Martina, you should always keep your husband happy! If he wants to take you, then go, set a budget & take cash. When that's gone, you are done shopping. Yeah, right.
Meanwhile, I resisted the CT catalog offerings, but my Viking died. It is the TOL machine from about 6 years ago. From reading on the internet the problem could be: thread caught in the innerds (cheap $ fix), the power module (moderate $ fix) or the motor (Don't even want to think about the $ fix). Will probably get an estimate by the end of the week. There goes my October allowance (and possibly November's & December's)