 at 03:48 am 1235620086
February 26th, 2009 at 04:02 am 1235620968
you can read some more stuff here:
http://www.alliancefloors.com.au/floor-maintenance/