Damn You Williams-Sonoma For Knowing My Weakness

After writing about my last temptation from Williams-Sonoma, I casually cruised the sale site for the after-Valentine's Day stuff, and I ran across this: the Zarafina Tea Maker Suite.

It's 1/3 off! And every reviewer had awesome things to say about it - and rated it 4 or 5 out of 5 stars. And there are separate settings for different types of tea and the strength that you want.

Damn you Williams-Sonoma! I resisted the hot chocolate maker (which is still on sale btw) since I usually only drink it in the winter. But tea? I drink tea all the time! And the Zarafina Tea Maker Suite looks so convenient. And handy. And is such a cool kitchen toy, er, I mean, tool.

Must. resist. sale.price.

*Grumble*

Pet Peeve #1:

Panera Bread wanted to charge me $2.59 for a large cup of hot tea. Mind you, this came with the same tea bag as the $1.59 cup of tea. So for an extra $0.75 (wait - what the hell? When did we lose the cent symbol on the keyboard? I've got a keyboard that controls the volume of my speakers, hot keys for underlining, redo and italics, a separate number keypad, and no cent sign???), I get 6 more ounces of hot water.

That's right. Hot water.

Now, I realize in these current economics times with the US at the highest unemployment rate since 1994, that a mere 75 cents shouldn't chap my ass quite s much. On the other hand, since economic times are what they are, shouldn't I be looking to save money anyways?

Of course, I could just be annoyed because I only had $1.89 in my wallet and I didn't want to use my debit card for their minimum purchase.

*Grumble*