Stop me ...

[susandennis]

Before I spend again.

I had saved enough to pay for the redecorating of my condo. Until I got carried away with the wonderfulness of it all. I didn't really plan to replace all the furniture - just maybe the couch. But, that was lots of $$ ago. Once I realized that my pitiful little pile o' savings wasn't going to make the grade, I took out an equity loan. I will have used a bit more than half of what I borrowed. Assuming I maintain my level of income, I should have it all paid off in a year. I could pay it off sooner but I want to build up my if-I-get-fired-stash so that when I do pay it off, I'll have some cash on hand.

All of that complicated and convoluted explanation is offered as proof that I have given this all a great deal of thought. I've pulled out the calculator, I've run the nums, I'm not being frivolous.

But, I can't stop spending. I have every single color of Crocs that I want. Except Butter. I don't need any more. Really. I don't need Butter. I just got an email from my Crocs pimp that she just got in a supply of Butter. Can I get to her freakin' website any faster????

It takes 10-20 skeins (depending on the yarn) to make an afghan. I can make 2 bears out of one skein. I have enough yarn in my house right now for 5 afghans (don't bother - it's very close to 200 bears). Why oh why then do I order more yarn for bears like I did yesterday???!!!!

My printer at home sucks. It does. It always has. The scanner part of it works great but if you need a hard copy, pull out your Crayolas. This time I think it's the cartridges for which you pretty much need a separate equity loan. Last weekend I went to find cheap cartridges and came up dry so what did I do? I bought a new printer - that COMES with cartridges. With shipping it comes to about $10 less than a color and a black cartridge for my soon to be ex-printer.

I have to stop. I do not need anything else. I have one small and one medium invoice yet to come on the redecorating and then I'm going to a giant spend-one-more-penny-and-I'm-going-to-slap-you-silly diet.

Seriously. Really. I am not 8. I can do this.

Comments

[cinenaut.livejournal.com]

While I haven't spent as much as you have with the remodel, I can totally relate. In the last week, I bought two 300GB hard drives, a $250 universal remote, and have been looking longingly at a new $500 digital camera.

[susandennis]

I gotta know... Which universal remote? Didja get it yet? Programable from PC? JP1? Seriously. I need details.

And, while I'm here... External drives? USB? Firewire?

I'm ok on the camera :)

[cinenaut.livejournal.com]

I bought the Logitech Harmony 880 (http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/detailsharmony/US/EN,CRID=2084,CONTENTID=9933) after doing some research and reading a couple of reviews (a good review is here: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1843491,00.asp ). It's easy-peasy to set up -- charge the remote, install the software on your PC, create a login to the Harmony website, tell it the model numbers for all the A/V gizmos you have, answer a few questions, click finish, and the website downloads everything into the remote through a USB cable. I love not having to find the A/V receiver, DVD player, and TV remotes to watch a movie. I can just hit 1 button next to the icon on the color screen that says "Watch DVD" and it turns on everything, and changes any settings that need to be changed. LOVE IT. I just got it last week, and have done a fairly basic setup so far, but it seems to be customizable down to changing the wallpaper on the color screen.

I bought two Seagate 300GB internal drives, and put them into external enclosures I already had (Metal Gear) -- really easy to do ... plug two cables into the back of the drive, put cover on, fasten four thumbscrews to close, plug in either USB or FireWire cable and power card, and flip the on/off switch and you're in business. It's soooo much cheaper than what the ready-to-go external drives cost. $99 bucks (after rebate) for the 300GB hard drive, $40 for the external enclosure, which includes the power cord and USB cable. Oh, and these enclosures have blue LEDs on the front and sides, and I know it's silly, but I do really like blue LEDs. :)

I'm still thinking about the camera. Spending $300 on wedding presents for my sister has slowed that purchase down a tad :)

[susandennis]

You are a fountain of good stuff today. I'm so glad you are back!

I've looked at that Harmony remote several times, but never quite got that far. I'm still about one component away from needing but I am so grateful for your doing all the upfront testing for me!

And, I am also delighted to hear that slipping a hard drive into a shell is easy peasy. I have two external drives and not long ago one of them died but it was only the USB that died, not the drive. I sent it in to get it fixed but next time, I'm just going to buy a new shell.

Thanks!

[seattlejo.livejournal.com]

Who do you use for your crocs? i know that you had an issue with their direct website..
i almost bought a pair last weekend, but they had no mediums...

[susandennis]

http://www.mitans-uniqueboutique.com/

They have one of the worst websites and once you purchase, they send you about 84 emails about it - your order is being reviewed, your order has bene accepted, your order is ready for shipment, etc.

BUT, their prices are good and it is run by real people - well, a woman named Patricia, who couldn't be nicer.

Crocs inventory is a problem. They cannot make enough to fill demand. Patricia often can't get the stock she needs and, as you found out, Crocs can't even keep a supply in. It really sucks.

But their shoes are just the best things that ever happened to my feet.