I thought ...

Well, I'm not sure what I thought ... except, I supposed it would feel different.   ("It" being spending my first SSA proceeds.)

To tell you the truth, until going online last Wednesday morning and witnessing that credit with my very own eyes, I dared not make any plans.   
OK, then!  I took a 'floating holiday' Friday to get-er done.

Those who know me well, know I'm never without a Plan.  

I can't help myself!

... witness our family's 50's road trips: my father's itinerary neatly typed and clipped to the visor:  "Day 1:  Los Alamos to Oklahoma City: 569 mi."   Baring a natural disaster, it brooked no argument.

('Scuze my verbal detour...)

So, our bargain washing machine (thank you, NOT, Craigslist!) has been leaking the better part of a year. Way tired of stuffing old towels around its perimeter each wash-day, I concluded it wasn't worth paying someone to slap on a band-aid until something else went wrong.

I'm sure there are folks who get excited about modern appliances and the myriad of choices.  
I'm not one of them.

Our salesman probably thought I was a bit touched in the head, or simply it was his lucky day, but the whole process took maybe 5 minutes.  Less than 24 hours later we've an uninspired-but-capable machine ... that doesn't sound like what DH called a 'concrete mixer.'

Next stop, BedBath&Beyond, for a light-weight comforter.

I adore our hand-me-down bedding, but it weighs a ton! (Maybe not a ton, but it took two of us to wrestle it out of K's Suburban and into the house last year.)

Better suited for Anchorage, perhaps.

By this time I was feeling somewhat reckless and suggested we stop at Black Angus.  DH had his eye on a cheeseburger ... until I announced plans to enjoy a 12-oz. NY Strip.
Totally out of character, but I enjoyed that steak like I haven't anything in a long time!

Before calling it a day we took a look at televisions.  (Friend and co-worker Brian is fond of telling me, "1995 called: They want their television back.")
I've nothing against the new 'smart' TV's.  I just can't see throwing away our old-but-perfectly-good set.
EXCEPT, our cable provider's gone and raised our rates again.  We've always bundled the TV, land line and internet, but I've been campaigning for a while now to ditch the land-line.

We know next-to-nothing about streaming television reception, but I'm in the mood to find out ... fire Cox and take a leap of faith into the 21st Century.   
Have any of y'all done so? ... and, are you happy with the results?

DH was all agog over the mega-screen televisions, but as you can see we're stymied by the builder's built-in 40" cubby.

So much for "the days of our lives."  
Unremarkable, but satisfying nonetheless.
I sure hope yours is, as well!

Hugs from Phoenix,

Myra