"A vested interest in it".

Can I assume you mean she has contributed financially, therefore, additional spending is not only necessary but beneficial ? That's BRILLIANT !!!
The part about feeling bad, dragging her through pet stores. DON'T. She's "banking" :twisted: all those "quick" visits my friend and one day she will collect...ya' see, I think of my situation as a "pay as you go" kinda' deal. A visit to Big Al's is ALWAYS followed by aisle after aisle in the craft store. And if the craft store is closed we're probably goin' to "Linens and Things" to smell candles or something like that. This is after all, a complex hobby
