So I'm a nerd and one of the few indulgences I allow myself is the use of "premium" writing supplies (i.e. Rhodia, Moleskine and Filofax notebooks and Montblanc and Montegrappa pens - for example) - go ahead and laugh all you want.  I just love the feeling of a nice fountain pen moving over a premium acid free paper.  It's the little things, you know?

Another of my indulgences is "premium" Bibles.  I only have one such Bible - a Cambridge NIV "Pitt Minion" in Goatskin Leather - and I purchased it because I wanted to have a Bible that would last for years to come with much heavy reading (I know that some folks might be a bit upset about the idea of "premium" Bibles - read this blog post by J. Mark Bertrand before you get too upset).  Anyway, I thought I would only purchase one "premium" Bible that would last a while and that would be the end of it.

Well that was until "they" announced the demise of the TNIV (probably my favorite Bible translation) and I wandered over to Allan's Bibles and discovered that their hardback leather bound TNIV was on sale for £35.00 (which is about $55.00 US Dollars).  This was a fairly significant discount from the previous price of £55.00 so I went ahead and snatched one up (and I think I got one of the only "Cardinal Red" versions remaining).

Photo credit: J. Mark Bertrand @ the Bible Design and Binding Blog.