How to Feel Rich

I have spent the weekend reading a manuscript for a friend and fellow writer. I'm pretty good at research, have access to libraries of information, and a point of view that is different enough to find the errors. This time I relied heavily on my Sears Roebuck catalog from 1897, nine years later than the manuscript but close enough. A pair of shoes (we would call them boots) cost a dollar or two. A pair of evening slippers (shoes) slightly less. I could get the saddle I paid $400 for in the 1980s for between $4 and $5.
If you have ever wanted to know what it feels like to be rich, pick up an old catalog. There is not a single thing in the book I could not afford on my current rather modest income.
Oh, did I mention that my monthly income is twice the yearly income of a college professor in the 1890s?