Last week I made a very non-frugal purchase. In case you didn’t guess, I bought the wonderful camera pictured here, the Canon Digital Rebel XSi. I have been wanting to buy a digital SLR for well over a year now, and have waited due to our debt situation. But now all of our debt is paid down except for a small student loan and a 0% credit card. I get paid every two weeks, which means I get paid three times in October. So instead of doing something responsible like pay off more debt or build up our emergency fund, I bought a camera.
My wife and I have a trip down to Big Sur coming up in a few weeks, which is why I decided to buy it a little earlier than I should have. This is the first time in a few years that I can take advantage of the 30 day grace period on one of my credit cards since it’s now at a $0 balance (well it was for a few days anyways).
Was it the smartest choice? Probably not. But with the amount of hiking we do, and with the holidays coming up I should be able to get a lot of enjoyment using it. And hopefully I can get some better pictures coming through on this blog. And honestly, I’m pretty darn excited to get it. The only thing I slightly bothers me about making the purchase is that I am now lusting after a few high-priced lenses.
So there it is. I will be a slave to money and to my job for a little while longer. But at least I will be taking some rad pictures while waiting for that time to come.
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