I actually had yesterday's Amazon Gold Box deal of a Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 camera for $269 ($100 off their already Internet-best $369) not just in my cart, but checked out and being processed, before I went back and cancelled my order. That was the exact camera I picked out as being the one I would want, if I were getting a new camera. But I realized that I had some lingering doubts. Yes, it's the best compact P&S out there. I stuck up for it when @dragonjaze was looking at cameras for her birthday. But after she got one, I started looking at compact system cameras, because within twice the price there's a big jump in capabilities. I have a lot of reluctance to getting an interchangeable lens camera, because my house is pretty dusty and I can't even keep my glasses clean enough to avoid headaches. But maybe ... thus the doubt. And she has a nice new compact P&S, even if it's only an ordinary 1/2.33" sensor and 28mm equivalent wide angle. And I have a compact P&S, even if it's only a 5-6 year old 5 MP thing.

Ultimately I asked myself what toy I would get if someone took me to Fry's and said I could spend a couple hundred. Then I realized that my desire for a camera comes a couple times a year. My desire for a tablet computer comes once a week. (Less with the laptop now, but still.) My desire for a new phone comes fairly often, and I know that's not something I need except to push my current phone down to @dragonjaze, who does need an upgrade. (We're within three months of getting full subsidies and five months of being out of contract, so that can wait.) Of all the things I could do with $269, adding a third camera to the household is one of the worst.

Besides, I didn't learn about the deal until about 1:00 PM, and the moon has been in Pisces since noon yesterday so I no one is supposed to be shopping.