Over the Shock and GALing 6

[Thinker]

So after the discussion this am about how Retrouvaille was too expensive, I just went downstairs and found Mrs. Thinker sitting in the dining room with a door-to-door knife salesman, having priced out a full set with him. "What do you think?" she says, "They're only $500 for the set"


AAAAAARGHHHHH!!!!

I almost F'ing lost it.

Instead I said (almost calmly) "In understand the knives, they are great. I know all about them. I just don't think that in our situation we can afford to spend $500 on knives" - and then cut the salesman off when he started in on the "Well, we have a special today only sale where..."

[Ranting=Thinker]
Can't afford to invest $400 in our M, but these knives are such a bargain at $500!!! What is she thinking!!!!
[/Ranting]