DW goes to a hairdresser about once a week and often comes home with stories of what we think is downright strange financial behavior. The hairdresser lives with her hubby in a mobile home (dunno if single or doublewide) and had complained last winter of getting $600-$700/month electric bills for the heat pump. That seems a tad high to me (is there a hole in the roof?) even given that mobile homes tend to skimp on insulation so as to increase interior space. So anyway, last spring they found a wood stove at auction and installed that. Good thing too, since now the heat pump has died entirely.
The hairdresser has been saving up for I think about two years now, and wants to buy a hearse. DW says she (the hairdresser) likes ghoulish stuff, dresses up at Halloween and the like, so I suppose a hearse fits in. But other than the $1,200 saved for the hearse they're pretty much broke. Wouldn't most people want a new heat pump before they bought a hearse?
Anyway, what other strange/weird/oddball financial stories have you to tell?
The hairdresser has been saving up for I think about two years now, and wants to buy a hearse. DW says she (the hairdresser) likes ghoulish stuff, dresses up at Halloween and the like, so I suppose a hearse fits in. But other than the $1,200 saved for the hearse they're pretty much broke. Wouldn't most people want a new heat pump before they bought a hearse?
Anyway, what other strange/weird/oddball financial stories have you to tell?