<p>lolo, I love love love the feather Mysa comforters at Ikea. You could check them out. I love that you pick a duvet to go around it, so you can change its appearance. They have the feather innards in various thicknesses and warmth ratings!</p>
<p>I told my BF I wanted a large fleece blanket for Christmas and he got me this huge blanket. It’s even bigger then my comforter. It’s perfect!</p>
<p>I want my eyes “done”. Seriously, I have a doctor recommendation and am saving up. All I need to do now is make that appointment.</p>
<p>Also, H & I want to buy a king size bed to replace the queen size. We’re older and fatter now and need the space to sleep better.</p>
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<p>You can’t compare an Ipad to a kindle or nook…the kindle and nook really are for reading only,their ability to ‘surf the net’ is terrible…the Ipad is great for web usage and good for reading…if you are looking only for a ‘reader’ ,kindle and nook is for you…if you are looking to surf the net and read books/mags/newspapers, the iPad is your choice</p>
<p>I just got backfrom my dream vacation–taking classes at a quilters’ convention. I am drooling over a high end sewing machine with embroidery and/or a long arm quilting machine. But I don’t have to decide between them since I can’t afford either one–haha.</p>
<p>A vita-mix blender…come close, but haven’t bought one (yet).</p>
<p>^^^^LOVE my vitamix!!! So worth it for me!</p>
<p>Ah, probably an iPad, I’m trying to hold out for the 2nd edition - have had to talk myself off the ledge of purchase a few times so far!</p>
<p>And new countertops, ah, heck, a new kitchen.</p>
<p>And I think I’ll adopt some of these other wants - the vacations and vacation homes sound pretty nice!</p>
<p>hmm…I’ve been debating between the Kindle and the Nook Color, since I am in the process of getting the new kitchen, the kids bought the KitchenAid stand mixer, I have an ipod and can’t afford the ipad :)</p>
<p>sewnsew, check your local dealer to see if they get any trade-ins. I got a Viking Designer One machine for 25% of original cost. Only had 10,000 stitches on it; the first owner had it for a couple weeks and decided she wanted an even higher-end model. I just started taking quilting classes at our local shop; I’ve been sewing for years and do fabric art, but want to learn the shortcuts and tricks. Had a blast!</p>
<p>Sylvan — LOL! :D</p>
<p>I can’t believe I’m still awake! (EST)</p>
<p>Where do I begin? There are so many, I can’t name just one!</p>
<p>A 4 season screened in porch and outside deck</p>
<p>A new kitchen, definitely</p>
<p>A gourmet chef to cook our meals</p>
<p>A trip to Australia</p>
<p>A private workout trainer</p>
<p>Ok, I’ll begin with that!</p>
<p>C’mon people…a Kindle or Nook? Those are less than $200! You gotta dream big!</p>
<p>A Tempurpedic mattress and an Hermes scarf.</p>
<p>Glad you mentioned it, Kajon.</p>
<p>A tempurpedic mattress would be awesome! 
That is something I’ve had the itch for for awhile!</p>
<p>What I want isn’t a thing, but a service. I would love to have a cleaning service for our house. I’d be happy with twice a month. And honestly I think it’s a “luxury” that many people in our income range enjoy. For whatever reason, my husband disagrees (probably because he doesn’t do much cleaning or see the dirt) and if my mother ever found out… she’d be so disappointed that I couldn’t take care of my house. Just one more way I’ve failed. </p>
<p>Maybe what I really need is thereapy, but I’ll settle for the cleaning woman.</p>
<p>What’s the difference? :)</p>
<p>I don’t have one either, btw. Another reason I want to go part-time, so my house wouldn’t be the wreck it is.</p>
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Girl if you are bringing in some of the household income, and you can afford a cleaning person, just go out and hire one. Stand up to your H and tell him it’s part of the cost of you working. As for your mother, you might mention that in the old days (even 40 years ago) lots of women had cleaning people. MIL had a woman who cleaned and ironed and did laundry. (She still has cleaning people.) It was a sign of the success of their husbands if they could fund household help. </p>
<p>Somehow now we get the ridiculous expectation that women will have career, kids, AND do all the household stuff at the same time, but believe me my female friends who are working high end jobs (Doctors, lawyers, psychologists, bank execs) don’t clean their own houses!</p>
<p>An elliptical trainer, but I really don’t have a good place to put one.</p>
<p>I just wish my ice dispenser worked on the stupid GE Monogram frig; I know 4-5 other people with the same refrigerator and the same problem with the faulty engineering. No sense paying $400 to repair it with a part that is cheap plastic and will just break again, but I miss the crushed ice.</p>
<p>tired already: get the cleaning help. You won’t regret it. Just tell H you can’t do it anymore. I have a high-energy college girl once a week who helps with cleaning and gardening and errands. I don’t know what I’d do without her. I am too old and decrepit to vacuum well and wash floors any more. I need to save my energy for all the other stuff I have to do.</p>
<p>“Tired of reading? No problem, how about a word game. Or Sudoku. Or check FB. Or CC…”</p>
<p>You can do that in the Kindle??? I have one and hardly use it, but my son does. So does husband and daughter; they have their own.</p>
<p>I’d get a Zune.</p>
<p>"she’d be so disappointed that I couldn’t take care of my house. Just one more way I’ve failed.</p>
<p>Maybe what I really need is thereapy, but I’ll settle for the cleaning woman."</p>
<p>The therapist will say “get the cleaning woman”.</p>
<p>There; now you’ve saved enough to get one!</p>