Hair Removal: 21st Century style

I recently bought an epilator.  Wait, let me provide some background.  I shave, but I hate shaving.  I don't have a light in my shower, so it's hard to see.  It really dries my skin out and you have to do it all the time.  I prefer to wax.  It lasts longer, and the pain really doesn't bother me.  The problem is that I got an easy to apply waxing kit, but it takes almost a full hour to heat up and the wax cools so quickly, I can only get half to one leg done.  


Anyhow, the epilator I bought was this one: 
Panasonic ES2045P Wet/Dry Two-Speed Epilator with Three Heads (Pink)


I bought it on the recommendation of a friend who has used epilators for a long time.  This was the exact model she had.  I've used it twice.  It takes FOREVER and lasts longer, but I miss half the hairs.  I don't know if this is because my hair isn't the right length or if it just takes a long time before they all get pulled.  My feet were numb by the time I was done in the shower.  Not a pleasant experience.  I've been shaving as I don't have time to do this more than once a week and you can't do it two days in a row according to the instructions.


So when I was at Sally's the other day and saw they were having a deal on a professional wax warmer AND it came with free strips and wax, I was perplexed.  I JUST bought the epilator.  I got a decent deal on it, but not so good I can justify not using or giving it away.  And I still have the other waxing kit of sucking.  


I'm trying to save money, so an extra $30+ makes a difference.  A friend suggested I sell the old epilator on eBay.  Who would buy an epilator used?  Apparently there is a market.  I think I may even be able to sell some or all of the old waxing kit!


I go back to Sally's, and the clerk recognizes me.  It has only been a few days.  It came with an instructional DVD, but it doesn't seem that much harder than my other kit.


The truth of it is that I've spent well over $200 in the past 6 mos to year on hair removal items.  (I also tried a Nair solution that just burned my skin and didn't do anything to the hair.)  Here's the kicker: my boyfriend would be happier if I never, ever removed a hair again.  But I just can't bring myself to that point.  I'm not a hairy person, but even if it's only been a couple days since I shaved, I'm the most paranoid person if I go to yoga or expose any sort of non-hair removed surface.


I'm not crazy.  I don't wax my arms or anything.  So what is it that I just can't get past having a little hair.  Why is society so stuck on this?  Is it the business of selling these products?  Even razor refills are incredible expensive!  Part of why I like the waxing is because I've been led to believe that it grows back thinner and lighter, which is actually not really true from a scientific point.


So I'm left to try to recoup some of my costs and hope that there is some other girl who wants to try products where I have failed.