I tried posting this using my brand new dsi...but it didn't work. I could write the blog, search for the item.... I can't drag. The blogazine writer wants me to drag...can't do it. But it handled everything else pretty well for such a little machine with very little working memory. I browsed Etsy and added some items to my favorites, read some blogs, did some web searches. And I obviously didn't buy it for it's web browser, so it's a nifty little perk. It's weird to get used to, I normally access the web on a computer...no fancy mobile devices for me. My phone is a phone. It makes calls. That and the alarm are all I need. But I'm enjoying my new toy.
   The point is though, is should I have bought it in the first place? I quit my job recently, after only 3 months no less. Mike works at McDonalds. There is not a whole lot of income rolling in. I Wanted one, and stared at the pictures all googly eyed, but I knew I didn't need one. So when I was trying to ask Mike what things we needed most and what we should spend our little bit of extra money on, I didn't expect him to say a dsi. He had pulled up Target on the computer I was using and there it was staring, and he said buy that or $70 dollars worth of other stuff. He told me that those were my choices and then he left. I agonized over the decision and eventually left the computer, telling my self I needed to not spend any money at all today. I explained to Mike when he got back that I needed to think of all the stuff we need and carefully prioritize. But that new toy was there and I kept saying
  " I want it...or think I do, but we don't need it." And Mike finally said
  "We're getting it." He was incredibly firm and said over and over there was no turning back. And it was pretty easy to give in. We aren't the kind to spend tons of money on silly things. We always talk ourselves out of movies and games and rarely make big purchases that we don't realy need. But with economy the way it is do we need a new toy? I have a ds lite Mike got me the Christmas before last (I think Mike likes the idea of having two) and we have a wii and an Xbox 360. So the question in the end is how much fun money is too much? Where's the line between keeping your sanity with a little something for yourself and being frivolous?