Buyer's Remorse

This morning, I mentioned to my husband that I'd love to get a Wii system for Christmas.

"Why? So the kids can play video games?"  This was a trick question.  I know he hates the idea of our kids ever playing video games.

"No," I said, "because I've heard Wii Fit is a fun way of exercising." 

"Hmph. Grumble grumble."  He was wearing the same expression my Dad always wore whenever we asked him for spending money when we were kids.

He said, "I was just thinking about that StairMaster we bought." Uh oh.  I knew where this was going.  We bought a StairMaster shortly after baby #2 was born so I could work off the baby weight.  Lately, my now two-year-old spends more time climbing on it than I do, having learned to scale the baby fence I put around it. "EBay should have a category for things that people buy that they rarely use but can't return to the store because they've owned them for too long.  The category could be called Buyer's Remorse."

I couldn't help but chuckle.  "I think that's the unofficial overarching category," I replied.