Kinda surprised by a few of the defensive comments. I wasn't sure the original poster said her hubby was being aggressively snotty about it. I think he had a valid point.
We've all been snookered a time or two into thinking we needed something that we just don't. There's a reason people are paid good money for advertising. And we've all been disappointed at least once in the quality of something we've bought. Women do tend to shop more--regardless of whether we're talking about fabric , clothes, groceries, whatever...
The key , as with anything in life, is balance.