Your latest purchases

I know what you mean. Like the girls that have jackets that are way too shourt and half of their belly peeks at you - while it's snowing. I really don't get it.

A new frying pan. I'm pathetic, I know...

 

I brought my 2 day pass for Armageddon Expo, the weekend after next.

 

I got season 1 and 2 of Mad Men on Blu-ray today. I've never seen the show before, but the set was so cheap I thought I'd give the show a shot.

 

Some very sweet earrings with black stones. Ebay is my friend.

 

Excellent choice!

 

Finally got an old root-canal capped (years ago). It was freakin' expensive!

 

Just some basics - socks, underwear, dark grey fitted T for autumn layering (need to find a navy one too), plus a pretty cool on-trend slim plaid shirt with some military details.

 

I bought a slave in Miss Chicken's auction!

I also bought some canvasses, an avocado, and pink flowers for my roommate's birthday.

 

I bought several things

1. OSPREY Exos 58 Backpack. I want a good multiday pack.

2. Platypus Big Zip hydration system. I'm giving this a try because I'm tired of having to stop and open my nalgene to drink. This way, I can just drink from the attached hose. Neat!

3. Anti-shock trekking poles. Gotta save my knees

I do need another hat, but I'll wait until later before deciding on one.

 

Beauty and the Beast on Blu-Ray

Dollhouse Season 2 on DVD (I would have gotten it on Blu-Ray, but I already have Season 1 on DVD, and I want them to match)

Caprica on DVD (frickin Best Buy didn't have the Blu-Ray, and I'm too impatient to wait for them to get it in stock).

Oh, and a drink from Starbucks.

 

An avocado is an interesting choice of birthday present.

Been quite busy this week, so decided to treat myself to a little bit more shopping:




The silk squares are from Ralph Lauren, the grey cashmere v-neck is from Pringle.

 

A pair of these (Unstructered slip ons)



And a pair of these (Wave Path loafers)

 

Yesterday I received my mum's (very very early) Christmas gift.

Since my desktop was severely lagging behind and I was tired of throwing money out to keep its specs up to date, I decided to join the 21st century and get a "desktop buster" laptop.

It's an Acer TimelineX 4820TG:

Intel Core i5
4Gb RAM
Dedicated ATI Radeon HD 5470 graphics card
B/g/n WiFi
500 Gb HDD
Integrated 1.3Mp webcam
Dolby Home Theatre Virtual Surround
14" HD LED backlit LCD screen

It also has a whopping 10 hours of battery life.
I still wanted it to be portable, it's quite thin and it only weighs 2Kg.

I love the brushed black aluminium cover, it's so much nicer than plastic.
And now I don't want to have to buy a new pc of any kind for another ten years.

I will however change the HDD to a SSD as soon as the prices come down a bit. Right now I'd love to, but they are still ridiculously expensive.

 

^ Nice laptop, congrats!

 

Nice laptop Niorah.

Did a little grocery shopping. Decided on buying myself a cheesecake and an avocado. Gonna enjoy one of them now.

 

Thanks guys! I'm quite excited about it, it actually -is- like Christmas!

 

^ Nice! Very stylish. I wish I could get hubby to wear shoes like these.

 

Enemies & Allies (paperback) by Kevin J. Anderson. It's about Superman and Batman's first meeting in the 1950's.

 

Enemies & Allies (paperback) by Kevin J. Anderson. It's about Superman and Batman's first meeting in the 1950's.

 

Cool.

I'm thinking about getting a new laptop at some point either later this year or next, partly because now that I have a bit more free time I want to play one or two recent games that I can't on my current 5-ish year old laptop (it was not far off top-of-the-line 5 years ago, but is obviously showing its age now), so I've been looking around recently.

Yours has a two graphics cards I think, letting it switch between them depending on whether you're on mains power or battery. That's why you can get such good battery life from it.

I tend to prefer desktop-replacement laptops like yours too. I've got half an eye on this one but I might wait a little longer for it to come down in price a bit. Maybe after Christmas.