I keep meaning to make a shopping list of the big purchases I want to make over the next year. Well, not year, but next 6 months at least. Loads of other stuff too but the major purchases. Might as well blog about it, I blog about everything else and will be blogging about them when I buy them.
- UPS so that if we have a power cut my computers will be ok. My parents had a power cut the other day so it’s a real issue. I have a UPS picked out though it only has 3 plugs which will probably cover my desktop, my server and my monitor so I can see what is going on. But my other server, laptops and other electronics may have to do without.
- Server for next year so I can set up a proper file server that I can use and access from elsewhere too. I’ve blogged about these cheap machines loads of times before. It shouldn’t be too expensive but I need small form factor stuff which isn’t mega cheap so the case could be the most expensive component :D.
- DVD player as my old one is broken and my computer can’t play region 1 DVDs. Should be getting this for Chrismukka.
- MP3 player as again, my old one is broken. I like my current one though so I might try to fix that one as it’s just the little joystick thing that is playing up, other than that it works fine.
- Dishwasher as I’m not a washing up fan so if I’m going to move into a house next year I want to try and get a dishwasher installed.
- GPS system as I can’t navigate so I need one for my car. Or I would if I had a car.
- Car so that I can make use of my GPS system. Also so I can get to work.
- Speakers both for my computer system and car. I thought this list was looking a bit light then I realised I had forgotten these. I really want to power up my desktop speakers and probably fit better ones for my car too.
Need to cut down on my social spending I think. My bank statements are just a massive list of cach machine withdrawals. I’m doing plenty of work still and my hours have picked up a bit over Chrismukka so hopefully I’ll start being able to cross things off my list. I’m thinking about moving specific amounts of money into savings account as a kind of “reserved for stuff on my list” type money. I also have large accommodation bills to pay so I need to make sure I have money available for that.
EDIT: This UPS looks good actually, 4 powered sockets and everything.
Don't have time to check my blog? Get a weekly email with all the new posts. This is my personal blog, so obviously it is 100% spam free.
This entry was posted on Thursday, December 21st, 2006 at 5:24 pm and is filed under Life. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.