How I Spent Over A Grand On The Boxing Day Event
(Prices include tax, shipping, and environmental fees where applicable)
LCD TV (Future Shop): $630
1 TB Hard Drive (NCIX): $130
Blu-ray Player (Best Buy): $120
Diapers & Toys for Kid (Superstore): $45
Lunch (White Spot): $45
Clothes for Kid (Please Mum): $40
Gas (Super Save): $35
T2 Blu-Ray (Future Shop): $15
Total: $1,060
So I may have officially gone a little nuts. There were some other things I did say no to like a 16 GB SDHC card, a vacuum cleaner, and Canucks tickets but I still think I may have gone a wee bit overboard this Boxing Day. Looks like it will be awhile before I let myself get Rock Band 2 but that’s fine as between Christmas gifts and the list above I’ve got plenty of entertainment that should last me through the spring really. Although the spending isn’t completely done – I still will likely need to get cabling which I’m told can be insanely expensive ($80 for a cord?!), a new mouse, plus weekly pizza beginning January 11th with the debut of 24 Day 7.
So I think I’ve MORE than done my part to keep our economy running, and you’ll notice I spread the wealth around quite a bit. All that said if you don’t have the finances by all means don’t follow my example, but if you do and you can then you’ve probably earned yourself a little treat.
December 29th, 2008 at 12:46 am
So I was in need of an HDMI cable as well. I saw one in Zellers that Sony sells for the PS3. It’s 10ft. long and comes with a 10ft. long USB cable (with one standard USB size plug and the other end is a small one, like for plugging into a digital camers) for 49.99. I told the guy that I didn’t need the USB cable and if he had just the HDMI cable. He did and it was $10 more. So now I have a top quality HDMI cable, another USB cable, and an extra 10 bucks in my pocket. I don’t know what the moral of the story is, but it might be to shop Zellers.