Here is my advice to you. You have ninety dollars. You claim to need gear, but you don't know quite exactly what you need? Save the money and invest it. I might sound like your mom, but spending the money "because you have it" is the dumbest thing i could think of, and is why so many young adults fall into debt so quickly. That is a shitload of money for not NEEDING anything. Transfer it into your bank account so you won't be tempted to spend it simply because it's in your paypal. Maybe you can use it to go skiing for two more days, even. I'm not ragging on you, just simply acting upon a whim of kindness, because the intrinsic value of 90 dollars is obviously not of great importance to you... maybe put it in the context of a full day's work for yourself. More power to you, though, do whatcha want.