So, I cannot keep this secret any longer. I feel too naughty; I feel too completely reckless!

*Deep breath*

So, here it is: Drew and I bought a $130 trash can. That's right. Over ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS of our hard-earned money, down the tubes, just so that we can keep trash, in a can in our kitchen, before it is moved into an even bigger can out into the garage.

Seems completely frivolous, no?

Of course it is. We realize it sounds completely ridiculous, even if this purchase has actually been a couple of years in the making. We finally just bit the bullet and bought it (to be annoyingly alliterative without prior planning).

Reason #1: We bought this particular trash can because it is, well, doggie-proof. We've been having trouble with Molly getting into the trash and strewing it about at night, and this step trash can securely closes without any possibility of doggie noses being able to nudge it open on their own. We got sick of cleaning up trash every morning, first thing.

Reason #2: The genre of step trash cans we've had our hearts set on are of the stainless steel variety, but as you all probably know, stainless steel is easily smudged and not so easy to keep clean. We decided to save ourselves the grief and buy the 'smudge-proof' version. Let me tell you what--our garbage is now, without a doubt, the 'best-dressed' garbage I know.  And with all the sniffing it has received from those two doggie noses, it was well worth going for it.

Reason #3: We had a 20% off coupon at Bed, Bath, and Beyond. So, that exhorbitantly-priced garbage-holding receptable was actually a mere $110, or so, with tax.

See? We are really not so frivolous as all that, actually.  

-Em