upfront investment with a very uncertain payoff. and when i was a little girl, i begged and begged my parents for a violin so i could take violin lessons. i promised them i would practice and follow through and stick with it. they brought me a brand-new violin and i went to two lessons. so i think this happens all the time. so my parents really should have found another family with another little girl who was begging for a violin and sell it to them used. so people who are trying to learn a new musical instrument really should just find a lightly used one to start with. >> i can identify with that. i convinced my parents i should take fluting lessons and it made me dizzy on the first couple ofless sons and gone was flute. so craft supplies. what am i using craft supplies before that i can get them used. i thought once you use them,