Jinx is really tempting me ...

with the new Guild shirt, on sale for $13 (plus $6 s/h is really $19).  Do I need it? No.  Have I got a use for it?  Not really.  Do I want it?  Yes, Yes, Yes!  Think I'll wait until tomorrow and see if common sense kicks in.

L.L. Bean Boots

 I want these boots for winter work in the Barn.  LL Bean is currently having a promotion in which a purchase of $25 or more gets you a $10 gift certificate towards your next purchase.  I've been meaning to buy some new socks for my mom, so I have two purchases to make, giving me $10 off one.  I also used Discover rewards to get a $25 L.L. Bean gift certificate for $20 in rewards.  Code 301358 has a 75% success rate for Free Shipping on Retailmenot, good until 1/1/10.  Now all I need is for them to throw in just a tiny little sale, and I'll jump.  C'mon guys, just 10% would do it... 

Something else I want: Razor Naga; Bought the Bed today

Yep, it's a mouse for people with small fingers that game too much. 

I'm doing a version of the 30 day list with this - I am putting it on my blog, and if I still want it after Christmas, I'll buy it for myself in January.

I'm very proud of myself, I've been saving for Christmas via Smarty Pig since July.  Come December, I'll have $250 for Christmas.  Now all I need is to keep from spending more than that + my toy budget on presents (always difficult for me - there's always one more thing that someone in my family would love).

In other news, I bought a bed today.  As I said earlier, my rehabilitation doctor said that my current 9-year-old Sealy Posturepdeic was not going to cut it.  I decided at the end of the day to go with the Tempur-Pedic Classic.  I did talk my local mattress store into taking the sales tax off and they gave me a free mattress pad (which I was planning to buy anyway.  Not to be gross or anything, butt there's a certain time of the the month that I tend to leak.  And I hate stains on mattresses.  They bother me even with the sheets on).

It felt great to know that I was putting it on the credit card to get cash back rewards, not because I didn't have the money for it.  Sure, it's not extra money that was just lying about - it does set my emergency fund back, and I wouldn't have chosen to buy it now.  But I don't have to go further into debt; this is my first big purchase where that has been the case.

Sorry if my posting is sporadic and disjointed; I am looking forward to not needing these drugs anymore.  I can't believe lortab has a black market value - people are actually willing to pay money to feel like this!