Good things come to those who wait!

We have yet to have enough money to splurge on nice furniture. So far, everything has been given to us. My husband bought me a rocker/recliner for Easter when we were first married but that was it as far as furniture went. We did recently end up buying a futon for a couch because we were tired of sitting in camping chairs. lol

We'd go to furniture stores and sit on all the couches we liked and dream about the day we would have something soft to sit on. Once we came close to buying a love seat but didn't go through with it. We've known it would be hard to afford things like nice furniture where we are just starting out so we've learned to manage. My brother recently gave us a big recliner so our furniture consisted of a futon and two recliners. Go us! LOL

But now I can officially say we have furniture! By miracle really and some luck, my husband won a couch and a love seat from his job. The employees that came up here from Mexico to be trained had a furnished apartment and my husband's work, did an auction for all the furnishings. We won one of the couches and love seats and I paid $5 for them! SCORE! They are tan and micro-suede. They were brand new when they were first bought but aren't in the best condition now. They have been vacuumed but still need cleaning. They really aren't that bad, I'm glad we finally have something soft to sit on!

Moral: Good things do indeed come to those who wait.

Disclaimer: No, I don't think we all should sit around and wait for things to fall into our laps. lol We could have purchased furniture before, but we would have been in debt for them. It's always better to wait then go into debt IMO.