People have tried to tell me that some of the most stressful purchases in my life would be the “obvious” big ticket items. Car, house, wife, boat, etc. Not that you’d purchase your wife, of course – that would make life far too easy – but buying an engagement ring would be stressful… I thought the buying was easy – I’m fairly knowledgable about diamonds, oddly enough – but I certainly would have spent less money and time on it, if I knew I’d lose 20% of the original price when I had to return the fiancee ring.

While buying the home is stressful, it’s a long process, so the stress ebbs and flows… buying home improvements to said home is a freakin’ nightmare, given my recent attempt to buy a set of custom blinds.
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