tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293882317800655743.post998590759728138440..comments2009-10-29T23:59:00.151-07:00krystalatworkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13549147846423300947noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293882317800655743.post-13432575215554678302009-10-29T23:59:00.151-07:002009-10-29T23:59:00.151-07:00Woo hoo! A stove! As for the venting issue, if you have a window in the kitchen or if it isn&#39;t a closed off area you will probably be fine with getting one that can be used without a vent to the outside. A range hood vent is about $70 at your local Big Box store. My brand new stove with self clean oven &amp; Sabbath mode was about $800. If you don&#39;t care about fancy features and are buying used you can probably get one for around $200 from a used appliance place. Or you could buy the cheapest new stove IKEA sells for $349.99.Shevyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12360963999613712921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293882317800655743.post-868724354994871232009-10-29T10:45:22.190-07:002009-10-29T10:45:22.190-07:00<b>TK:</b> LOL! $48 cookies! Crazy but it doesn&#39;t surprise me. Baking good home made cookies is usually always more expensive than buying a $3 box of store bought ones. But about a million times tastier so it&#39;s worth it. :)<br /><br /><b>Courtney:</b> I would love to say more about my living situation, but out of respect for <b>J</b>, I won&#39;t. He&#39;s very supportive about this blog and reads it daily, but he&#39;s just not comfortable with me sharing details regarding his personal finance and his life.krystalatworkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13549147846423300947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293882317800655743.post-60253592168775450592009-10-29T10:37:26.274-07:002009-10-29T10:37:26.274-07:00I know you might be hesitant to do this because it will probably just cause some backlash, but could you explain more of where you live? Is it more apartment or house? # of bedrooms/rooms? Is it yours as long as you want it or do you have a lease? Do you want to stay there for a long time?Courtneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293882317800655743.post-88113949973822182712009-10-29T10:36:33.353-07:002009-10-29T10:36:33.353-07:00Yippee! Beware Baker&#39;s Syndrome, though. I once decided to bake a batch of Neiman Marcus cookies (Google them for a recipe) and though I told myself that cookie at home was frugal, I ended up baking a batch of $48 cookies. <br /><br />They were $48 good, though, so at least we felt like we got our money&#39;s worth.TKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15878349920410015177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293882317800655743.post-20332390469242741472009-10-29T09:37:55.818-07:002009-10-29T09:37:55.818-07:00<b>Jerrica:</b> Yes I already offered to purchase or pay half of the cost for the stove. We plan on buying used, so it shouldn&#39;t be more than a few hundred dollars each.<br /><br />He definitely wants the stove too. But neither of us saw the practicality of having one if we were just leaving to go traveling. He&#39;s more used to not having a stove since he hasn&#39;t had one for years and years.krystalatworkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13549147846423300947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293882317800655743.post-2600609298995221042009-10-29T09:20:38.724-07:002009-10-29T09:20:38.724-07:00Congratulations! Maybe you could offer to purchase the stove for him; could be a nice way to contribute more to the household since it seems like you wanted that stove more than he did.Jerricanoreply@blogger.com