Originally Posted by Retired Fire Chief

Not long ago DH gave me a bunch of money - we have been financially helping his daughter whose family is in the middle of a terribly emotional and financial disaster with no end in sight. I think his gift to me is the way he is compensating for his generosity to his daughter. When he gave me the money he said it was to do whatever I wanted. I put it in the bank and didn't touch it for weeks then asked him again what he meant. Again he said do whatever you want with it I don't care. So after careful deliberation I bought a new sewing machine, a Janome MC6600. The shop gave me their standard $50 off for purchasing with them and an additonal 5% off for buying with cash or check. After bringing it home I pondered about my quilt shop's machine offer, buy one get the second 20% off. I couldn't resist, yesterday I took advantage of the 2 machine discount and bought my first embroidery machine, a Janome 350. What sweeted the deal, after saving almost $300 and the 5% off for buying with cash, I discovered that the husband of one of the owners loves to take designs he finds on the computer and digatizes (not sure of spelling) them to use on the Janome machine. He is not only going to teach me how to use the machine, he will give me a file of very cute snowmen faces, a file he made of various things his wife said she was thankful for to make a Thanksgiving wall hanging and a file with sun bonnet Sues he made for a 12 block quilt in blue, one for each month of the year. My husband knows about the MC6600 because he saw me set it up on the table, now I have to break the news that I actually bought 2 machines....any suggestions how to break the ice?