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[quote=Anonymous]My DH is pretty frugal (as is his whole family, including his 97 year old grandmother who still has enough saved to pay for her assisted living center); however, while I may give in to not staying at top of the line hotels (i.e., Hilton or Hyatt types places is where I generally book online) and occasionally fly out of BWI b/c of cheaper flights and park in long term parking etc.) now that I am in my mid-40s, I feel "too old" to try to save money every single time.  Don't get me wrong, we have a 7 figure retirement socked away so far BUT my mom died before 60 and so I don't always think it's worth it to save everything away for old age, particularly since she never got to see any of her kids get married or meet a single grandkid.

1) vacuums: our cleaning ladies use a soft carrying type bag one so our Dyson upright rarely gets used.  But before we had cleaning ladies (pre-kids) it worked great and still does when DH vacuums.  Just got the cordless one after our cheaper one died from Costco on sale.  Can't always trust Consumer Reports and other reviews.  The price was better than what I saw online and Costco has replaced/refunded us for things that have broken, so DH can't complain about the Dyson.  Although he did but would probably admit it's better than our cheaper older one.  This one also detaches and he's used it to clean the dust out of vents.  Came with dozens of attachments which we have yet to use, but seemed like a great deal when I did a quick google search on prices elsewhere.
2)  cars:  paid for our used Asian SUV with cashback (no joke.  about 7 years ago, DH got a 6% cash back card (want to say it was like Bank of Omaha card of something like that), as in they sent you a check.  We paid our mortgage and taxes (minus 2.5% charge) on it, and we literally got $16K back after 2 years of using it).  2nd car is literally 20 years old (another Asian car) but it will NOT die.  So DH drives it for his less than 10 miles to work daily commute and back.
3) home appliances are now 17 years old.  DH is handy, so he's fixed our washing machine, AC a few times, oven motherboard, and fridge.  BUT, it's getting time to replace the appliances and upgrade our kitchen.
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