Cutting Back

I’ve started this blog at the wrong time.

From what I’ve read, a considerable amount of blogging is focused around showing off the various things (or “Stuff”) that one has recently purchased. Sure, their posts are called “reviews” or such, but they really mean “look at how much cash I’ve wasted this time”.

And I’m no different.

But the problem is this. Over the past few months I’ve purchased a whole bunch of stuff that I don’t need. And that’s not taking into account the registration and accommodation fees for the upcoming Aya Revolution convention. This has cost me a significant amount of money, and I have told myself that now is the time to cut back. So, for the foreseeable future, I intend to make no significantly big purchases. This includes games, books, videos and other such entertainment, whilst food is still an acceptable purchase (not that I like to spend much on food). However, I have made a few exceptions to the rule; there are a select few frivolous things that I have convinced myself that I need to purchase upon their release. For personal reference, I’ll stick them in this post:

• The Air box set, released near the end of April.
• The Kanon (2006) box set, released at the end of April.
• The Wallace & Gromit series of games, released “Spring 2009″.

There. That’s it. No more impulse purchases; just those three things for the next few months. In the case of Air and Kanon, I’m just waiting for RightStuf to have another sale on FUNimation-branded products before I place my pre-order. Wallace & Gromit pre-orders haven’t even opened yet, but when they do, I’ll be one of the first to order a Season Pass.

But that doesn’t leave me with a lot of material to write about here. This isn’t, however, a problem, as I still haven’t checked out much of the stuff I’ve already got, and I did manage to make a couple of pre-orders that haven’t arrived yet before I imposed a budget upon myself. So, whilst I’m figuring out a long-term strategy for this blog, you’ll find me posting about the various things that turn up that I don’t remember buying. Besides, there’s a whole bunch of other topics that I care enough about to write an article on.

In retrospect, this wasn’t really a problem at all. Sorry for getting your expectations up.