Impulse Buy

I recently bought a poster online. I HAD to have it. I could not not have it, though I was only looking around for probable purchases at the time. See, I've been looking to buy a periodic table poster for a while--I am a chemistry major, you know. There was one I had seen a long time back that I really liked, but I could not for the life of me find it, so I was constantly disappointed with the selection.

Well, on the 31st of August, I finally found it again. I bought it within a few minutes, even though the shipping cost nearly as much as the poster itself. The poster cost 4.99 British Pounds, and the shipping was 4.50--which adds up to about $15 US. That's right, it has to be shipped across the pond, as they say over there. With the time it took to pay--using Paypal without immediate payment and changing dollars for pounds--and shipping, it should arrive around Saturday, maybe later.

In case you're wondering what this poster that I just could not resist looks like, here's an image from the website:

It's the periodic table superimposed on a spiral galaxy, with the elements on the arm. It measures about 33" by 23.5". I like it because it's a different way to view the table, and it links back to the universe and the stars, where larger natural elements are formed. Now I just have to find a regular periodic table poster that I like......