I'm sure all of you have heard that old adage, "You get what you pay for". I've always been a big proponent of that one because, well, it's true about 95% of the time. I've spent the last (nearly) 7 years of my married life trying to fully convince my amazing wife of that fact with moderate success. For the most part she's learned from experience that it holds true.
For example, you can spend $4.99 for a box of the real "Drumstick" ice cream cones or you can spend $3.99 for the generic version. The difference? Well, at the beginning there isn't much of one. The first thing you get to on a Drumstick are the peanuts and bits of peanuts are just bits of peanuts. There's not much quality to be concerned with there. It's either a peanut or it isn't and both the Drumstick and it's generic knock-off have it covered...literally. Even the chocolate between the two isn't that far off, although I'm sure that the generic version doesn't have any real chocolate in it. If the item is labeled, "chocolate flavored" it's not chocolate. That's about where the similarities end however because once you hit the cone it's all down hill from there. The Drumstick crunches. The knock-off? Well it sort of rips and tears into a long bubble-tape like strand. I think the closest comparison is that the knock-off cone is the consistency of a fruit roll up. It's terrible!
I say all that to illustrate the point that after years of work, my wife and I are on pretty much the same page. Now we spend the extra dollar and get a good ice cream cone. It's worth it. However, we're not all the way there yet. I bring you exhibit A: Feather Pillow.
