Get the machine, dump the boyfriend! This is your life! What are the odds that you'll ever find a red eye for $25??? I've been married 23 years, if I had to ask for permission to spend $25 I'd have dumped him 2 decades ago. My husband is a dear, he recently bent over backwards to help me buy a one year old 26" long arm quilting machine that retails for $15,000... but was being sold at cost for $6,000. He put off buying a band saw he's been coveting for 5 years.
I can tell you're a thoughtful, caring person. You're doing your best to stay within reason with your sewing, and he should consider that. I wish you all the best with your bf. But I can see the forest through the trees.
Last edited by Christine-; 05-02-2012 at 04:38 AM.