It's easier than ever to buy things in so-called installments.

This idea that you buy now and pay later.

And now that model is coming for necessities.

Things like buying clothes or paying rent.

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And the one big purchase I wanted to make was a couch because obviously we had just spent

the whole year working from our own couches.

And I had bought a really cheap one that was extremely uncomfortable to sit on.

So I was ready to splurge a little bit.

I was like, this is going to be my big girl fancy girl purchase.

And I was pretty sure I wanted a leather one.

But unfortunately, leather is very expensive, so all the ones I wanted were like thousands

of dollars.

And eventually, I looked up all the sites.

I looked at reviews and everything and I was like, this is the one.

It's gorgeous.

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