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Romantic Remodeling |
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SAVING FOR LOVE submitted by: Roseanne Giudice
When my husband and I first got
married, he already owned his own home. Because I felt it wasn't
"our" home, as silly as that may seem, out of love for me,
he agreed to sell it so we could purchase our own together. We
found our dream house but the only way to swing it would be to come up
with a 20% down payment to make it really affordable for us.
Since our home would take ten months to complete, we made the
conscious effort to just live on my husband's salary and bank every
one of my paychecks. We cut out ALL extra expenses (eating out,
movies, etc.) and put every last penny into our savings account.
During the ten months of nothing but
saving, we experimented with new dishes to cook together, had weekly
card games, played computer games, made homemade gifts for birthdays
and for Christmas for one another, went for romantic evening walks and
every day, either verbally or by leaving little notes, we would
encourage one another that we had a goal we could meet as long as we
worked together. It was difficult with our self-imposed
restrictions but because we were determined to make the best of it, we
reached our goal and learned that the most important thing is
that we have one another.
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