Window shopping

I'm not much of a 'shopper'. Maybe if I was skinnier and had an obscene amount of money, I'd enjoy it more.

Since having the Little Man, I do almost NO shopping. I barely even browse the clothing section of Target while walking towards the formula aisle.

I used to have a (severe) problem with internet shopping.

Me and Amazon.com were BEST friends (along with the credit card company that got all of my interest for a couple of years). Since getting my finances in order (and getting married, but trying to get my finances in order did come first) I don't do much internet shopping anymore.

Except for Christmas. 75% of the last couple years of Christmas gifts have been delivered right to my door.

So... I've actually enjoyed researching and finding my next purchase. A new camera. My current digital camera was free (from Justin's work) and wasn't a bad little camera 3 years ago. It's NOT a good little camera anymore, and since the Little Man has come around, I feel like it's important to have a decent camera. (Okay, I just really want one).

I decided early on I would either get a Nikon or a Canon. Somewhere deep inside I secretly wish I knew more about photography and would like to become more skilled at taking pictures.

That does not mean I could justify getting an SLR camera (and the price tag that comes along with it) but I did think I could handle a nice point and shoot with an option to use manual settings.

First I thought I wanted a larger camera, but then I figured that if it was going to get used, it would need to be pretty compact.

There are at least 50 other features I wanted or did not want, and I won't bore you with the details. I finally settled on this.

It's a Canon sx200 IS.

Only problem is... I can't seem to buy it anywhere. The Canon website says it will be released March 2009, and last time I checked... we're about 5 days away from it NOT being March 2009. I found a couple of websites (claiming) to have the camera -and for super cheap. One google search later, and I found out these companies will take my money, and I'll never see a product (yes, not only do I research the items I want, I check out the companies too!).

So, I get on Amazon.com every day -and sometimes twice to see if it's for sale yet. I can pre-order it there, but I kind of want to know it's in stock first.

I guess I'm learning patience, but the thing is, I've been saving all of my Christmas and Birthday money to get a new camera. I've already learned patience. What I want is to learn how to use my new camera!