I had my son (second child) in 2004, paid out the ass in daycare costs, and bought a house.
I rebuilt my HTPC, bought
and
and
and roundtrip tickets to Arizona later this year, dropped shocks and new tires on my truck, bought almost every little nagging thng for the new house, the wife snagged a new after-pregnancy warddrobe, my daughter got a new bike, baby son got a Radio Flyer red wagon, we're re-doing the driveway in August, and I spent $200 on cheap games/DVDs.
And still managed to make my savings account 5k richer. Fucking Bush and his tax cuts.