We Wii

That title sounds like something you'd do in the bathroom. Or maybe it conjures a little bit of France for you? Oui, Oui??

Nah, it's just the sound of me caving, again.

Bruce has been hounding me for months to get a Playstation or a Wii... for the kids. Right!

Clay has a Nintendo DS handheld game, but I have held off from getting Spencer and Allison one. We made Clay wait until he could read, and we have every intention of holding out until the younger ones read before they get that mind-numbing stuff. They know that's our policy, and it has been wonderful incentive for them to want to learn to read.

But the other day, I saw a posting online for someone selling a hardly used Wii for a pittance of the original cost. I'm not keen on having more stuff to dust (you'll see in the picture below that I do a poor job of dusting what we already own. Please make no comments on the fine layer that's coating the TV or entertainment center! Mom, shut your eyes before they burn!)

However, I do like saving money. Especially if it's on something I don't want to buy to begin with.

And in some cases, past performance is entirely too indicative of future results.

This is how it often works with us. Bruce wants, he pleads his case. I'm not convinced, he finagles. After months of badgering, I cave.

Knowing full well that caving will happen some time in the next 6-9 months, I feel good. I feel good because we saved now by buying a used product instead of paying full price for a new item when said caving commences.

Despite how the above sounds, I do not control our finances. If you've read this blog before, you know that Bruce is the money "nerd" (I'm not name-calling. This is Dave Ramsey terminology!), and I am the "free spirit". But to me, those are budgeting terms and not spending terms. Bruce and I swap roles when it comes to spending, but only because his toys are more expensive than mine.

We are both frugal. We're tightwads.

We agreed a long time ago that neither of us would spend over a certain amount without the other one's approval. We live by that. It's a respect thing. It keeps us both in check when the "I wanna" hits. Because the "I wannas" always hit hard.

And now, we Wii.