I swore I’d never pay full price for a game charging $70, but a sibling who I don’t get to see very much anymore recently got it and is super excited to play it with me. I figured the extra cost is worth the good memories and bonding.

My honey was complaining that the memory foam mattress was too soft, so I ordered a king sized 14" firm one.

Holy hell that thing is heavy and a total pain in the ass to get up stairs.

Now we have to wait 48 hr for the thing to unshrink as it blocks the entire dining area.

Comforter

Not for me, but for my son who just entered a school that hands out a lot of homework, I bought him a desk with adjustable motorized height, so he can turn it into a standing desk if he wants, if he gets fidgety.

Sony 90mm f/2.8 macro lens

A vintage lava lamp. I’m justifying it in my head because it’s dropped $60 since I first added it to my watchlist.

I’ve got a new mechanical watch arriving soon. It’s a pretty cheap Chinese watch so it won’t be super pretty, but it has all of the stuff I want after getting my first automatic a couple years ago. A chronograph, which I don’t know I’ll use but it will look cool, a transparent back to watch all the mechanics moving, and a (hopefully) legit sapphire crystal face cover instead of the bio-plastic one my current watch has (it’s covered in scratches).

But the real selling point for me is the tritium tubes in each hand and each point on the face. This will give them a soft glow under their own power for ~25 years, letting me tell the time in the dark!

I’ve set aside some money for a tattoo I’ve booked in a couple weeks from now.

I told my artist I want some isopods around some mushrooms and I probably won’t see it until the day before or the day of the tattoo. Which is fine by me, I’ve been seeing the same artist for over 2 years now when she had just started tattooing on skin as an apprentice. I have a lot of trust in her vision and skill.

I absolutely love her style. She only does blackwork and she seems to have her own unique style which is often quite bold looking. I’m looking forward to it.

Replaced a 500GB m.2 with a 4TB so I could comfortably put cachyOs and win11 on the same drive and free up a different drive for whatever.

Tea. Its always tea. It’ll be tea again soon.

Over 100 bucks on a really high quality flashlight. Actually bought 2, one for work and one to keep in my car.

I got into a pretty rough accident so I bought Metal Gear Solid V again (not on sale), so I could play laying down on my handheld. I figure it cost me $40 for at least 100 hours. Cheaper than a movie but I really shouldn’t be spending $40 right now.

Flight and hotel for Iceland next August for the eclipse.

A little instant film camera made by fujifilm and a little old photo printer that doesn’t require an app

Sadly the photo printer is broken but I’m gonna try fixing it cause I really wanna be able to do that sort of thing

A much needed soldering station. It’s not a WS81, but I don’t need that many watts, as I only solder tiny stuff. I still consider a Weller WE1010 a bit of a splurge, though. At least when compared against the shitty one that finally broke a couple of days ago, it’s a massive upgrade.

Sadly, DHL has my package in hold for unknown reasons.