Window shopping

There's nothing like buying a house to make you want to spend money like mad. Recently we've pretty much stopped spending money in order to pay off my surgery debt as quickly as possible, and believe me, there's nothing like buying a house and then severely restricting your spending to make you REALLY want to go crazy with the credit card.

So, in lieu of actually spending the money, I thought I'd make two lists: first a list of what we've spent money on since moving to Denver (excluding the obvious: house and moving expenses), and the second a list of what we dream of spending money on, someday, once the smoke has cleared from our bank account.

So. What we've spent money on so far:

• A dog
• My surgery
• A mattress and bed frame
  
• A patio table and chairs
• A TV
• A Washer and dryer
  
• A lawnmower
  
• Home security
  

What we WANT to spend money on, eventually:

• Landscaping the front and back yards
• A hot tub
  
• A bedroom set for the guest room
• Another bedroom set for the basement guest room
• A dresser and nightstands for our own bedroom
  
• A dining room table and chairs
  
• Shelving for the living room, family room, and offices
• Painting the kitchen
• Maybe painting some other rooms
  
• Rugs for several rooms
• A couch
• An armchair
• A nice coffee table and some end tables
  
• Art
  
• Replacing the siding on the house (urgh)
• Window blinds that actually keep the light out (our current ones are a useless joke)
  
• Someday maybe expanding the master bathroom and putting in a double jacuzzi tub?
• A bigger TV (this is all Torsten)
• An elliptical trainer
• A second car, someday
• Lots of traveling
  
• Eventually, furniture etc. for a baby
  

I cannot even think about how much everything on that second list will cost. I really can hardly bring myself to think about how much everything on that first list has already cost us. Not that I regret it, because I really don't. But oh my god, so much money. I feel like I went very quickly from broke college grad whose every possession came from Ikea to, like, grown-up homeowner who wants nice things (and even owns some already). Scary.

So tell me, what do YOU want to spend money on?