I seem to have the mindset that a hobby is not worth doing unless it offers the opportunity to spend lots of money on accessories and gadgets. I used to be a triathlete*, which is a shopaholics dream sport – expensive shiny bikes, fancy water bottle get ups, running and cycling speed/distance gadgets, swimming lap counting doohickeys, all sorts of buying opportunities!
I grow my own vegetables so there’s all the various pots, seeds, tools, propagators (heated and not), fancy watering systems etc available there. I’ve kept up the running (sporadically – am about as energetic as a sloth right now), which means super dooper running shoes and kit are a necessity obviously.
And now writing, not only is it a chance to indulge my previously mentioned stationary habit, I now HAVE to have this tiny laptop! It’s handbag sized! Perfect for getting some writing done in my lunch break or while I’m waiting around for things. I’m quite impulsive and once I’ve got it into my head that I want something I often end up buying it before I give myself a chance to think too much about how I can’t really afford it – but at less than £200 it is a bargain!
Chances are I’ll have bought it before the month is out.
*Translates as, I did one and sulked because I wasn’t very good so decided it wasn’t for me – I hate being bad at things and considering my version of the open water swim was not drowning, I think it’s safe to say I was a bad triathlete.
