fishingpipe
Puritan Board Freshman
I'm extremely thankful I received a nice bonus for work this year. We have been very, very tight the last year financially, so the money comes in handy with a variety of needs we have. None of this is essentially tied to Christmas more than it is the timing of the bonus check, but for what it's worth...
We're going to use much of it to completely remodel our hall bathroom ceiling-to-floor, as it is still stuck in the early 80's. We upgraded the technology in our homeschool earlier this year with a new desktop and laptop, so with the bonus I'm finally upgrading a couple of things for myself this month, including an iPhone 4s (my current 3-year old phone seems so ancient) and a Kindle Touch (been wanting one for a long while). My wife is getting a couple of new outfits for church, a new microwave (we haven't had a working one for several months now, which was kind of cool - long story), dishwasher (our current one is very old and on its last legs), and a Keurig coffee maker (special treat just for her - I don't drink coffee). And finally, for the cooler months, we've purchased a very nice heated blanket with dual controls from Land's End for our bed.
Most of it is "need" based but it's nice to have a little cash for a couple of "toys" for a change and to stick a little in savings along with the tithed portion.
We're going to use much of it to completely remodel our hall bathroom ceiling-to-floor, as it is still stuck in the early 80's. We upgraded the technology in our homeschool earlier this year with a new desktop and laptop, so with the bonus I'm finally upgrading a couple of things for myself this month, including an iPhone 4s (my current 3-year old phone seems so ancient) and a Kindle Touch (been wanting one for a long while). My wife is getting a couple of new outfits for church, a new microwave (we haven't had a working one for several months now, which was kind of cool - long story), dishwasher (our current one is very old and on its last legs), and a Keurig coffee maker (special treat just for her - I don't drink coffee). And finally, for the cooler months, we've purchased a very nice heated blanket with dual controls from Land's End for our bed.
Most of it is "need" based but it's nice to have a little cash for a couple of "toys" for a change and to stick a little in savings along with the tithed portion.