The new Kitchen.

A number of months ago I relented in letting my wife get a new kitchen.
At the time we had a number of options including:

• Leaving the kitchen as is.
  This was not a popular option but it would save me the most money.
• Re-doing the kitchen in place.
  This was the most cost effective option. It would get me a new kitchen at about 1/2 the cost of the last option.
• Moving the kitchen layout around.
  The most expensive and time consuming option.

Now, if I went for the sensible option, we were talking about 40-50 grand (close 'dem mouths, this was the GOOD option), if we went with the most expensive option, then it would be 80-100 grand.

From my perspective my choices were pretty clear cut. If I go for the less expensive option then my wife would not be happy, and in the long run I guess I wouldn't be. The more expensive option was about 50 grand more, but at least she would be happy for a long time (so I hope).