Chris and I had lunch at Roosters yesterday with Scott, Brad and Rich. Brad had a home buyers guide with him, as he is looking at buying sometime in the future. Chris and I took a quick look at it, and we saw a couple of homes in there that we liked at reasonable prices. After lunch, we all went our separate ways.
Chris and I went to run a few errands, and then we decided to go looking at houses. After grabbing one of the buyers guides from Dominick’s, we drove around in the rain looking at a few of the Schaumburg-area homes. Unfortunately, none of them caught our eye. So, we decided to go back to the Beacon Pointe development where Mike is buying his new house. We really liked the Shenandoah model, and we took another look at the model.
When we finished looking at the model again, we went into the office area, and that’s when we saw the Rutherford floor plan. It has an additional 340 square feet than the Shenandoah plan, and it was not too much more expensive. Plus, you can’t go wrong with a plan that shares its name with a famous physicist 
We started talking to Christine, one of the sales consultants, and we have initiated the paperwork on purchasing ourselves a new home. This is about when people started calling us about going out tonight, and we couldn’t answer our phones while we were discussing such a big life change.
I know, you’re thinking that this is a pretty rushed decision. Just last week we were saying how we couldn’t afford one of these houses, and that we weren’t planning on moving any time soon. It just felt right, and after looking at our financial situation, I think we can do it with a lot of careful cost cutting.
For example, we will have not cable or satellite TV (we’ll watch over-the-air broadcasts and DVDs), no broadband internet (free dial-up from work or leeching a neighbor’s wireless), no land line (our cell phones will be fine), no eating out, and no big parties. That should help us save quite a bit of money. Hell, with no broadband, I’ll have no reason to have four computers running at all times. Without cable or satellite TV, our TiVo will be the only always on tuner, and it will only have to worry about recording five stations. We’ll rely on our parents and friends for a lot (I’m sure Mike will have broadband and cable), assuming that they won’t mind 
In the coming weeks, we will probably be talking a lot about our new house. We will not be going to see Wicked, nor will we be going on any trips. Anything to cut costs for us will be necessary. I mean, the floor plan starts at more than half a million dollars, and there’s no way we’re not upgrading a few things. Wish us luck in our new endeavor!
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