Best and worst equipment/gear purchases. I saw this posted on a forum and thought I’d make my own list. These aren’t necessarily from this year, but many are.
Best

Intuous 3– God, a tablet is sooooo much better than using a mouse.
Dynaphos soft box
Kelby books (any, especially Photoshop Book for Digital Photogs)

JTL D-series strobes

16-35mmL, 100-400mmL, 100mm macro, 50mm
Spyder Pro

My domain (although I’ve not yet finished my website)

Silverlake backdrops

NAPP membership (completely invaluable!)

Dynatran shoulderbag (finally, one that holds a good amount of stuff, but not everything and isn’t too big/heavy!)

Shooting Table

WhiBal Cards– only wish I’d remembered to use my NAPP discount!

Worst

Lowepro Stealth Reporter 650AW– great bag, but too big and heavy loaded down– good for storage though

JTL giant softbox– I’d heard bigger is better, and perhaps it is for many, but not for me, especially since I’m cramped for space.

Really expensive/popular PS action set– Nice set (won’t name by whom) but I don’t think it’s worth what I paid for it, especially since I don’t use it any.

Epson P2000– I bought this in lieu of a laptop. Really never used it any, and bought a laptop several months later.

Laptop– Jeff uses it more than I do.

JTL J-160– Purchased it for use as a backlight but don’t really ever use it.

Remote switch

Upcoming must-haves

Sekonic L358

Pocket Wizard tranceiver

Dynaphos soft box (at least one more, eventually more!)
70-200mmL

10-22mm

24-105mmL

That’s all for now I guess; may add to this later…