New furniture set for living room: $4,600
New flat screen: $2,300
New sound system: $1,700
New Gourmet Grill: $1,800

Party to show off all my new gadgets: $700

Total: $11,100

I recently received a nice bonus and decided to reward myself with some new toys. It’s been a while since I’ve rewarded myself like this so I thought “what the hell. Go for it!” Luckily, the slowing economy and all the discounts enabled me to stretch my bonus further than I had planned on.