And the winner is...
Yeah, I went completely off the grid with the final decision (in both look and budget), but it's so hard when one is faced with a wall of shiny. This one completely caught my eye though, you could say it was faucet love at first faucet sight. And now I will have the long term task of updating other bathroom items to go with the new faucet. It's almost like that 'design a house around this' faucet commercial. It's just so... different, and I like different... I *am* different. :)
A similar thing happened when I bought these nifty wood/brushed chrome candle holders... I made a remark that I really loved that look and the next thing I knew I had a whole new wood & brushed chrome entertainment system.
I wonder how much updating the kitchen faucet would cost...