More than just buying steaks

My wife sent me to the local grocery store to buy some steaks for dinner that were having with another couple.  I go, can't find any steaks other than maybe 1 inch at the most.  I then realized a couple of miles away is a butcher shop.  I go, find unbelievable 1 1/2 - 2 inch porterhouse's.  As the butcher is wrapping the steaks, above the counter is prices on whole and 1/2 cows, after talking to the butcher and crunching some numbers I leave.  Get home, put the steaks on the counter, my wife goes in the bag pulls out the receipt and see's my steaks cost around $700.  She's like, is this some kind of mistake.  I go no, I just bought 1/2 a cow.  She was mad a first, but those steaks were awesome.  I told here how much were going to save buying in bulk.  Plus when I get it home from the butcher, I'll vacuum seal thee 1/2 a cow, with the Food Saver I bought a couple of moths ago.  I should be able to pick up the cow in a couple of weeks.  By that time I should have in the extra supplies of vacuum seal bags in.