Lazy saturday afternoon

Why does today feel so much like a Sunday afternoon instead? Maybe cos I woke early to attend a seminar and there is no cell group in the afternoon..... So this afternoon definitely has a Sunday feel about it.
As I am penning my completely random spontateous thoughts I am listening to this album "Soul Rose" by Shelly. I have never heard about this artiste before but a couple of weeks ago I was at That CD shop and the lady recommended this album. As she put in on, the crystal clarity of the vocals and the clean acoustic guitar just captivated me. Especially with a good audio system, you just feel as though you are in the studio with the artiste. This is kind of in the vein of Emi Fujita, just the timeless standards and simplistic back-up music but absolutely riveting vocals. Just one little problem, this is an XRCD2 or extended resolution compact disc which according to the sleeve: represents JVC's continuing commitment to the pursuit of digital audio perfection. What? Coupled with the fact that this costs SGD50, I really didn't understand what's the big deal. Even as I was telling the saleslady why high quality recording does not mean much to me as I primarily listen to music on the go via my trusty i-pod, she just continued to play the CD and let the music do the talking.
Needless to say, I eventually agreed with her, shut up and paid up. Even though I feel the CD is way way overpriced, not that my mid-range (i.e. Pioneer and not Denon, Atlas, Marantz et al) set will really show up the difference in the recording quality. Oh well, sunk costs are irrelevant to decision making, not as if I have never squandered money on sillier causes before. :)