Now how do I get my wife to understand this?

You can't win...women think in terms of saving, not spending.  That's why it's called a Life Lesson, because you got schooled.

If you get your wife on board with this please have her call mine. This is not a concept she understands. Buying something you don't need because it is on sale is like a person starting smoking because of a good price on cigarettes!

I don't understand it myself, so I can't help you...   :-)

 

Tight lines,

Bob

C'mon...The more you buy the more you save!

 

 

 

My first wife brought home an ugly artificial white Christmas tree one year, she always insisted on live trees. I asked "why" her response, "it was only a few dollars". I threw it in the trash that week, she never missed it or asked about it, and never understood why it was a complete and utter waste of money.

I'm afraid my wife is trying to get ME to understand that.

Agreed... but if you buy a $1000 jig setup on sale for $750, and you tell your wife you spent $750 on it, don't you then at least mention the $250 you did not spend?