I went to work today without my laptop computer (again). So I got to drive back home to get my computer and then drive back to work. Ugh!

I'm trying to cut back on impulse buying, but it's a continual struggle. Amazon Prime makes it too easy to buy things I don't *need*.

I wasted a chunk of money on the El Pollo Grande card from Dacardworld a couple of months ago. It's 100 dollars less now from that site, and even cheaper from Ebay etc. I really shouldn't have spent money on that when I'm trying to save money for a new car.

In the past, other examples of "why did I buy that?"

- Custom Fragbook TLX laptop from Falcon Northwest. I bought that thinking it would be great for my (then girlfriend) to play World of Warcraft side by side with me when she visited. Of course, she never ended up playing it, and we broke up shortly afterwards. The laptop performance degraded after about a year of use, so I bought a fancy Dell XPS Desktop for playing World of Warcraft.
- Exercise bike. I thought it would be a good idea to have this around in my apartment so I could exercise before/after work. Truth of the matter is, I haven't even assembled this.
- Smartdraw software. I bought it for a job, thinking I'd need it to make flow charts all the time, but I ended up never actually needing it after the first week.
- Visual Studio 2008. I thought this would be handy to have for my current job, but I haven't even installed this software yet.
- All the AJAX and Ruby books sitting on my bookshelf. Again, I thought it would be good to read these books to make job-hunting easier.
- A couple of Fendi watches. One is no longer working, and I can't seem to find the other one. So I go around with no watch.
- Norton Antivirus. I used this for a month, and then realized how much Norton Antivirus sucks, because it's so obtrusive and annoying. I think I've spent money on all of different AV softwares in my day (MacAfee, ZoneAlarm, AVG, and Kapersky), plus money on Adaware and various system optimizers.
- Leather mailman bag for holding papers when going to job interviews. Since I haven't gone on a job interview in a while, I don't use this.
- HP All-in-One Printer. I think I've used my printer about twice, not to mention the fact that I have a Canon printer in the closet.
- Guitar Hero 3 Band game. It's still in the original box.
- Fancy italian blazer, italian pants and italian shoes. I wanted to look cool at formal parties. I've never worn them due to lack of invites to formal parties.
- Steam Vacuum cleaner (to go with my normal vaccuum cleaner). Never used.
- Car Repairs. I ended up spending 2500 dollars on a car that's worth about 1500 dollars according to Kelley Blue Book. Doh.
- Keyclone. I was going to use it so I could dual box World of Warcraft. However, I never got a working key from the author of this mod so I couldn't use it, and then I forgot about wanting to dual box anyways.
- Custom resume service. I bought this thinking I needed help with my resume so that I could get a job. I paid the money for this, but I ended up getting a job before I ever finished the questionnaire for this.
- Leather bomber jacket with the puffy lining. I can't seem to find this jacket anymore.

Does going with your gut feeling work in the long run? I was reading this thread about removing guild members you don't like:

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=21038224562&sid=1

and it got me thinking about how I currently run the guild. Before we got into raiding, I used to be a "shoot first, ask questions later" type GM. If I didn't like a trial member I made it clear that they would be removed at the end of the trial. Unfortunately, when you need people you may not like 100%, in order to be able to raid 25 mans, kicking people just because "they don't feel right" doesn't work well. It doesn't help that we're on a podunk server where finding a person with raiding talent who wants to join your guild, is like finding a honest, sincere person on MTV's Real World.