ok, to preface, I've read the stickies. And I've never owned a reptile, just fish, cats, dogs.

The problem if I have with the sticky tank is, meh, it doesn't look appealing, and I do like my stuff to be appealing as well as functional.

So, supposing that the only store I have available is petsmart plus online, could someone help me with putting together a shopping list for a new BP?

I do plan on building an actual vivarium soon, but want something smaller to start with, all help is appreciated, again, goal is to be first: completely functional/healthy, second: appealing. I want to do this right, unlike my initial foray into fish keeping 10 years ago....poor guys, overstocked, lost LOTS of fish in the learning process.

(p.s., no, the snake will not be purchased at petsmart, but from either a local pet store, or a breeder at the near monthly reptile convention next town over)
(p.p.s., the vivarium will be set up for a few weeks before I get a snake to make sure that I can hold temps and humidity first)

budget is, well, reasonable, not getting a multi-hundred dollar controller at this point, that is for the built unit down the road, analog gauges, glass tank, etc. the BP will be a standard, not a morph, more than likely.

Thanks,
JD