Good for you. You know men never have trouble spending money on their "toys" but we women could take a page from their book. When I bought my Bernina 820, it was on sale for $6500.00 + 13% tax so over $7,000. I was going to turn 65 so I figured that $100.00 for each of my birth years was not such an extravagance. Men spend $10-15,000 on a skidoo here in Canada & don't bat an eye. As the commercials all say "we are worth it." ENJOY your machine & give lots of hugs to your DH. He's a keeper for sure.