Applaud your counter-intuitive strategy with the liquid savings (even though everyone says to invest it). Having cash ready clearly let you jump on a distressed asset at the perfect time. How did you balance the opportunity cost of not investing that money elsewhere?
Six months of cash isn't so counter-intuitive... a lot of planners push for it. They see it as insurance against selling investments in a panic. So the opportunity cost is just the price of keeping your options open.