When a Splurge Isn't

Some purchases may seem like splurges, but in the long run, they really aren't. Here are a few of mine:



1. A netbook.

When I purchased by Acer netbook, I already had a laptop. An aging laptop, it's true, but thought the battery was (and still is) weak, it still works. However, after I bought the netbook, which is much smaller and lighter, I found that I wrote more. I was more willing to carry the netbook around all day, and take advantage of random bits of time to write.

Outside of...