Thursday, June 12, 2008

Wants vs. needs

A big thing for me is differentiating between *wants* and *needs.*

For YEARS I've been lusting over the Canon 5D. It's a full frame digital camera, and once I saw it was about $3,000 less than when it went on the market, it went from the *want* column into the *need* column. ;-)

Sooooooo, I ordered one and it arrived in time for Saturday's wedding.

The box .....


Dad wasn't quite sure what I was ranting about "full frame" but I took this photo of him on the couch.


THEN I put the same lens on the 5D, stood in the same place and got this view.


See the difference?

I'm in love.......

What else is in my *want* column .... a BIG SHINY NEW iMac!!!!!!!

What is in YOUR *want* column??? Leave me a comment!

6 comments:

Mike Shepherd said...

A pair of D3 cameras and the same shiny iMac! The shinier the better!

Erin said...

I am pretty sure that a big camera is probably in Joe's "want" category ;) Lots of beautiful yarn, great classic children's books and some homeschooling materials are on my want list :)

pianomanda said...

A bigger house!!! And a device that would hold scanned sheet music... with a screen like a laptop... that I could carry around, transpose and edit in... instead of 5-6 books and the hope that the songs they request are in a key I can play and sing... to every Music Therapy session. Is there such a thing?!?

Unknown said...

These are AWESOEME! Keep 'em comin'!

erik bonar said...

I would like to walk from the bedroom to the living room without seeing a box ;-) ... And I want to hold you in my arms RIGHT NOW!!!! ... Simple *wants* for a simple man ;-)

erik bonar said...

Yes, dear. I'll work on the boxes Monday.....