Perks.

This past weekend we took one of the biggest steps yet along the road of homeownership: we bought patio furniture. (And a grill!)

For many reasons, we had been majorly dragging our feet when it came to getting deck furniture, the main one being that it is so. flippin’. expensive. Seriously, have you checked out patio furniture prices lately? Because it will set you back a good limb or two. Or who knows, maybe it has always been expensive. Former city dwellers like us wouldn’t know because we’ve never, you know, HAD a deck. (Or a grill!)

Or maybe we were holding back because it felt like the last straw in finally admitting that we are officially surburbanites (shudder). There’s something so permanent, so… settled about deck furniture. Either way, with the weather getting nicer, we couldn’t pass up this six piece set at Stop n’ Shop (of all places) and were impressed by the quality it offered for the price ($129.99!). While we were at it, we picked up a grill at Home Depot, bought a minivan and joined the PTA. (Okay those last two are complete lies.)

But as we flipped burgers in the breeze and enjoyed our first meal on the new table outside it was impossible to deny that being a suburbanite? Has its perks.