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 On the one hand, having a professional designer/seamstress (the Madwoman's other skillset) living with me is great. She catches me looking at clothes sites, looks at the prices, and gently explains to me that she can make that, don't pay that much for that dress.

On the other hand, part of this is because she has a hard-core punk rock mindset and refuses to charge me for her labor. Ever. She's never let me pay her more than cost of supplies for anything she's ever made.