Money Well Spent... Hopefully

So I made a pretty big purchase last weekend... which effectively put a halt to any other purchases for a while. *sigh* But it's worth it... I'm REALLY excited about it.

See, it all started with a discussion in the office for needing a notary public. I mentioned that I'd been one before for a previous job, and was promptly nominated to take on the mantle once more. So I'm in the process of doing that.

But last time I did this, I also (kind of accidentally) found myself in the employ of a west-coast bank who paid me a good chunk of money to take mortage loan documents to their customers here in Missouri, witness their signatures, and then notarize those documents before sending them back to the bank. And during my researches these last few weeks, I've discovered that such employment has become far more prevalent within the past decade, and much easier to find options for online.

In fact, I know that Radish has started doing just that back in California within the last few years... and I remember her telling me that one of her requirements was access to a laserjet printer. I guess these days, the banks don't send the doucments to you physically... they send it electronically, and then you need to print them.

So here's a good reason to acquire a laserprinter at home. They're really not that horribly expensive these days, for a basic black and white model. BUT... I've been jonesin for years for a good duplexing color laser printer which would make my Christmas card endeavors MUCH easier. My game plan has generally been to wait until I had a couple grand to throw away.... considering color laserjets have typically been much more expensive... and duplexing pretty much doubles the price.

Well, I guess the printer market is finally becoming more affordable. Because upon further research, I discovered that I could get all of the options I want for well under half of the amount I'd always thought I'd have to spend. And I figure: if I'm gonna put money into a printer for one purpose... I'd might as well get what I want for ALL purposes, instead of purchasing another one later.

So I did it. I had the money available (to cover any new artwork that happens to come up through the rest of the year) and I researched the best prices online... and I bought it. Funny, too, cuz with everything else I've been purchasing lately (mostly artwork), I spend at least a week agonizing over the purchase... asking myself if I REALLY need to spend the money on it... if there's something I'll like better come up the day after I spend it. And then I usually buy it anyway. Now that point is moot for anything else that comes up... at least for now, if or until the investment starts paying off. But I didn't agonize at all over the printer. It just seemed the right thing to do. Not too often that kind of conviction strikes, so ya just gotta go with it, right?

Amway, I received notice that FedEx is supposed to deliver it to the house sometime tomorrow... don't know exactly when. And since I'll be hostessing Family Weekend Dinner at my place on Saturday, it'll be nice to have an extra day to help get ready. So I'm taking tomorrow off. Yay!