Wednesday, August 12, 2009

New Toys

Since Dan and I have gotten married, we've added a few new flashy items to our home. Now, Dan and I are smart shoppers... so nothing was purchased without some serious research and bargain hunting. We always look to get the most bang for our buck; that way we enjoyed our new items that much more - there is no guilt after spending large sums of money.

Monday, July 13th we got a new grill. We purchased the Char-Broil Infrared Commercial Series grill with a wedding gift card to Lowes from Dan's parents. We bought the grill and one gas tank with money left on the card, so Dan got some tools for the grill and later plans to pick up some flavored wood chips. On July 17th we used it for the first time and Dan made steak and asparagus... it was delicious!

Our next big purchase came on Tuesday, July 28th. That day Dan replaced his 1994 Toyota Camry with a 2010 Toyota Corolla! Dan and my dad have been shopping for a new care for Dan for a long time. They started before the wedding and picked things up not too long after Dan and I got back from our Honeymoon. Dan's old car was known for having all sorts of crazy quirks, but things took an extra unusual turn that week, so he knew he had to make a decision soon!

Well, after many trips to many different dealerships, they finally snagged a deal that they couldn't pass up. That was when I finally made it out to a dealership - to sign the paper work on the new car. I test drove it before hand and it was so nice! Finally, Dan has a dependable car!

Our most recent purchase was earlier this week. On Monday, August 10th Dan and I used some Target gift cards to purchase a few blue-ray movies. We have been planning on getting a new TV and a Blue-Ray player as our wedding gifts to each other... and since there were some good deals on blue-rays at Target we thought we'd start our collection. Shortly after that, Dan saw on his phone that there was a great deal on a Blue-Ray player at Best Buy, so we went and picked one up. There we also saw another movie for a great price, so we picked it up as well.

We're still doing some research on TVs, but we think that we may have found the one that we want. Nothing has been purchased yet and I am not sure when we will pick one up, but it may be soon. We're big movie watchers, so this seemed like the perfect gift for us to give each other.

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