You can totally afford a Provari... With just 20 more 1 dollar bills. I'd say its worth the wait. What are you sucking on right now if your wife has your Evic? An eGo? If you need to buy right NOW, which I can understand, then you'll still be able to get a COOL mod. Just not a Provari in quality. The zmax telescope, with a flat top, would look grrrreat with a genisis like the RSST or the AGAT2. You could get the brand spankin new Innokin MVP2. (or the 1st one, which is cheaper and just as good, but I think it only has VV, which isn't a problem) I have VW and VV mods and I can switch em up and not give a rats bum which i'm using. I use VV more. You could get the Vamo stainless steel. Ordering from Fasttech takes a week though, and your situation sounds like it needs immediate attention. I'd look for a site in the US slangin whatchu neeed. I wouldn't get a mechanical if I were you since your wife will have the only ohm meter and battery checker in the house. You can go the classical rout and get yourself something like a Lavatube V2. Or a kicked silver bullet. (foreign made kick modules are 20 bucks these days, you could kick any mechanical if you think you'd enjoy that. The Smoktech Natural is awesome kicked. A BOLT is cool kicked too. Any of the sigelei mods would be good kicked.