Ok, I know we should be frugal after we graduate and invest in retirement, pay off debt and student loans, etc. However, for a little fun, what kinds of things do you look forward to buying after you graduate and are working as a nurse?
For me: a Dyson vacuum cleaner ($500) and a set of NARS blushes ($200), the best blush on the planet. I've also been fixated on buying a Mini Cooper:
I suspect I'll buy the Dyson and NARS, but the Mini Cooper may just not be a good financial choice.
Oh yeah once they brought that back, i think i started drooling right away. I just wish they would overhaul the back end on it. Ok enough dreaming for now. This thread is torture ha ha
After NS the first chance I get for vacation will be a trip to Norway. We have friends there and they come hear every 5 years or so. Everyone else in my hubby's family has gone to Norway several times. We're the only ones who never get to go. My kids will be old enough to learn and enjoy it. It will be a wonderful trip. That's going to be my luxury, travel. I'm 35 and have never been anywhere! First to Norway, then everywhere else!! :wink2:
I think I will try to get some repairs on my house, and also, just start saving so that maybe I can have enough to take a few months leave from my job and volunteer as a nurse in a 3rd world country.
I would like to save up a lot so that I don't have all the financial worries I have been having, and then, I would like to get more involved with what I can do to make a difference for the AIDS children in Africa who have no hope.
I don't really think I want a lot of things, but just to be less stressed financially and do feel that I can help others financially so that when I die, I will have done something to make someone suffer less. Some people have helped me through some hardships and I would like to help others back just as I got help that I didn't expect. There is an organization called ZOE which started with a Methodist minister from the US who saw the suffering of the AIDs orphans in Zimbabwe and started getting people in the US involved in helping those children find ways to support themselves. That would be a good project that I think I could have my heart and soul in to. There is so much we can do.
I thought that maybe I could take a part-time job and then donate all of that money overseas to help the AIDS orphans or some children who have their parents in prisons, etc.. If I can't go overseas for any reason, I could work here and just donate that extra money I earn.
My mind keeps spinning about how many things I can do once I'm working a good paying job that I will also enjoy and be enthusiastic about.
If read a few things about the Dyson vacuum cleaner and some people were not too happy while others were thrilled, so you might want to read a lot of customer reviews such as places like amazon.com
You know what else I really want to do? I want to go on a vacation for the first time in years.
I want to go on a vacation to Catalina Island, California. I went there many years ago, and it was just a magical place.
On a clear day, I can actually see that island if I sit on my roof. And yet, I haven't been to Catalina since I was a little kid. After seeing this picture, and being reminded of how beautiful Avalon is, that kind of makes me a little sad....
The only thing I want is to land a good job as a new grad with no prior working hospital experience. That is what I pray for each day. After that I plan to buy a car, just an inexpensive used one that will last me a long time. I then will live frugally and pay off student loans and save, save, save!!! Maybe I can also find a husband somewhere in there too???
Wow. You sort of think like I do. Save Save Save first. I think that is a good way to get a good start.
Yeah, but in terms of performance for price, its downright cheap. The engineers at Nissan went completely crazy and managed to produce a car that almost seems to defy the laws of physics. You could almost think of this one as the messiah of Japanese sports cars....
It managed to lap Nurburgring Nordschleife in 7:29, which is just downright scary fast [F1 drivers are practically the only ones brave/stupid enough manage that kind of time]. To put that into perspective, there are only 5 production cars that have ever beat that: The Pagani Zonda F, Ferrari Enzo, Maserati MC12 [all $600K+], Corvette Z06 ZR1, and the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ACR [both of which cost $100k+].
[i'm sure most people here won't really be that interested in this, but my point is, the price is more than justified.]
The Corvette Coupe LT 1 is more comparable to this Nissan, costs about 50 k and is comparable in every aspect. The Z06 cost is similar to this Nissan but is superior to it and the zr1 will blow it away.
4 seats are nice of course though and when I go somewhere I like to drive in a corvette
The Corvette Coupe LT 1 is more comparable to this Nissan, costs about 50 k and is comparable in every aspect. The Z06 cost is similar to this Nissan but is superior to it and the zr1 will blow it away.
4 seats are nice of course though and when I go somewhere I like to drive in a corvette
Sorry Patrick... have to WAY disagree on this one...
How come Motor Trend Magazine (a US printed magazine) listed the GT-R as the 'Car Of The Year'? NOT the corvette!! Sorry... the Skyline, as usual, is superior to ALL in EVERY WAY... OC85 had the right idea!
Sorry Patrick... have to WAY disagree on this one...
How come Motor Trend Magazine (a US printed magazine) listed the GT-R as the 'Car Of The Year'? NOT the corvette!! Sorry... the Skyline, as usual, is superior to ALL in EVERY WAY... OC85 had the right idea!
Nah, Corvettes are better. Be American, Drive American is what I beleive. I just love the Corvette.
Nah, Corvettes are better. Be American, Drive American is what I beleive. I just love the Corvette.
Hence, the fairly biased opinion. Personally, I prefer German. As a total package, I'm partial enough to BMW that I chose to buy one. However, when you take an objective look at the car's capabilities, and the technology behind it, even I'll admit that the GT-R is pretty hard to beat. Besides, where else are you going to spend 75K and get a hand built engine [assembled by a single engineer in a sealed clean room, no less], one of the worlds most impressive 4-wheel drive systems, a sequential gearbox that uses separate clutches for even and odd gears [results in immediate shifts], and some of the most advanced computer systems ever put into a road car? Not to mention the insane level of attention to detail ["Oh no, we can't just fill the tires with plain air! It has to be pure nitrogen....more stable."]. Also, the interior and ride quality of a Corvette? Not up to par. Not by a long shot. In the end, buying a sports car is usually an emotional decision based on a lot of subjective criteria, so I'm not saying that everyone should go out and buy a GT-R. But if we're looking at things objectively, and don't take personal preference into account, then GT-R wins hands down.
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Oh yeah once they brought that back, i think i started drooling right away. I just wish they would overhaul the back end on it. Ok enough dreaming for now. This thread is torture ha ha