ahh. I would rather think of this this way, she's spending something like 300K yen on a hobby which for most people spend half of their salary on their hobby. do note she said she didn't have anything to spend on. so in 10 years she has technically amassed a substantial fortune.
@Assaultsquirt
well 60K in the US is hard when taxes for that is almost 20K to 30K.
Same here! I'd totally play up the "butler" routine:
-- Welcome home madam. Dinner will be ready shortly and I have prepared your bath should you wish to enjoy such first. Is there anything else..?