Last year around the holidays I was stuck between two major purchases.  Technically I was not buying it but I had to choose between the two.  My mom told me that I could only have two major gifts on my Christmas list; but I wanted a new iPod and an iPhone 4 and a North Face jacket, all around two hundred dollars brand new.  I knew that I was asking for a lot, but as you get older you realize that certain things do not matter as much as they did in the past.  I second guessed my choices and looked to my mom for help.  I asked her for her opinion, in a way I was judging her bluff, seeing if I really had to choose.  She told me that I had better pick wisely and not to ask for too much or I would be disappointed.  I used the information I found on the internet to find retail prices and see which stores had the best prices or offered coupons.  I used this to better my chances of getting all three or even two.