We asked our Facebook followers…
Excluding a car or a house, what was your first BIG purchase?
When I was 15 years old, I sold my first motorcycle to pay for a $300 set of golf clubs (from Kmart). $300 doesn’t sound like much nowadays, but in 1985 … that was HUGE for me.
— Aaron Rose
First Community Mortgage in 1987.
— Tori Messenger
A piano.
— Suzette Waters
I think mine was when I booked a two-week trip to Ireland and France for spring 2019. First time I traveled to Europe on my own dime!
— Madeleine Leroux
Got a little crazy in a bidding war at an auction but loved the dining room set I “won.”
— Lily Hernandez Winkeljohn
In high school, I saved up $500 to purchase a DVD set of singing lessons from a celebrity vocal coach. I think the videos are all free on YouTube now.
— Jordan Watts
Pioneer stereo system with a turntable. 1981.
— Vanessa Hall
My education.
— Angie Perez
A hot air balloon.
— Renee Graham
A trip to Europe.
— Jill Stedem
My education.
— Stacey Nickell Franks
My mattress.
— Robin Callaway Dianics
I sold a goat to buy a saddle.
— Caroline Dohack
Washer and dryer set.
— Teresa Snow
Real furniture, to replace the college furniture I inherited from dorm mates and the guy who lived in the apartment before me (I knew him, he wasn’t random). The dining set has so far survived weekly poker nights, poker night fisticuffs, family holidays, and a large cadre of small fire trucks, police cars and tow trucks. Has thus far not been subjected to family holiday fisticuffs.
— Anne Kettenbrink Fisher
I went on a solo trip to Paris for Christmas.
— Karyn Spory
Compaq Presario desktop computer, purchased in Monterey, California, when I was stationed at the Defense Language Institute.
— Tom Assel
Grown up furniture!
— Liz Swanson
A side gig business expense — mowing equipment.
— Kelly Veach
We bought a weekly newspaper and print shop before we bought our first house. We were 29.
— Gary Sosniecki
A king mattress. A really nice one!
— Jennifer Lea
A custom car CD player to replace the tape deck in my first car (Chevy Cavalier). Two front speakers (with sweet neon blue lights). Blew my whole first 16-year-old paycheck on it.
— Sarah Jane Shorthose
A bicycle. Still ride it on the Katy.
— Kristie Hilgedick
