Too many wants

The virus is in retreat, I feel better. Well enough to get into trouble, but not healthy enough to dig my way out again. Husband got a new phone after I laundered my old one. He has been wanting one more like his palm device that he used to use, he really doesn’t call many people, but he wanted to use it for schedules etc. Liking the phone that he had, which had been mine for a brief while, we traded. He got a new super duper phone and I got one that I already understood. We were both happy.

Have you ever noticed that when people discover a new thing that works for them, a diet, a new product, or a place to live, they want to share it? Husband has been badgering me to trade in my phone and buy one like his. Loving me and wanting me to have the best, he cannot understand my reluctance. It’s like my computer, he needed a new one, we got a great deal on an HP Laptop for him, such a great deal that his enthusiasm convinced me to buy one too. I used it a while but keep coming back to my tiny netbook, which sits on my lap. So there it sits and I feel guilty about it. We spent about $800 on it. I feel like I should use it, but I don’t want it on my lap. It makes me feel very bad, that I wasted so much money on something I didn’t need or really want because I got greedy.

So being sick and crabby, yesterday, when he once again started trying to sell me on getting a new phone, I got mad at him. They say you are never really angry about the things you get mad about. I could have bought a new serger and had money left over. I’m not even sure that I want a serger, but I like the idea of having one. I think I will mull it over for awhile.