We discussed the matter for a while and came up with different options. Actually I am quite proud of the BF right now for taking the initivitive on this. We would normally just say lets spend it.. you get half I get half but this time he sat down on the computer with the spread sheet and looked at the budget and debt payment plan and came up with ideas on what to do with it.
Then, while on our laptop looking at these options, it dawned on us what we should do with it. Get a new laptop. We have had ours for about 4 years now and in computer technology time that means its about 80 years old and our laptop seriously is senile. I don’t do any banking on it because I am afraid is has a bad virus on it and someone will steal all my money. But it was so clear what we should do.. purchase a new laptop. So we decided to wait until our trip to Portland (leaving today) and we would purchase a laptop I Portland. We have a budget of $500.00 and we have a pretty good idea what we need. The rest of the money will go towards debt.