Gasp!

I just picked up the pictures from the beach weekend. At the place I took them, they usually print out a few 5x7s in the hopes that you'll want to buy them - normally, I politely refuse because I think it's annoying. If I want 5x7s, I'll come back for them, thankyouverymuch. But when they showed them to me this time, I was so ridiculously puffed up by my own sense of pride that any of the pictures came out at all, I bought all five!

Anyway, I haven't looked at the rest of the pictures yet, though I'm anxious to - the 5x7s I saw made me very happy indeed.

Then, as I was leaving, I passed by the tripods on display and stopped to look at them. I stupidly broke my tripod in class last night (dammit!), so I'm now in the market for a new one. Of course, the one I liked best (looked the sturdiest, went the tallest) was a whopping $200 - and that's before the headpiece you have to buy separately (an additional $150ish). I hope the salesman didn't notice my sharp intake of breath. I'll have to do some more research, methinks, and then probably revert back to hunting at my favorite "store," eBay!