The June “buy queue”
I’ve had a buy queue for a few years now, but keep it listed privately in my filofax, or more recently in Evernote. I thought it might be nice to write it here on my blog, and maybe make this an occasional series.
The philosophy behind the buy queue is that I don’t just make big purchases on a day, or a week, without really thinking it through. I don’t just decide one day that I need a Wide screen television, new computer, car or sofa. I’ve (hopefully) had these items in mind for a while, and mulled it over for some time. I’ve allowed the idea to ferment. To get out of debt, you really need to stop spending so much bloody money.
So on to this month’s buy queue, in no particular order.
1 - I’d like a new vacuum cleaner, our one is pretty awful, it’s surely causing the house to be a health hazard. I’d like to get either a good quality Dyson, or even a robot cleaner, like the Roomba.
2 - a Finsbury filofax. My filofax is pretty basic, and although a nice leather one wouldn’t improve it’s utility much, it would improve my experience somewhat 
3 - a little Asus eee, solely for using Microsoft Money. I’m resigned that good personal finance software will always require MS Windows, at least until there’s a good online alternative.
4 - a shiny new digital camera. Mine is so old that my camera phone almost has more megapixels. Isn’t a digital camera a human need in this day and age?
Couple of items that have recently been taken off the buy queue. I bought Mozy for her indoors, though it’s still backing up … I also bought VR+ for the BlackBerry, which is great for making and archiving voice notes.