So, just to give an update, I was in Costco yesterday with my wife, and I detour over to the electronics, and I'm looking at the aforementioned Bose QuietComfort 35 noise cancelling wireless headphones, and she says,
"You need to buy those."
I say, "Wha?"
My wife is the biggest cheapskate on the planet and proud of it.
She says, "Yes, you need to buy those. You deserve it."

So I bought them.

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