Losing a Couch

Back in my gambling days, my poor steering wheel used to get a real beating. Nearly every time I left a casino, having gone after I'd told myself I would never go again, and once again losing far more money than I could afford to lose, I'd start banging that darn wheel. How could I do that again? Why couldn't I just stop? What about my bills? How was I going to pay rent? How would I live til my next paycheck? Etc. etc.

I'd then start calculating how many times I visited the ATM. I'd come up with that magic number of the number of times that I withdrew money and the total I lost. I'd say to myself, "well, I lost a couch today..." In terms of the amount of money. I never owned a nice couch back then. I lost every one I could ever own in my dreams to the reality of gambling. I never had real money to do real money with. Sure, I made a decent living at time, but access to money was just a short jump to my next gambling binge. I lost a lot of make believe sofas!

So today, when Sporty and I went shopping for a new sofa, I was overjoyed to know that it was not a figment of my imagination. Our current couch is alright, but is not comfortable for our backs, which is especially not good for me and my need to have decent support. We set our budget, have the funds to support the purchase, and found several places to compare. 

All those times I lost a couch in my head, and thus was my first ever time shopping for a decent one. We found several decent options under our budget, so now we just have to decide which one. 

The new sofa is my birthday gift for later this week. I told Sporty that I don't want or need much of anything, but would like this for us all. I doubt it will be delivered in time for Tuesday, but it will be nice knowing that it's coming soon. Plus, we are officially starting our move into our new rental home in April and it'll be great there! 

I may have never purchased a real sofa in the past (my current one was given to me) but I've lost many through my mind by gambling. Now, I have the opportunity to purchase one for real for the first time. It may not seem like a big deal to some, but for me, I will cherish it's comfort!!