Buying things

[da]

This week I've bought art, a chair, and framing. And I'm looking forward to how my den's going to look in a few weeks.

catbear is making me a largeish print from a photo he took in Ottawa. I'm so looking forward to seeing it.

I have a large satellite photo of Lake Ontario. I love the photo- the blues and greens, the topography, the clouds. You can see where we live now, where my parents live, and Ithaca, from a 450-mile height. But it's been in an unflattering plastic frame for the last five years, because I was afraid to find out how much it would cost to do properly.

At catbear's suggestion, I'm having it laminated and plaque-mounted here at the University- for only $50. Gee, I should've done this years ago.

Finally, I bought a chair, which will be delivered in January; I've meant to have a second chair in that room for ages, and this one is super-comfy. And gold-coloured. And reclining.

It's... a bit weird to give myself permission to spend my own money. On myself. "Frivolously." But not, because it will bring me joy for a long time.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/merle_/]

I seem to buy a lot of things for myself around this time of year, too. Perhaps when the expenses are hidden amongst donations to charities and gifts for others, they don't seem quite so large or unjustifiable?

[da-lj.livejournal.com]

That may be part of it; year end == gifts all 'round?

Also in my case, the photography class I've just wrapped up taking has put me nose-first next to a bunch of the photo art I wanted to put on my wall, and it was a bit of a nudge to get the artist's help in choosing something I liked.