...to purchase
- Carpet - Frankly, as long as its soft, good quality, cushy (less to do with the carpet and more with the pad), and looks nice, I could care less about it. As of late we have found ourselves looking for new carpet, which, incidentally, seems incredibly over-priced. Already I have had to learn way too much about it, and have decided there is way too large of a selection from which to choose.
- Mattresses - While it's been years since we've purchased one. In fact, I don't even know what brand or firmness of mattress I sleep on. Nor do I really care. It's comfortable enough for me to fall asleep on. But a "Sleep Number Mattress" advertisement forced me to add this to the list. The sleep # concept seems ridiculously excessive. How do you know if your sleep number is a 2, 3, 4, or 6? What if its actually a 95? The thought of this alone would keep me awake. Besides it too seems incredibly over-priced.
- Cars - You spend $10 K (or easily much more) on an engine and 4-wheels with a steering mechanism, all of which immediately decrease in value, just to allow yourself to move places.
I think that's my top three. What stressful purchases do you make?
2 comments:
I'm right there with you on the car thing. It's especially stressful when we all know the technology exists to build cars that use less or even no fossil fuels and contain fewer moving parts that are prone to wear out and need replacement.
christmas CDs...i bought a "toys for tots" christmas CD with tons of "holiday classics". unfortunately, they were all sung by hacks. let's say i wasn't happy. who the hell knows who sings the versions of christmas songs you want to hear. the best christmas CD ever was "Soul Christmas," but i think buying christmas CDs ends up being a shot in the dark.
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