Mood: Impatient

For the last week I've become what some people may call a tad obsessed with eBay...and Amazon...and some other online stores of a slightly more seedy reputation. I decided that I was determined to own the entire series' of both Cardcaptor Sakura and Sailor Moon, and damn it, when I decide to buy something neither rain nor shine nor upcoming birthdays will stand in my way! CCS was no problem, I've watched the bootleg version before and thought the subs were fine, so I picked a random "Buy Now!" off of the millions on eBay which is now somewhere on it's happy way to my house.

Sailor Moon was a whole other irksome story. I was pretty set on tracking down the officially licensed American copies by ADV and Pioneer...until I learned that both companies had long lost their rights and the official DVDs have been out of print since 2004, and tracking down any rare remaining copies now that won't cost you hundreds of dollars just isn't freaking possible. D: I scowered eBay like a vulture watching copies that I easily could have sniped but they all get raised up to stupidly ridiculous prices by dumb rookie buyers that can't keep their fingers off their bid buttons! *Rage* I posted a "Looking For" ad on the Facebook marketplace and anime forums and had no replies! I found some copies on a random DVD site but it turns out the company is a giant money-stealing fraud group that I can't trust! I managed to track down both the S and Super S seasons for reasonable prices on other sites, but they wouldn't ship to Canada! I was about to find someone in the U.S. that I could ship them to and then suddenly someone else snags both copies away! I have been thwarted at every turn! Fate is against me, so after a week straight of a little flailing and much impatience, I said SCREW IT yesterday and buckled for some bootleg copies.

I'm a little crestfallen about the whole thing and you never really know what kind of quality you're going to get with an import. I'm fairly confident I chose the best bootleg versions that are made for SM; Anime Cartoon are the manufactures of both the Cardcaptor Sakura bootleg I bought and have seen, as well as my Escaflowne import I originally had; and they've more or less been direct rips from the official DVDs so my chances are pretty good that the quality of these will follow suit. *Crosses fingers* I bought them from shopanimedvd.com and while the research I've done on the site didn't say all awesome reviews they did accept PayPal which means if they screw me over I can cancel the transaction easily. So for $245.00, I will soon have all five seasons of Sailor Moon and all three movies. Not a bad deal. I just wish it would hurry up and get here NOW.

I had a meeting down at the bank yesterday and finally have begun an RSP that I really should have started five years ago. :P I'm putting them into a Canadian Dividend account which will give it lots of growth over long term (YAY!) but also means there will most definitely be some fluctuation now and then as well that will most likely make me cry and will take all my willpower not to freak out and take it all out. *Hyperventilates a little. Her father gives her chocolate and tells her to calm the hell down.* Speaking of monies, I'm getting a shiny $1,600 back on my tax return! HUZZZZZUH! I'm using a bit of it to pay off my impulse anime purchases above and then the rest of it's going right into the brand new RSP~ (and will hopefully grow, not shrink...)

Mom and I went out and saw The Other Boleyn Girl the other day, and it was really good; though admittedly I was a little more distracted by the new OMG Sex and the City trailer before it! I'm so freaking excited for that movie! May 30th will come and we shall fancify ourselves up in pretty dresses and shoes and dance off to the theater and have a girly good time~ *Fits of maniacal girlish giggles*