For me, I am toying with “Abba: The Complete Studio Recordings”, a 9 cd set digitally re-mastered with a price tag of $108.00.
Anyone have it already and is it a good investment?
And for my birthday, six days later, I am giving myself an Ovation Tangent Mob57 guitar. Blue of course. All my guitars are blue, and I very badly want a Höfner (Paul McCartney) violin bass in blue. I found one once (on the net) but now it’s my “Elusive Butterfly”.
So “Solitary Man/Woman”: What’s Santa bringing you?
I hope it’s something nice and which will give you lots of pleasure.
So far Christmas shopping I have bought 5 books, 2 CDs and 2 DVDs. The DVDs and one of the books are for other people. Until yesterday afternoon I had only bought the 4 books and 2 CDs for myself.
I was thinking about this today as I strolled through Sam’s Club. I don’t have a DVD player, and was thinking that might be the perfect prezzie for me. I have loads of tapes, though, that I hate to not be able to play. But NO ONE carries tapes anymore – all the new movies are on DVD. Decisions, decisions.
I bought myself a new pair of earrings from a local jewelry for 6 bux a couple of weeks ago . . . kind of a pre-holiday present.
The budget is this year: a new engine for my Toyota 4Runner. Otherwise, it’s just a nice big flower pot. Not very exciting, but winter just around the corner, and I don’t want have to walk around in the cold and rain.
I got myself an entertainment center. Before that my tv, tivo and cable box were all crowded together on the top of an ancient farmstyle kitchen table.
With the DVDs and stuff in baskets underneath. Well that’s my luxury gift to myself for the next 2 years!
I just bought a Creative Zen Vision M. Sort of like a video Ipod but better. Nothing like watching Scrubs or Family guy on the way to work in the morning.
Ordered myself a print of a painting from a show I saw at the Met last month. Once I get it framed, it will be a tad over $100, which is my target price for my Christmas present to myself.
Once you go DVD, you’ll never go back. I bought a DVD recorder for my dad, and he’s taken to re-recording the thousands of movies he has on tape. I’ll be he hasn’t played but 5 tapes in the three years or so since we gave the recorder to him.