General thoughts #1: Ugh. I spent money.
The first thing I said when I walked in the door was “It’s all his fault”, and pointed at my father-in-law. Ok, so maybe it wasn’t, and everyone knew it wasn’t, but I wasn’t about to admit that found another hole in my armor of cheapness that I usually wear. I hate spending money on tools. I’d rather find some way to build it (just ask me why I don’t own a wide surface sander yet), find some amazing deal on it, or basically do anything but pay full retail value for anything. If I do buy anything over a hundred bucks, it’s typically after 6 months of reading about it, several aborted trips to buy it, a lot of time sitting in my &#...
