I've had a little bit of a spend up again in the last week or 2, adding some nice astro hardware to the collection (see the new red highlights in my signature). Trouble is that my car rego is due again, and it seems I keep skimping on this to spend the money on astro goodies instead.
I have to break this trend:
April 2006- purchase of my original 10" dob (paid 6 months rego instead of 12 months to leave sufficient funds allow me to purchase the 10" dob plus accessories instead of the 8" that I could (just) afford otherwise.
October 2006- purchased the 12" dob with Argo Navis - again paid only 6 months rego to assist with purchase. (Your Honour I did also sell the 10" to help offset this!)
April 2007 (this month) - I saw a pleasant little 114mm Meade reflector for sae on the forum here that I thouht was too cheap to let get past me, plus I've purchased 20x80 triplet bino's (actually 2 pairs now - one for me, one for my brother from Alice Springs as a pressie, he arrives later today after a week travel to get here for a holiday), plus I'm seriously trying to wedge funds into astro budget for Omega/DGM NPB (Narrow Pass Band) filter. Rego is due on the 27th of this month again, looks like I'll be paying just 6 months worth again!
So what do you do when there's something that you want to buy, and it means juggling other expenses just a little?
