REI dividend. I spent WHAT???

I’ve gone many years with dividends hovering around a dollar or two, perfect storm of some expanding interests and some larger pieces aging out..., my PLB hit it’s 15 year life limit for ex. Replaced with a Garmin 66i so my gps and PLB get folded into one for a weight savings with some expanded capabilities.

Long enough use and stuff hits a limit. Like I hadn’t bought a sleeping bag in literally decades and then poof! My main down bag just hit this UV embrittlement crisis as I posted in another thread and there I was faced with the sticker shock of replacing my high end alpine elevations bag....

I’ve got assembling a Fronrunner slimline on my to do list. It’ll clamp on to my 4Runner rails because I’m a wuss.

^this^ I see Yakima and Thule stuff in there all the time. People change vehicles and get left with stuff in their garage that doesn’t fit... yard sales too, but that’s more random.

Later this month is the 20% off REI sale. Good time for larger purchases.

$14.72. What to do, what to do?

To piggy back on Rueben’s comments. Both Thule and Yakima stuff is ridiculously expensive. I’d have a hard time bringing myself to shell out that kind of money. I scrounged the local pawn shops and found a complete Thule ski rack setup - towers, bars, racks, fairing, locks and keys- for $90.00. Shorty after that I came across two Thule bike rails and mounts at a yard sale for $50.00. They’re a little banged up and are older models but work just fine. There are deals to be had.