House paint...

[Curmudgeoness]

1. I have to side with your wife on this one.

Well, at least when it comes to the outside of the house or the inside walls. A good quality paint will last, and that means I paint less often---which is a very good thing. And having a nice color that I will enjoy and will make the room/house look good is important to me.

On the other hand, if I were painting a wall often because of graffiti, I would definitely recommend your solution. And if I had to paint my basement or garage interior, I would also use the "stew". Same for a dog house, or outdoor furniture, or a number of other things that do not matter to me.

Another option to save money is to see if there were any paints returned to the store because they were mixed wrong and the color was not what it was supposed to be....sometimes you can find very nice colors of paint at a cut-rate cost. My motto is "it never hurts to ask".