Christmas Shopping

Me: The Iron Man action figure that I got for Collin at Toys'Rus for $12 .99 was $7.67 at Aldi and $7.99 at Kroger. I mean, when I bought it, the Thor one was $7.99 and Iron Man was $12.99, but I decided that Iron Man is way cooler than Thor.

Austin: Yes, Thor isn't even close to Iron Man.

Me: But anyway, seeing it everywhere else for $7.99? That's five bucks! I was pretty steamed, but I decided that it wasn't worth the my time or money to return it and buy again, so I resisted the urge and didn't buy the cheaper one.

Austin: I think you should return it.

Me: I make X an hour. That's *&#^ percent of my hourly wage. The amount of time I'd spend waiting to return it and buying the other one isn't worth it. I can work X to make it up.

Austin: Five bucks is five bucks.

Me: So last night I lay awake thinking I need to return the thing.

Austin: Just return it and be done.

He starts to walk off.

Me, calling at him and following: That wasn't the whole story. I had made up my mind that I was going to return it and then I looked at my Toys'RUs receipt and saw they had only charged me $7.99. If you'd had stayed for the whole story, you'd know the punchline.

Austin: I think you need to shorten your story.