Longtime no Write

I got bored playing code monkey and decided to surf through griffjon's journal. Which prompted me to update mine. In November Beth and I bought a house. Owning is so much better than renting. We are currently updating our living room and kitchen. We initially set a budget of $5000, but i think we are going to blow by that. When one renovates it is far too easy to fall into the trap called "might as well as".
I mean if your floor is torn up to put in hardwood, you "might as well as" replace the cabinets... then you "might as well as" remove the pantry to put in more cabinets, and "you might as well as" tile the couter tops....so that is where we are today.