I just sat down to pay bills. The furnace ended up costing us about $8500 for our half

Now I'm wondering if that vacation was such a good idea

We'll be fine, it is just the sticker shock. The furnace should last us 20 + years so we should have very minimal oil costs over those years which means that the $3000 dollars and increasing yearly we will be so much better off down the road. We should be cost free within 3 years. A sound investment right?

I will say that our house is very toasty tonight and with temps in the 20s he didn't come any too soon.