Heres a little decision making and purchasing philosophy.
1.is it something you will use often
2.necessity (relative)
3.dependability
4.durability
ect.
Well what I'm trying to say is don't be "cheap" when your buying something your going to use almost every day. Don't set a budget go for BBFTB "best bang for the buck". When I'm getting something I'm going to get a lot of use out of I don't think of a budget. I think in terms of bbftb. For example your home, car ,TV, wife, tools and so on. Don't worry so much about the money it comes and it goes. You never know you could get hit by a bus tomorrow, then it doesn't matter. Get what you want and need a year from now you could be disappointed and need to spend again, on the other hand get what you want and be satisfied. Plus a year from now you'll never miss the extra money you spent anyway. Remember I'm not saying go over board but stick to bbftb. You only live once, you don't want to be "cheap" about it do you? You cant take it with you anyway. Look around on the boards you should be able to find something that will make you happy for about 800 dollars. If you try to go cheap your just going to spend it in the long run anyway. Good luck.
