The UN-Spoken Cost of Adoption

So, on a rather large adoption forum, my wife and other "moms to be" have been passing the time on our 100+ day wait for China to get back to us, by ... oh, how do I put this?  Passing the time by applying "Retail Therapy".

The Yetis version of "Retail Therapy".  :-)

Yes, between all the waiting moms on this forums the follow things have been purchased during their Retail Therapy sessions:

• Chocolate
• New Luggage Sets
• Pets
• Chocolate
• Ice-Cream
• Books
• Chocolate
• Art
• Electronics (yay - new TouchPad ... okay, that was me)
• Kitchen (yes, someone even got a new kitchen out of their 100+ day wait)

More "Retail Therapy" ... for the wife!  I swear!

And it got me thinking... what IS the true UN-Spoken cost of adoption?
So I did a quick search in my blog for some of the things these women were trying though Retail Therapy in an effort to struggle through the pain of the 100+ day wait...


Well, we DID get a New Kitchen for the PREVIOUS adoption... ;-)
http://berzenji.blogspot.com/2009/07/ulterior-motive.html

And we also go new appliances:
http://berzenji.blogspot.com/2010/01/refridgerator-art.html

And new bathrooms:
http://berzenji.blogspot.com/2010/03/baby-needs-new-pair-of-bathrooms.html
http://berzenji.blogspot.com/2011/07/day-70something.html

And new furniture:
http://berzenji.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-family-member-this-time-not-child.html

Oh sod it all!  THAT is why adoption is so darned expensive!

Oh, and to any who are following my plight in trying to acquire a stereo for the past 15 or so years, there is now a new stereo in the house:
http://berzenji.blogspot.com/2011/08/welcome-home-stereo.html

*siiiiigh*  :-)