Want Is Not Need

I was not a particularly needy child. My Christmas list usually only consisted of two or three things. Normally my parents would end up getting me more than I asked for. They felt like they needed to be fair to me; my sisters always asked for more than I did.  But once I opened them all up I would take the two things I wanted and go to my room…leaving the rest of the gifts to sit under the tree. But every now and then I would see something in a store that caught my eye. I would demand it. I NEEDED it. I would go over every reason in the book as to why I needed it and how detrimental it would be if I did not get it. My parents could have easily purchased me the cheap stuff I wanted. After all, I did not ask for much, right? My parents always talked to me in a logical manner explaining to me why it was not something that was needed. They did this from a young age and continued it until I was an adult. Now, when I'm looking at something I think I need or maybe just really want I break it down into a bunch of questions. Is there anything cheaper? How long is this going to last? I am glad they did not enable my behavior no matter how infrequent it was.