Hubby and I spent the Fourth with some of his family. One of them refurbishes computers for a living, and we started talking to him about possibly getting him to fix me up a laptop. He showed us a brand new one that he had gotten a good deal on when he bought some parts, and before the night was up Hubby had talked him into letting him make payments on it for me.

I won’t be getting it until it’s paid off, but I’m cautiously excited. Of course anything could happen to cause me to end up not getting it, but maybe this time things will work out. I’ve been needing a laptop for ages. I’ve been searching and searching for the best buy I could find. But nothing has come close to this. I’ve found cheaper computers, but nothing that could handle the work I do quickly and efficiently. He said the computer retails for $750, but I’m getting it for $500. Awesome!

I just hope it all works out this time. Every other time I’ve gotten close to getting one, something has come up that we didn’t have the money to get it. I was thinking about using the dreaded plastic to get one once we paid our balance down to a more comfortable level, but that would be a long time from now. This way, if all goes as planned, I can have it sitting in front of me in a few months.