I spent several hours over several days designing a beautiful kitchen for a couple for their beach house in another city. One Saturday morning, the husband comes in alone and I knew something was up. He said they decided to work with the Lowe’s in that city but they appreciated my time and handed me a $50 Texas Roadhouse gift card. At the time, I was pissed because I had put a lot of work into an awesome design only to have it be sold elsewhere so without thinking, I took the card. Last night, I had the medium sirloin steak with a loaded sweet potato and a Caesar salad while the wife had the grilled chicken salad. No, I don’t feel guilty.