Oh the agony

I have always been the type of person who agonizes over a decision especially but not limited to purchases.  I think about every angle, is this a wise purchase, is there another way I should spend this money, is this a quality product, is it worth the money, will I actually use it,  why do I want to buy it, is this a wrong decision, etc...

And then finally, if all questions are answered at least somewhat favorably I end up buying it - whatever it is.  Although I have been known to keep contemplating the subject after a purchase and even  go the point of returning the item because I decided it did not meet whatever of the qualifications I deemed most important.  

Now, it's important to realise that I am not this way about every item I purchase.  (I can buy milk with very little thought)  But to a degree it is a process I use in every day life.  I sit back and laugh at myself even while I am in the middle of working through the thought process.  It can take hours, days, weeks, months or in extreme cases years - although nothing comes to mind in the years category so that one may be hypothetical - unless you count spouse hunting  ;)

So what brought on this long and rather boring post about Amanda's crazy inner workings?  I just bought an iPod.  Don't ask how many hours/days/weeks this one took.  The relief is that I made the decesion and am not looking back because, if you go back to the moment I first thought to myself, "an iPod would be a nice thing to have" it has been years coming.  But then, good things come to those who wait!  Which is a rather silly saying, unless taken in the context of "those who wait on the Lord."