What happens when I decide to spend money.

I tend to be all or nothing in terms of my spending habits. Either I count my pennies in buying myself coffee, or I purchase expensive (and well made, near perfect) items. I just spent a wack load of money on outdoors equipment including an excellent backpacking pack and excellent hiking boots. This is specifically for my trip to Banff, but also chosen since I will be spending a good bit of time outdoors most likely due to my probably profession.

So my bank account cries, though I have shiny new toys.

My hyperlink brain is broken, so here are the raw links to the 2 major items.
http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442621142&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302699867&bmUID=1212275668297)
and http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442618572&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302733589&bmUID=1212276280172)

"The Order"

I am currently watching "The Order", Heath Ledger edition, and I am partially enjoying things. I say "partially" because the movie seems to be rather full of expository lumps. I know they were trying, but it seems that half the plot thus far is explaining the theology or background of characters. My basic impression at the end of things is that the trailer was woefully misleading (intentionally so it seems) but the movie was decent overall.