Technology - I hate it but can't live without it!

Ok I am the official queen of computer troubles...lol For the last year or so my laptop's battery hasn't been able to stay charged for more than 10 minutes, so when I use it I have to keep it on AC power. Well in the last two or three months my AC adapter has decided to start shorting out. Well I looked into buying a new battery and adapter for my laptop, only to find out that both are over priced. So I waited a month before making a decision. Well I decided to buy the battery (the most expensive) because I'd rather have a battery that lasts 4 hours than one that doesn't. It gives me a bit more freedom as to where I can use my laptop. So I order the battery and it arrived yesterday. I change out the batteries, turn on my computer, and discover that the battery wasn't fully charged (it had about 30 minutes left of life). Well I was a little PO'ed but I figured I'd just charge it and then all would be well. How wrong was I! My adapter decided that it was going to completely short out and not work at all. It worked for a little while but then just stopped working all together. So guess what, the brand new battery I spent a lot of money on died and now I have two batteries that are dead along with an adapter that doesn't work. So I've been forced to use my sister's computer, which sucks. I've ordered another adapter but it probably won't get here until some time next week. So I probably won't be around for the next couple of days unless my sister is willing to lend her laptop to me that long, which I don't think she is....lol