spur of the moment

I bought a DSLR camera today.  I have been thinking about upgraded my camera recently but didn't know much about them and was hesitant to buy something that expensive for myself.  I was lurking on a photography message board when another "amateur"  asked for opinion on what a good first time camera would be an everyone said the Nikon D1500.  I started looking at them but didn't want to take the plunge because of the price.  I kept looking at the message board when a discussion came up about refurbished cameras from adorama.com, a very well known store in Manhattan.  I took a look and found one for several hundred dollars less.  I usually do not like to make impulse purchases. I have a habit of waiting and over thinking, usually resulting in then not making any purchase at all, but this time I decided to take the plunge.  I was a little afraid that the camera would go and I would miss out.  I do feel a tinge of buyers remorse and a little self indulgent but I think I'm really going to get a lot of use out of it.  We have had professionally photos taken of the baby twice (newborn and 1st bday) and the pictures are always amazing.  I am friends with the photog on facebook and recently read a status where she talks about her house flooding and how she made sure she had all her photos of her children.  She frequently posts the greatest shots of them, candid shots of them eating their breakfast or a goofy grin, and I've always been a little jealous that I can't take pictures like that with my little digital camera.  Reading it was just the push I needed to make the leap.  Now that's just hope my broken oven doesn't break the bank.