My room is always dusty, for some reason. I tried to look things up online, hoping someone would clue me in to what’s going on, but I didn’t get very far. My best guess is that I’m keeping my window open? I don’t think I live in a particularly dusty place, but they are doing some renovating next door, though it’s on the opposite of the building that my window faces so I’m not sure that’s it. Regardless, it’s been getting on my nerves.

I watched a livestream today, it was great as usual. We played two games on live and I won both! There was trivia and luck involved in both cases. I’m happy with my performance.

I also got an email confirming my shoes are being shipped! Great. I’m really excited still.

Other than that, I’m feeling fine, not great. I installed Vinted and have been exploring second hand clothes a little. I can find some nice items for cheap, but I’ve held back on pulling the trigger. For one, I’m aware that these websites have scams and I really want to avoid that. How much can we trust the sellers star rating, I wonder—I should really look that up before making a purchase. Still, I can find 501s in my size for some €30! That’s crazy cheap.

This whole thing has also gotten me thinking about doing some clothes’ modification, specifically shortening the pant legs. I can find plenty of jeans in my waist size, but the length is often too long. How expensive would it be to get someone to shorten the legs for me? And could I do it myself?! I don’t have a sewing machine or anything, so I doubt that’s particularly feasible.

Still, as I said, I held back on purchasing anything. Yes, they might feel like a deal, but I don’t need them. There’s other things I want to buy anyway that I should be prioritizing. I got shoes, I got a backpack. I’m thinking of buying a rice-cooker next. My brother has a plastic one that he just puts in the microwave, it’s sooo convenient! I’m strongly considering getting something similar. Also, there’s the Raspberry Pi I wanted to buy… I haven’t felt the need as much any more, which is a great example of why I shouldn’t make rash purchases. Even these shoes I ordered… Yes, I need new shoes, this is true, but damn I’m just… I don’t know. Hopefully I don’t come to regret it.

Perhaps I should just make a list… The problem with making a list is, of course, that it’ll never end. There’s always an upgrade, isn’t there? I sigh, and I suffer.

Still, let’s try!

• Rice cooker
• Jeans
• Belt hole
  Not sure if I just lost weight or if it was like this from the start and I just didn’t notice at first, but I definitely need another hole in my belt. Maybe 2.

I actually think that’s pretty much it, for now at least. Of course, there’s the laptop, but this is fine for now.

I’m not sure if I mentioned this yesterday, but I ate tunamayo sandos. Very delish. Here’s the extreme KICKER!!! I ate again today! But I only bought once. THIS is why I want that damn rice cooker. I bought a can of tuna, one of those bigger 250g cans. It lasted 2 days, that’s three meals because today’s lunch was at the canteen—pretty tasty by the way, some sort of bean and lentil ball with weird spaghetti (whole-wheat spaghetti?!). With the rice cooker I can buy rice instead of bread which is MUCH cheaper. We’re looking at €1.25/kg of rice vs €1.63/kg of bread. Of, course, this is very misleading on two fronts. Firstly, that’s raw rice. Cooked rice is much heavier because of the water, a good bet is that it doubles in weight so you can slice that price in half. Secondly, just because I buy rice doesn’t mean I don’t buy bread. The point of this is variety. I make an investment that allows me to expand my culinary endeavours, which will, in the long-term, save me money, and in the short-term, improve my mood! Variety is the spice of life, after all. Speaking of which, I should buy salt as well. By the way, salt is almost offensively cheap. How is it so cheap, it’s crazy, it’s insane. 25c for a freaking kilo?! Insane.

The next thing to think about, of course, is what to pair the rice and the bread with. Tunamayo is good and all, but is that all there is to it? I’m pescatarian and on a tight budget so my options are surprisingly limited. The cheapest can of tuna I can find runs me €6.21/kg, which is not nice at all. I can get sardines for only €5.33, which is huge. There’s also beans, which I’ll think about and consider.

Hopefully this weekend I’ll get my hands on the rice cooker.

And with that, I’m out.