That's Some Fancy Garbage

I needed a new garbage can for my kitchen today since my father-in-law, while feeding the cat, did something weird to the old one and succeeded in breaking it. So I went out to the local "bed & bath" store & a couple of other places. Did you know that you can buy a garbage can, one that looks just about like the one I bought for 40 bucks* (which was my top limit on garbage cans-- it's fancy & stainless steel) for 187 dollars!?! Seriously. Almost 200 dollars for a can in which you put your leftover banana peels, dirty paper towels, cat food cans & coffee grinds.

Tell me-- who is it in the world who can pay 200 bucks for a garbage can, and more importantly, will they adopt me?


*which I realize is actually a pretty extravagant price for a can, in itself, but it sits prominently in my kitchen & people come over all the time & see it, and I don't want a dirty stained plastic one, and I'm not good at keeping the plastic ones from NOT getting stained. So about that much was what I intended to spend, since the last one I bought lasted several years at around that price.