This blog isn't intended to be a guilt trip for me. It's not meant for readers to judge my buying habits or cluck along with my grief.

I'm creating this blog to be able to rationally understand what goes on in my (and presumably others') mind when deciding to buy a material good. I want to start deconstructing my purchases and buying habits and STOP them before it's too late... before I buy something I don't need.

Is "need" or "want" that very different from each other, and do we all really think we can clearly define the two? I think I can, but judging from things I've bought in the past, I might have to look more carefully at that. This is where the blog comes in.

Hopefully it won't be a daily drama.