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  1. 09-26-2008, 02:31 PM #1
    MomToTwoBoys
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    Default Our biggest frugal deal...

    ended up weighing like 400lbs.

    DH got a new computer and with his old one still being usable, we gave it to the kids. We put it downstairs in their playroom because we have no room in the living room, and their bedrooms are too small for a desk + computer system. Luckily, DH works for a warehouse that had some older furniture that they were just giving away. We picked up a cherry computer desk that's worth about $5,000 for NOTHING! Sadly, it was way too heavy to carry downstairs and DH didn't have the right bit for his screwdriver to take it apart. We gave the kids the $2,500 desk that we got for $50 about three years ago, and kept the cherry one for ourselves.

    But hey, not bad for nothing.
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  2. 09-26-2008, 02:43 PM #2
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    great find! It's amazing the kind of office furniture that just gets cast off.
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    married to DH for 14 years
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  3. 09-26-2008, 02:47 PM #3
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    That's awesome The weight stinks though. I'm to the point where I've moved so many times I consider the weight of a piece of furniture as the most important factor in deciding which to get...lol.
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  4. 09-27-2008, 08:48 PM #4
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    We have a computer chair my DH pulled out of the dumpster at work...it looks brand new and we have yet to find anything wrong with it..no rips or tears....hydraulics work fine...oh well... free is my kinda price!! We have a heavy desk like that...nice..but crazy to move!!
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  5. 09-28-2008, 01:30 AM #5
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    What a great find! It's amazing what people throw away!

    Debt as of 10/25/09:

    Student Loan: Currently $9500


    Mortgage: $472,000
    Discover CC: $6500 at 0%
    Chase Disney: $3000 at 0%


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    Get monthly food budget down to $200/month for me and my husband.


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  6. 09-28-2008, 02:03 PM #6
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    Wow - you are so lucky to have gotten this! Congradulations!
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    Thanks everyone! We also inherited a cabinet to go with it and oddly, it's big enough to put our flat panel LCD TV, DVD player and cable box on one end and then my knick knacks on the other end. I'll have to post pictures of it when I get to it, but we've been so wrecked this week because moving these things was so EXHAUSTING!
    Wife to DH since 10/31/2002!
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  8. 09-29-2008, 09:34 AM #8
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    Wow! That's AWESOME! Congrats.
    Debt free thanks to Dave Ramsey!

    ^scratch that...we have a mortgage now.
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