Instead of a post on what I want to buy within the next little while, this is what I’m NOT buying.
They are legitimate things I want, but am delaying for various reasons.. some out of my control.
1. Roland RD-700 GX 88 Key Stage Piano
This has been on my list for.. goodness knows how long.
Ivory-like feel to the keys (yes, YES!!), and a baby grand piano-like sound in a (fairly) portable musical unit. Once I do make the plunge, I plan to search for an instructor to help fine tune my skill.
I’ve been putting it off for 2 main reasons:
1. Cost
This, along with the accessories is easily $3000 (taxes included). I’d need the piano, the rolling case for it and a chair (maybe I can sit on some milk crates)
2. Portability
An electric piano is considerably lighter than a baby grand, but it is not easy to carry.
We are planning on leaving the country, so traveling with this and possibly getting it damaged is not my idea of awesome.
I’ll probably end up buying one when we’ve move.
In the meantime, I’m listening to its performance on YouTube videos, and drooling onto my pillow at night, mumbling.. “Roland, baby.. piano.. play… sweet ..sound..”
When I go back to my parents’ place, I attack our (still beautiful-sounding) piano in an attempt to get in my piano music fix before we leave again.
2. NAKED EYE PALETTE by URBAN DECAY
Still lemming after this set. The colours are PERFECT for me. Neutral but with some variety if I need it.
I visited my local Sephora and they told me there is a WAITING LIST. People actually LINE UP to buy this palette, and they can’t keep it on the shelves when new shipments come in.
It is the same story everywhere in the world.
I’ve always thought all the other makeup companies were just as stupid for NOT putting out something like this.
Just think of all the money Urban Decay is making right now. *salivates*
I had this idea YEARS ago, already!
Girls like me, don’t want to (read: don’t have the guts to) wear bright green, purple, pink and anything but neutral/nude colours on their eyelids everyday. We also didn’t want to shell out tons of money to buy eyeshadows in little pots that we keep dropping and is not in a neat, sleek, gorgeous, velvety box (see above).
So when Urban Decay finally releases what every other non-makeup-obsessed girl wants, people are surprised it’s flying off the shelves like gangbusters?
Puh-lease.
Oh well. I’ll wait a year if I have to.
But FB, what about “Clothing, Shoes and Purses”?!?!
I know I’m on a ban for this for 2010, but upon farther reflection I’ve reached a nirvanic, Buddhist zen moment: I really have a lot of clothes. Like, a LOT.
I promised lots of you that once I got back and consolidated my wardrobe together, I’d take pictures of what I own in my closet, an inventory of sorts, and you’re all going to have heart attacks on the other side of the screen, trust me, so prep yourself now by getting your cardio workouts in!
Somehow, saying this to myself in the past has made me pooh-pooh that statement away by saying: “But you can never have too many!“, but this time… I think I’m good.
I’m not saying I’ll never buy another piece of clothing again, but the pull has been a lot weaker since I’ve put this ban on myself and have had time to reflect.
So unless my winter coat rips and dies some horrible, woolly death, I don’t really need anything.
I’m sort of happy wearing the same thing every week, and playing it up on the weekends.
I have enough of everything else: boots, shoes, purses… although I’ve never really been a huge shoe or purse aficionado.
Necklaces and accessories on the other hand, are not to be banned in 2011. I feel like in that arena, you can really never have too much. Plus they’re portable, they tend to be cheaper and they make a simple t-shirt and jeans look different with a switch up.
I think the addiction is slowly waning, because every time I ooh and aah over a piece of clothing, I think: Meh, but it costs X amount of money, and I already have something similar.
That pretty much does it
That is my Want-But-Am-Not-Buying List. 2 things.
Other than that, I can’t think of anything I want right now. Want badly enough to pay for, that is.
(I could always put something ridiculous on there, but this is a realistic list. Not a dream list.)
Pathetic or Impressive? I opt for the former. 😛
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I understand you very well because I also make lists like what I’m going to buy and also of things I want but I’m not hurrying to buy them. I try to keep track of my expenses as much as possible because I don’t want to apply for hassle free payday loans in the end of the month. The hardest thing for me is to understand which expenses are necessary and which ones can wait. I understand what I need and what I don’t but sometimes buying something you want, not need, is so tempting!
What I'm not buying for now is makeup, clothes, and bags! I just have TOO MUCH! I swear if anyone sees how much makeup I have, they'll faint! and clothes, I have so much.. and I'm working on losing weight, so buying stuff that won't fit me for a while is not a good idea. And as much as I love bags, a bag is a bag.. After sitting down and realizing the true dept I have, I realized my resources are better spent getting rid of the debts rather on consumables.
As for the Naked palette.. as a makeupaholic, I honestly don't see what the hype is all about. I saw it last week when I was in London, but wouldn't get it because I already have these colors (not exact, but 98% similar) in this palette I got from coastalscents.. its way cheaper — $24.95 for 88 colors that are surprisingly perfect and have a fantastic color payoff.. I got two of those, one in regular colors ($18.95) and the other in warm (neutral) colors.. I've been using them since late Nov last year and didn't feel the urge to buy new eyeshadows (except when MAC sucks me in, lol). — and no, I don't work for them.. I'm just a girl with a passion for everything girly but trying hard to cut out costs, lol^_^
I once read an article that said some makeup is worth the money, and some, just buy the off brand. I'd LOVE that Naked eyeshadow palette, but more than happily make do with my UDPP and Coastal Scents neutral palette.
This year, I'm NOT buying a big screen TV.
I hear that. I can make do with my 4 eyeshadow colours, but the other side of me says: OOO how neat and sleek and SO CONTAINED it looks! 😛
Would I ever give up the other colours though? Hell no.
Annabelle by the way, has AMAZING eyeshadow colours and pigments, although limited. I adore the colour \”Gleam\” in it.
The Urban Decay eyeshadow palette is soo perfect. That's basically every neutral you could ever want right there. I will not buy it because I hardly ever wear eyeshadow and I already have one neutral palette and one smokey eye palette that more than suffice for my sporadic eye makeup needs. 🙂
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That\’s where I\’m having the issue of buying it… it\’s a lot of eyeshadow for someone like me who rarely wears it 😛
I'm not buying boots or frivolous shoes, stuff with a lot of weird synthetic additives, dresses I don't have cash on hand for (but sooon I will). I'm also not buying the 3 cup food processor (our blender is pretty amazing) we sort of want but don't have room for, or the pasta roller – because I could use a rolling pin instead.
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Dresses.. dresses… I saw the one you were lemming after 🙂
I am NOT buying another handbag, though I'm lusting after those damn LV ones… I'm trying to go without a handbag these days — I only need to carry my keys and debit cards with me. So there's no need for a handbag and my back gets a break from carrying everything around.
Which LV ones!? The newest, cute, ones or the classic brown + pattern print?
All of 'em! But, well, they're pretty damn expensive, which is probably a good thing because I need to focus on buying shares and rebuilding my emergency fund. Your blog has been an inspiration, FB 😉
Oh *blush* I\’m glad I could help with my ramblings. 🙂 Cash in the bank is a a lot better of a deal than sitting in designer bags or goods 😉
yay you like the digital piano sound! we love ours–we even put it in our car and brought it to where we got married, and had a relative play it for ceremony music!
Well I don\’t love the digital piano sound, but this one has a sound that is like a grand piano and ivory-like keys which are incredible for a piano snob like me! It\’s the only one that I\’ve considered buying, just because it\’s SO amazing. And portable-ish.
I’m not buying another laptop, even though I still really want a mini. I obsess over the specs on geek sites and every couple weeks I go into Future Shop to put my hands on one. But I won’t buy one until a) the prices go down, b) I find the one that’s perfect, and c) my old 2006 Dell 15″ shows me that it’s giving up this life.
OH MY GOODNESS!!
That is so me when I am lusting after something (*ahem* Sony Reader, even though it isn\’t the 10\” I want). 🙂
I obsess over e-readers and then I touch them all and say \”No\”. I want the perfect e-reader even if it takes them 5 years to make it.
not buying a Balenciaga City bag. with the amount of credit card debt i accidentally racked up i could have bought one. working on paying off the debt then saving up for the bag 🙂
Good for you! 🙂 That bag is seriously cute by the way. I\’d like it in a deep blue or purple.
Ooh, screw the makeup, I want the piano!
You know what made me play again? That ***** k.d. lang and her rendition of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.
I do too. I want that piano!!!! But it makes no sense to buy it now. I think I\’ll pick it up when we move countries.
Let's see: I want new pillows/paint for my living room (plus recommendation by my mom's decorating genius), I want to enlarge my bathroom, I want a new washing machine, that's it. Only the first on the list is likely.
I'm not buying an iPad. Even though my eePC is slow as mollasses and drives me CRAZY. No more big purchases until the debt be gone, or until something breaks 🙂
*applauds* 🙂 I think that\’s a great plan. You can treat yourself after you breathe easy.
When do you think you\’ll be done your debt, again?
My list consists of a nice pair of leather boots and a mid-length wool coat (plus the new Gucci Guilty perfume). But I already have a pair of black boots that I can wear again this winter (have had them for about 7 years, so they've had a good run), and my wool camel coat is still fine with the exception of a torn lining in one of the pockets. This week has been tough as I've been very tempted to reopen my J Crew card (that I paid off and closed in June – $1100 balance) to buy clothes, but I'm just going to rework what I have, finally take in that pile of dry cleaning and buy a few things with cash, using coupons when I can. I love buying new accessories to refresh my outfits so I am happy with a few recent purchases in that area. I figure if I can make it through the end of the year, I might treat myself in January, but I'm really trying to stay vigilant and stick to my debt reduction plan. My mantra is that credit cards are evil (store cards with their crazy high interest rates), so I quickly snap out of my temporary insanity and walk away from the temptation.
I\’m the same way. I would like to treat myself in January but I don\’t know what I\’d buy. I kind of don\’t need anything…. but I can find stuff I want on impulse. Just nothing I need.
Exactly, there's always something. Two worthwhile purchases I made this week were a museum membership for $75 (it's normally $20 per visit, which has prevented me from going) and a new cookbook called Five Ingredient Fix (so I can save $ by cooking more at home without spending a lot on a ton of ingredients.)
Those are beautiful eye colors! I have something similar (not quite as beautiful though), Too Faced Naked Eye. $35.
Maybe I\’ll buy THAT instead. This Urban Decay set is gorgeous but it\’s been out of stock since it launched.
I also wanted that palette. I had no idea it was THAT in demand though! Crazy! Maybe ill get one someday..lol
On ebay they\’re selling for $60 – $150. INSANITY.
I have the Naked Palette, and I LOVE it. It's usually in stock at my local ULTA. Such a good deal, when you realize that each one of those eyeshadows is the same size as a normal full-size Urban Decay one (which usually run around $17 each… And you get 12 of them… AND two eyeliners and a mini primer potion… for $44. BEST MAKEUP DEAL EVER.)
SERIOUSLY? Can I email you to get you to buy it for me and mail it?.. Jeez I feel like it\’s the only way to do this.
I did the math and its like 2.50 per item …. I couldnt resist . I threw mine in my work / school bag , so then that way I always have eyeshadow on me . I can then throw some on or touch it up if needed. So convenient for me. You may just want to wait until Sephora's friends and family discount ( they may have it by then AND it would be 20 percent off if you are a beauty insider 😀 )
OH! I am a Beauty Insider. I just got a 10% off coupon but couldn\’t think of anything to buy except Urban Decay\’s Naked Palette, which kind of sucks because it isn\’t in stock.
20% off sounds much better. 10% sounds like a throwaway.
I think you should by lots of yarn and knit, and knit and knit.
I tried that once. I went cross-eyed…. 🙂