I want...

I'm trying to curb my propensity for wanting things, and then buying them...I was going to hold out and wait for the paperback of Bring Up the Bodies to come out in May...even though I've finished Wolf Hall and would have nearly a 2 month gap before the paperback would be available.  And I wanted to buy JJ Gormley's (Etchells) DVD, Yoga for Every Body, because they run the DVD at the senior center when I'm not available to teach yoga.  The two are related because I was going to buy them from Amazon, and I can't get the free shipping on the DVD unless I also buy the book (so the total is over $25).  So I told myself I was going to wait until May to buy both,when the paperback would be available.  But tonight I mentioned to my husband that I had finished Wolf Hall and would have to find another book to read until Bring Up the Bodies is available is paperback.  But he said I should go ahead and get the hard back.  It's funny--he never wants to spend money on anything, but encourages me to go for it--sometimes.  That pushed me over the edge.  I just went on Amazon and bought both--but if I'd waited, the two wouldn't have added up to $25, so I would have paid over $4 in shipping, so I saved the shipping costs but paid $5 more for the hardback vs paperback.  So I'm sort of even?

Buying the car, on the other hand, has not gone smoothly.  He encouraged me to test drive cars, since I don't like my Honda Accord--not comfortable.  I test drove the Chevy Equinox, Buick Encore, Ford Escape, Infiniti EX, BMW 1 SUV.  I really liked the Ford Escape, and would like to buy it.  But he seems to have changed my mind, and I feel guilty wanting it, since we don't need a new car--even though the Toyota Avalon my son is driving is 14 years old. It still runs, and we keep putting thousands of dollars into it, but he sees that as more cost-effective than buying a new car and selling/donating the Avalon.  So I have car dealers calling me and I avoid them.  Although I have no problem telling the other dealers I'm not interested.  But I really like the new Ford Escape.  And I like the idea that I'd be one of the few people in my neighborhood who doesn't have a Honda CRV, Toyota Rav4, Acura, Lexus, Mercedes, BMW...