Family Guy Box Set, vol.1 and 2.
Just arrived last Friday.
I just spent 100 bucks on Rush in rio merchandise (3 disc DVD set, 3 disc CD set, 2 T-shirts, Spinning Key Chain and 4 posters)
I don’t bother with the “do I have it/need it?” question when faced with daily staples. I tend to impulse purchase these items, and then discover in delight that it was just in the nick of time. Not on purpose. Honest.
Van Morrison CD. Have danced to it just about every day since.
Mercedes Lackey. Sharon Kay Penman. Charles de Lint. Wilbur Smith. These authors have cost me more money, and given more joy, than any other.
I often don’t even think about going into the book store. I’m just suddenly in front of the shelves saying, “got it, got it, need it, got it, got it, GOTCHA!!!” and then I run triumphantly to the cash register.
Why the men with the white jackets aren’t waiting for me there, I do not know.
Subway tokens, even though they cost almost $2 each.
I’m lazy about walking more than a few blocks at a time.
Cans of strange fru-fru drinks that you find in truck stops. (Try giving something called flavored oxygenated water to your friends. See if you can make their brains explode)
GOOD chocolate
I buy the newest Pratchett book upon sight myself. That’s about it.
Dr Pepper.
Other than that, I’m basically a cheap bastard. I refuse to buy anything until I’ve searched everywhere for the best price I can get, even if it takes me a couple of weeks to find it.
I am the opposite. I will impulse buy something in one shop, knowing full well If I walk a few yards down the road I might find it cheaper.
I usually do find it cheaper.
Anything with, of, or relating to cows.
Moo.
Buffy and Angel DVDs as soon as they come out.
Air Supply CDs.
Internet access.
Certain action figures (Blue Beetle, Starman, Grendel, Madman, Homer Simpson, Stephen Hawking, Hurricane Helms, Rey Mysterio, the recent black/silver Snake Eyes, the new black/gray Batman…)
Years ago, I bought anything Heinlein did, sight unseen, money no object. Then he died.
Then I bought anything Niven & Pournelle did. Then they started to suck.
Then I bought anything Clancy did. Then he started to suck.
Now I buy anything Pratchett does. Funny thing: his early work kinda sucked, but he has gotten steadily better ever since. It’s refreshing to find an author who doesn’t start to suck once he gets good.
I am convinced that my wife has 20 different handles under her, and has trolled all of them in this thread.
Stephen King books (even though the quality is going downhill) and shoes of the right heel shape and basically any clothing that fits. None of those things crop up often enough to make it a problem.