Upon the advice of a friend I made a list of all the things we need in the house and just check it off one by one as soon as I have extra budget. It works! Our house is slowly but surely making progress. I am not investing in anything expensive just the right touches for our lovely home. I still need to make the decision to buy the bed of my son. We were all set to buy him a double deck (bunk) bed but at the last minute I was thinking a trundle bed would be better. I also held off getting the study table I reserved as I was thinking if I should just get him a normal table with a shelf/night table as his side table for the bed. Fickle-minded mom, arent I? Dont get me started on the study area of my daughter!