Expensive is a relative term so in my world, those are just regular purchases. I make a lot of money doing computer repair so spending a few hundred dollars isn't such a big deal to me as it is to most other people my age. I didn't get my aunt a new laptop. It was only $400 and for a 1.25ghz ibook G4 with 1.5gb of ram and a 60gb hard drive, that's a really good price. The air conditioner was just the cheap $119 one from walmart, the laptop battery was only $65, and the xbox game was one of those bargain ones for $20. I didn't spend that much considering what good deals I got.