Nah, not really. I was just taking a bit of literary licence. In the the undercurrent there is a thread of truth in it, one where she does not understand why I have to buy these things!

I'll spend $100 on 'x' that she says I'll never use, maybe once. She'll spend $100 on novels that she'll read only once and throw away. Tricky path to ride on, that's for sure.