Balance checking

Right, let's be systematic about things and calculate everything properly, so I'll at least have a pretty good estimate of how much my indulgences (hah) are going to cost. [By the way, it's quite remarkable how all my mistyped words (my sausage fingers are not compatible with touch screens) keep getting the old AutoCorrect treatment. Brilliant, that.]

So let's see...

Prices roughly converted from USD, as quoted on YesAsia.com

NO MORE PAIИ World Tour 2010 DVD : RM220

NO MORE PAIИ : RM128

Change Ur World : RM80

Going! :RM28

Ultimate Wheels (preorder) : RM65

March 2011/April 2012 Calendar (preorder) : RM124

Total : RM645.

OMG, just for a fangirl phase?

Eurgh. I'm gonna be broke before the new year even begins. Okay, fine, I understand that the tour DVDs come with plenty of extra stuff, but still. A 6-disc box of K-drama costs less than half that price. Eurghhhh. But Ultimate Wheels, I have no problems with - it's a CD+DVD set, so the price is fair enough. The calendar... well, I don't know if I want it enough. A calendar half the size of an A4 paper for that price? Does printing cost that much nowadays?

...but it's not about the manufacturing cost, is it? At the end of the day, what matters is what I think it's worth. Whether the satisfaction can outweigh the cost. If the happiness that item can bring me is worth more than what I'm willing to pay, bravo me, consumer surplus. If I'm not willing, I'm not even part of the demand curve. So...am I willing? I can probably find scans online if I tried hard enough, but to be honest, I'm not sure if I can actually call myself a fan while I listen to bootlegged music. Which is also why I decided to buy original anime and drama DVDs if I liked them enough.

I tend to get a little carried away when browsing online stores, simply because the availability of everything is awe-inspiring. Already I'm thinking of getting heaps of random little things like bauble beanies and shades and stylised headphones; what's worse is that while I'm at it I keep noticing other things and wondering if I should buy it for someone's birthday. I think this happens mostly because the people in question are normally really hard to shop for, so it's pretty amazing to find stuff for them so easily online. Meh.

The black hole that's totally skinning me out.

Soooo. I guess it's time to start finding a job? Better yet, I'll just sit tight until CNY comes around and I get my mini-windfall! Muahahahahahahahahahahahaha