Damn, this year seems to be the year of Buying Crap. TV broken, need a new TV. 2nd car was needed, got a second car. Also, I’ve been so utterly tight with money for my own fun purchases that I’d shuffle back and forth on buying something for $30 that I’ve wanted for a year. I guess it’s because we’ve got so many big purchases/events in the pipeline (screened-in-porch remodeling, bathroom remodeling, going to Japan again this year and doing traveling when I’m there) that I’ve been hyper-conscious of spending. I’ve been finding myself wanting to eat out every now and then, as I normally do. Then, I realize that “I can’t decide on a place that I want to go”. Turns out, after thinking about it more, my problem was simply, “I didn’t want to pay $15 for a meal out somewhere”, and that pre-purchase stress was clouding my mind, making me think I was indecisive as to where to go to eat. Huh.

Anyway, here’s some things I bought recently, in no particular order:

Plasma HDTV

HP 24″ Flatscreen Monitor for work

Honda FIT (see previous post)

A meal at the Himalayan joint up the road: Good!

Video card (for work PC)

Eye Pillow

2 pounds of Yerba Mate and a steel straw

Delicious coffee from Southern Seasons

A place at Camp Nerdly

Stiff meditation pillow

One lottery ticket (work pool)

Yoga strap
PS2 Cable

A room at GenCon

Melatonin (3mg)

A meal at Firebirds

Stuff I’m looking to buy:

Free time (another few days off?)

Another Quill Mouse/Aerobic Mouse (my current one saved my wrists from constant tendonitis)

Some sort of night light (LED light?) so that I can sleep while Orie reads. Otherwise, I bolt upright after 20 minutes and can not return to sleep. Started happening recently, I don’t know why.

Delicious pie. Perhaps Peach.

A PS3. Though that might be a ways off, maybe next winter.