For the last couple months I’ve been dealing with indecision on whether I should buy a small chest freezer for the garage. The only freezer that we have is the small space that our main fridge in the kitchen has devoted to freezing our food. We’ve been able to get by with this amount of freezer space for the last 6 years that we’ve lived in our house but have had to avoid buying all the freezer goods we would have liked since there was no place to put the stuff.
Since I’m such a big fan of Costco, I checked there a couple months ago to see what kind of freezers they have. They have one chest freezer that is $229. I was actually pleased with the price for a 7.0 cubic foot freezer but I just haven’t been able to pull the trigger on the purchase. Here are just a few of things that have gone through my mind each time I consider buying it:
-Is this really a necessity?
-Will the value I get out of it be worth the purchase price?
-Will the added energy costs be worth the benefit of having extra freezer space?
-Do I really want to devote garage space to yet another “thing”?
-Will food sit there only to be consumed by the “freezer burn” Gods?
It’s really kind of silly to put this much thought in to such a simple purchase. I mean, do I need a freezer or not? Seems pretty cut and dried. I tend to put much more thought in to purchases like this. It’s probably up for negotiation whether this is smart, or I’m just a bit odd. Unfortunately for me, this is how I live my life. 
So, here we are. Going on 3 months trying to decide whether I really need the freezer or not. Somehow we are getting by and living our life without it. The big question is: Will our lives be complete and angels appear from the clouds if we buy this freezer? I doubt it. I suppose I’ll ultimately buy the damn freezer but who knows. I would like to have the extra space for meat, and other things that we just don’t buy in very large quantities because there is nowhere to put them. One of these days I’ll have $229 burning a hole in my pocket and I’ll do it. Until then, I guess we’ll make do.