Being married for 20 years means we have gone through a lot. Income is one of those things. When I was staying at home and Brad was the only one working, as you can imagine we didn't have a lot of extra money. Loved being at home and it was worth it. Now we both work full time and make what I feel is a good income combine, but my head in some ways still thinks we have leftover what we used to have. Our first time in Boise to pay rent it would take the whole of one check and about a quarter of the second. After other bills and food, you can imagine how little we had left. Then when all the kids were younger it felt like we'd do great then a car would break down or kid would have a hospital bill or something would need fixed, but that's life so little extra things we didn't get a lot. One of those random things was Wallflowers or wall scents. These aren't crazy expensive but when it came to buying those or going on a date, date won. Last week I told Brad we need to get another candle. He asked why I didn't just get the wall things and I said because they are too expensive and we can't afford them. He laughed a little and that's when it hit me, I still had the 'younger marriage' thought vs now. I was very happy to go out and get one and now our house smells good all the time (or at least I hope so, teens boys and dogs work hard to make that not happen.) I wouldn't change the struggle to be where we are now.
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