I know what you mean. I got my first betta last weekend. I was planning to just get a regular VT betta at Petsmart (the Petsmarts in my area dont carry anything beside VT and CT for 5.99) but i went to BigAl and saw a HM dragon boy who kept flaring at me. I actually left BigAl and went to Petsmart but non of the fish there could get him out of my head. So I ended up buying him for $25 and named him Drake hehe