Yeah, similar here. It seems to make some people angry, it's like if I have money, it is my moral duty to spend it all immediately. But the things I want are surprisingly cheap. Even computers, were crazy expensive 30 years ago, but now they cost almost as little as books.

The expensive food, I think is not about the taste, but about getting dozen tiny pieces of food, each of them has a French name, and you always wait 10 minutes until they bring you the next bite. You pay for the feeling that many people have spent a lot of time and work preparing your food, even if the result is not really better. Probably other people enjoy that feeling; I don't.