Thanks for all the great responses.

Talk about the cart and the horse

1. I bought an incense holder at the yoga studio.
2. I bought several packets of different incense sticks, at the studio as well.
3. I put one stick into the incense holder and it already smelled great.
4. I absolutely loved how the incense holder and incense stick looked on the counter in the bathroom. Absolutely loved it. I wanted to go to the yoga studio to buy another lovely light green incense holder because I wanted to enjoy it in the kitchen. I reminded myself that I am hypo, that the yoga studio may not accept returns, and that it is no big deal to take the incense holder from place to place.
5. Next day, I started thinking of a little vase-like container to store the incense sticks upright next to the incense holder. Absolutely had to have it. Could not stop thinking about different ways to store the incense sticks. Maybe a pretty tall container with a lid, and not a little vase? I remembered the wise advice by Oscar Wilde - the easiest way to overcome a temptation is to give in (from memory and might not be the precise quote). Plus, I had an excuse to go to the Container Store to return a few things (I am super disciplined about testing whether I would use something right away and if I figure that I won't, I put the stuff in my trunk to return at the earliest convenience). Plus I wanted to buy a trunk for children's art. Went to the Container Store and bought several possible options. Came home. Ruled out the tins with lids. Now choosing between two toothbrush holders. I will post pics.

Now...

I have an incense holder, incense sticks, two possible containers for the incense sticks...

One would think that I'd be by now more than ready to enjoy the scent.

Wrong.

I don't have matches (all electric kitchen + I don't smoke).

I spent several hours pondering where to put the incense sticks, but haven't thought about how I would be lighting them.

A funny side to hypomania.