Too Many Options

I've been putting together a list of things I need to get before the little pup comes home and, my word, it's frightening how expensive it's going to be. I keep making things worse for myself, adding on extra things that I think, "Hey... That'd be handy... Wonder if I can find it online..."

And then of course I do and I can't stop thinking about how useful it'd be. And it gets added to the list.

My two books should, hopefully, be arriving if not by the end of this week then sometime next week. I've got- and am loving- my FURminator. So now I've got this nice long list of various things and I'm trying to prioritise what's so important it needs to be bought before we collect the little fluff bum and what can wait until my bank account total has a little more numbers strung together. My issue isn't that I can't afford everything it's that I'm going to have a whole pile of cash coming out within a very short period of time and there isn't going to be a whole pile left. Not only do I have to pay for the actual pup but also, more or less as soon as we get home, there'll be a vet visit for a check up and vaccination, then another vet visit a couple of weeks later. Along with food, since the puppy has to eat. And that's going to easily all add up to over a thousand bucks. Easily.

I may end up taking a short loan off my parents again just until I get some more pay checks.

But the point of this was I was lurking through Sheltie Nation and came across the crate section. People kept mentioning x pens and of course I had to go have a squiz. Now I'm set on getting one because of how super handy it'll be, having a bigger area that the pup can play in and still be contained without having to pop her in the crate. I'm definite on having her spend time bonding with just me, bonding with Charlie and Jack, and learning to entertain herself. I can also use it outside, when I want her with me but not crated and not underfoot when I'm working Charlie. The only issue, apart from working it into the budget, is our house is small and, even though I have the biggest room in the house, I'm going to have to be doing yoga every time I want to walk around where I'm planning on setting her up.

I spy yet another room revamp on the horizon. My dad's going to kill me.