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.
Pay off these student loans first, move to Colorado, buy a house with 5 acres surrounded by mountains, then horses for my family and I to de-stress with and just be able to enjoy life more!
lol, I hear ya. My husband and I are from Washington state and we lived in the mountains there before moving to TX. We both really miss the mountains and the hiking - and Colorado just looks beautiful.
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lol, I hear ya. My husband and I are from Washington state and we lived in the mountains there before moving to TX. We both really miss the mountains and the hiking - and Colorado just looks beautiful.
I lived in Washington and moved to CO 3.5 years ago. I used to live in Tx too and a few other states, WA was the longest place I ever lived.
I would love to get a Chevy Camaro with the Corvette engine. I just got accepted, so we'll have to see on that one. We can't splurge too much 'cause my husband is starting radiology school when I'm in my last year. Probably, buy some land to start building our dream house on. Our $200K house is going on the market this summer to pay cash for a doublewide to live in while we're in school.
A beautiful, frivolous Coach purse, just for me because I earned it. All those sleepless nights prepping for clinical, and days spent with my nose in the books and/or laptop...it's time to party!
Some paint so I can redo our living room, and make our house into a real home. We've put so many things off since we've been saving for school.
Lots of dog treats for our new puppy.
Seriously, lunch out with my whole family, because they've been incredibly supportive. I've been blessed.
Well, I've been licensed for 11 months now, and I haven't gotten the things I posted here (smart fortwo, camper, pet dinosaur ) but I have been doing nice things for myself. I'm going to a salon for haircuts instead of the $10 shop, and getting massages every 4-5 weeks to help relieve the tension in my neck and shoulders. Other than that, we're paying down our debt slowly but surely.
-Condo (or house?) haven't decided yet. and Furnish it top to bottom.
-Kid, ok not buy, but I will be able to afford to have a kid(s?) I'll be 30 When I'm done, and I really want to have a kid before 35. And hopefully get married after NS as well.
-Retirement
-Saving for Kid's Education
-Travel/Vacations, at least 1/year.
-Donate some $ to a charity and/or sponsor a child.
-Get a god, and a couple of cats.
-Oh and spoil myself a bit, with clothes, spa, facials... *sight*
-Live life comfortably :) Coming from a low income, single mother family, a RN ft Salary = Comfortable. :)
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I used to live in Tx too and a few other states, WA was the longest place I ever lived.
And hopefully get married after NS as well.
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Pay off these student loans first, move to Colorado, buy a house with 5 acres surrounded by mountains, then horses for my family and I to de-stress with and just be able to enjoy life more!