hey guys it's Tasha and Joseph from one big happy and in this video we are going
to be talking about major purchases that we don't regret you might know us for
always being frugal well that isn't always the case these
are some things that we bought that or the things that we pay for it that isn't
the cheapest option but it gives us the most value and the most happiness okay
so the first thing on the list is something that is super not essential at
all and I completely admit this but I'm gonna be honest with you guys okay we do
not well I do not regret my ring like I really really love it I wear it everyday
and I look at it and it is just such a beautiful piece of jewelry and it makes
me think of Joseph every time I look at it and it makes me think of you know
when he proposed to me and it also I it's such a quality piece that I really
look forward to it becoming a family heirloom passing it off to Alexis or
Reeves or you know one of their kids which I don't know they might end up
fighting over it but it is just such a meaningful item to me and something that
I feel like can be in our family for generations upon generations after I'm
gone I just can't regret it I just love it I
don't regret it either and that's not just because it's the last one that I
have to buy so for me I don't regret our purchase of the Dodge Journey now it
isn't the most expensive car or the cheapest car that we could have gone
with it's kind of in the middle and but it just turned out to be a great car for us
I think it's you know it's gets okay gas mileage and it has you know
middle-of-the-road features but it's comfortable it's perfect size for us
it's been really reliable there's you know there's been a like one thing that
we had to get fixed and so it's just been a fantastic car. What was that
they had, there was a recall on an engine header but and there's a there's another recall
that you actually need to take it's about the airbag but my car has had a recall to I
don't really consider that all cars are having recalled I mean all right so next
our education we don't regret spending money on our education I know in the
last video Joseph talked about well maybe he would have gone to a different
law school but he still like that doesn't mean that I regret the education
itself or even spending money the amount that I spent I still think that the
value was there I mean it's completely changed my life having an advanced
degree versus not but I would have gotten more value the other way but I
still think investing in yourself and your education I mean we our entire
lives yeah are completely different now. I mean my whole idea of what was even possible in
my life just completely changed when I went to law school and just the people
that I met the things that they were doing in their lives the things that
they are doing now is just freakin amazing and it just inspires me to do
things like this like make this youtube channel which seems like you know kind
of crazy right but I'm like why not I want to do it I'm gonna do it and so it
just has given me so much confidence and of course you know analytical skills and
all those things plus the Yale name really does like what does that like oil some
hinges really gets my foot in the door in places it makes
really easy when I'm ready to change jobs or find a new position and you know
that kind of job and degree security is like absolutely worth it
and another thing so we use a nanny share and that has been an amazing thing
for us to have and it actually doesn't cost us much more than going to a
regular daycare but the trade-off is that that we get more one-on-one time
Reeves gets it gets his needs attended to you more quickly and better when we
work from home Reeves is here so when we take our breaks from working we can go
snuggle with Reeves because he's just right there and we can kind of see him
all day and so that is just really really nice and and we're really like
thankful and grateful that we're in a position where we are able to do that
and in part because we have a neighbor that happens to have a kid that's you
know close enough in age to Reeves that it makes sense for them to do a nanny
share with us we also don't regret spending money on vacations and family
activities so while we do like to take advantage of as many free activities as
possible like we just did a video where we talked about hiking and showed hiking
on a mountain near us we are also planning our trip to Singapore which
we're gonna be doing videos talking about our budget and the things that
we're gonna be doing there and you know have other various things but we just
don't those memories just last for forever and I mean studies show that
taking vacations with your kids that's really important and then we could gain
a lot of happiness from not only taking the vacation and the memory
after but all the months leading up to the trip that anticipation
oh yeah that's exciting yeah and I guarantee you that these memories are
lasts a lifetime there's nobody that is regretting time
spent with their family at the end of their lives they're thinking gosh those
those are the memories that that flash by that you think about so we
definitely want to have a lot of those yeah another thing that we don't regret
buying a house in a great School District there are a number of reasons
why this is the case if we didn't buy in a good school district but you always
want your kids to go to a good school so the other options are well you send your
kid to private school or well or what there's not really any other option I
mean and so the increase in cost of taxes and interest on a more expensive
house is still cheaper than private school tuition at least where we live
right if there were more options then maybe that would be something we could
look at a cheaper house and then the difference would be would be paid in
tuition especially since one of our kids is much older than the other that we're
not gonna have two kids in an expensive school at the same time but
unfortunately that's wasn't the case here the other thing is with a good
school district you get better home values more stability and so buying a
house is a less risky investment yeah I have never had a trouble selling
a house in part because I always make sure to buy a house in a good school
district because demand is going to be high in those areas property values will
tend to you know maintain themselves in those areas so you know from to the
extent that you want to try to make some kind of not profit but get your money
back or be able to sell your house when you're ready to sell your house without
having to bring money to the table that's a good criteria to use the
quality of the school that's right even if you even if you don't have kids it's
thing to check because you you might want to sell your house like you said
and investigate it even without kids alright guys so those are some of our
major purchases that we do not regret but also check out our video with the
major purchases that we do regret and we'll link that down in the
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these and we'll see you guys next time bye bye