Nice Concours ! I have an 08 Connie.
We just bought a new RV, a retirement treat for the wife and I!
Retirement treat for yourself?
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Nice Concours ! I have an 08 Connie.
We just bought a new RV, a retirement treat for the wife and I!
Interesting. For me it wasn't something I purchased. I could buy lots of stuff while I was still w*rking. What I never had enough of was TIME to do the things I wanted to do!
Once I retired (technically, one day BEFORE I officially retired) I left on a three-month trip to do the Down East Loop on my boat.
So I guess I'm just saying that not all of us retired with enough excess funds for new toys. But even with my old toys, retirement is still better than w*rking!
Once I retired (technically, one day BEFORE I officially retired) I left on a three-month trip to do the Down East Loop on my boat.
So I guess I'm just saying that not all of us retired with enough excess funds for new toys. But even with my old toys, retirement is still better than w*rking!
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I set aside money to buy a brand SUV when I retired, but it was not intended to be a treat - - this was part of my financial planning, to protect me in the event of a bad sequence of returns after retiring. I just didn't want to have to come up with the money to buy a new car unexpectedly so I saved the money that I would have spent for it previously, and put it aside for that purpose, outside my portfolio. I bought it about 2 months after I retired.
As a treat for myself, just a day or two after retiring I bought 3 pairs of long black pants like I used to wear all the time at work. Dumb idea!!! I don't wear that kind of clothes any more at all. I didn't realize that I would wear different clothes in retirement than when working. But it was fun at the time.
As a treat for myself, just a day or two after retiring I bought 3 pairs of long black pants like I used to wear all the time at work. Dumb idea!!! I don't wear that kind of clothes any more at all. I didn't realize that I would wear different clothes in retirement than when working. But it was fun at the time.
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Come to think of it, I did not make any big purchase when I shifted to full retirement from part-time work 6 years ago.
Reasons: 1) I was rewarding myself along the way, and felt no need to splurge. 2) Shortly after full retirement, I was diagnosed with an illness that could cut short my life. After they fixed me up, being alive was a good enough reward that nothing else could compare. So, no desire to splurge either, although when I was still in danger I thought I would be blowing money by the buckets to celebrate when I got out of the hospital.
Reasons: 1) I was rewarding myself along the way, and felt no need to splurge. 2) Shortly after full retirement, I was diagnosed with an illness that could cut short my life. After they fixed me up, being alive was a good enough reward that nothing else could compare. So, no desire to splurge either, although when I was still in danger I thought I would be blowing money by the buckets to celebrate when I got out of the hospital.
DH bought himself a new bicycle and accessories. He took his time picking out what he wanted. He really enjoys it!
In 2014 we drove from Ohio to Hilton Head, SC. We put our luggage and a cooler in the back seat and his bike fit in the trunk. He loved being able to bike all over the Hilton Head area.
In 2014 we drove from Ohio to Hilton Head, SC. We put our luggage and a cooler in the back seat and his bike fit in the trunk. He loved being able to bike all over the Hilton Head area.
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Enjoy yourself! This is one of the most beautiful places on our planet.
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New fishing boat for the Tennessee River and a new to me Harley RoadKing.
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I'm not retired yet, but looking at June 1st. I probably won't splurge immediately cause I'm worried about sequence of returns with the market so high. Maybe wait a year just to feel things are gonna be alright. Our 25 anniversary is May 2020 so we're looking for a nice trip then. Maybe an Alaska cruise or couple weeks in Hawaii.
Very cool!
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Celebrated retirement with brand new 2018 BMW 740i xDrive. Joy was short lived as found out two months later that I had to put twin boys in Private School - 132K hit over four years. Wife and daughter walked in public high school and what they saw was too bad that decision was made there itself. Mr. Market has behaved well so far so I shall be ok with this unexpected expense.
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Nice! Is that a Kabota? I have one like this, minus the front loader, at my country home that needs a massive tune up. Can't wait to be not working so I can play with it, clear my woodland path wider, and longer, expand the garden beds, composting, lots of uses for a tractor in the country.
Each year in retirement we treat ourselves to something we truly don't need e.g. cruise on the Nile, cruise on the Yangtze, cruise on the Volga and Neva rivers, new Kubota tractor, 30' boat, new Sierra Denali, and this year a 1962 VW crew-cab pickup (that is kicking my butt restoring). Life is short and at 71 it's looking shorter. Might as well enjoy it while we can
