I went to a seminar and dinner last weekend that was put on by my company last weekend.  They hyped it all up as educational for planning retirement strategies, and that it was at a fancy restaurant and we were going to have a gourmet meal.  Well, the fancy restaurant stuck us in the basement which wasn’t fancy at all, and the “gourmet meal” was a piece of chicken cordon bleu that is exactly the same as the Barber brand frozen chicken cordon bleu that I buy for $2.00 at the grocery store.  I swear it was the exact same thing!  I was quite annoyed that they tried to pass that off as a special “gourmet meal.”   Not to say it didn’t taste good, it was terrific - the Barber chicken cordon bleu is one of my favorite “whip up fast and cheap and easy meals” at home.  But that is the point - I know how fast and cheap and easy it is and was annoyed that they tried to convince us that it was a big fancy deal.