Denim skirt or iPhone?

“There’s a sale on at Isetan. Should I get that long denim skirt for 6o dollars?" I kind of mused aloud.

My spouse turned his head away, ever so slightly; with an expression that was a delicate mix of exasperation, puzzlement…a never-can-understand-women sort of expression.

“What the?! How can you?! Can’t you think of anything other than clothes? How can you keep buying them? How many do you already have?”

Nay, I didn’t utter a single indignant word in protest. Instead, I simply asked, “Tell me, what's the one thing you’ve been thinking about in the last one hour?” knowing very well what it would be.

A sheepish grin, “iPhone.”

“And how much does it cost?”

Another sheepish grin, “600USD”

"When was the last time you bought some geeky stuff?"

Yet another s. grin, "Last weekend" (And that's because he's free to shop only on weekends)

"How much did it cost?"

By now he was grinning from ear to ear, "Ok, ok...200 dollars!" (Thank goodness, our man is not a stay-at-home dad...I dread to think what would happen to our monthly budgets!)

I didn’t say a word more, neither did he. The next day, I bought my denim skirt (with a jacket to match), absolutely guilt-free.