Guess the best thing is to consider it an investment. Glad to hear your new HVAC system is working out well. Our AC died in August, but like you, we replaced both units at once. The furnace wouldn't have made it much longer.

My dad refused to get central A/C until the "kids" moved out, so I know the misery of summers spent sweltering in heat/humidity. Oh, he was so cheap that we couldn't use fans because they used too much electricity and at night, were a "fire hazard." LOL. Not surprisingly, he bought himself a window AC for his "man den" - the family room - when I was in college.