This week has not only been jampacked with milestones such as putting in our first contract on a house, having said contract accepted (on the first try!), filling out/signing 80 bazillion pages of mortgage application stuff, and **almost** getting iPhones (since we are not insane and didn’t get to the store at 6 a.m., we ended up having to order them*), it’s also been a week of shelling out some major cash. A $500 “earnest money deposit” (if the sellers could just see our giddy faces they’d have no question about whether we’re in earnest) here, a $400 appraisal fee there, a $250 home inspection charge there … it adds up fast. Not to mention the moving truck reservation that’s gonna run us close to $800 (amazingly, the cheapest deal available by far). I’m trying hard not to feel like these expenditures are wasteful or extravagant, since this IS what we’ve been scrimping and saving for for so long. I’m trying to see this as the fruition of all that saving — the best use for that stimulus package and whatnot. Which it is. But my thrifty side (which is like 3 sides of me, assuming I have 4 sides) never ceases to cringe at the sight of our account balance shrinking. Sigh. I really need to get over this. Hopefully I won’t feel so bereaved when we actually close on the house (August 8!!) and write the biggest check of our lives. Because then we’ll actually have something to show for all the savings-spending. A freaking house.
* Said iPhones are not part of the big spending. Various generous and good-looking family members have chipped in to get them for us as birthday (me) and graduation (Ben) gifts. Yay!
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