I absolutely refuse to buy flatware. The last time I bought any was about 9 years ago when I was single and I had a gift card. Our set...well, our flatware is not a set, I don't have enough to make a single matching set even for our family of four. But, we have enough to eat with. It works just the same. I cannot see myself spending $60 on a matching set that is going to wind up mismatched anyway. I had to buy some spoons (4/$1) the other day because my kids insist on taking spoons outside to dig with. Do yours do that too? I also, in the past have taken my own flatware to work in my lunch and have lost it or forgot it. Who knows, maybe one day I will get a set, but I guarantee that it won't be before my kids get a little bit older. This is just something that I feel like if it's not broke, then don't fix it!
P.S. I am the same way with towels and washrags! Stains and bleach spots...why get new when it will wind up just like the old. A towel absorbs water, that's what I need it to do. When my towels stop absorbing, then I will buy new ones! How about you?
I must honestly say, the two things I miss the most from our previous house were the deep kitchen sink and my glass, flat-top stove. However, I have no desire to go out and spend the money on a deeper sink when the one I have keeps me in check (takes less to fill it up which means less to clean at one time), and we didn't want to have to rewire our electrical box to hold the load of the stove. This sink does have one option I like, and that's the sprayer. And the stove top, well, I will fix that. I will just get the hubby to use a scrap piece of plywood to make a cover to give me extra counter space for those days of baking cookies and such. And hey, with the shallow sink, I will learn to love it! The stove already has one option that is way better than the flat top, and that is gas! It's a lot easier to cook on gas than electric, in my opinion. One by one, I will find things that I already have will work way better than than getting something new, partly because I don't have to spend the extra money!