I have seriously had to try to curtail my Id this past week. I just finally got out of debt and am being struck by all these desires to go on spending binges.
Right now I'm trying to fight off the desire to pick up my own copy of the All Flesh Must Be Eaten core book and the ZM screen tomorrow while I'm at our local gaming store. Not that I begrudge giving Eden my money; far from it. I just want to keep my spending down as much as possible.
I got a bit over $1,000. It's already spent. I believe the only things RPG related purchased were World of Darkness, Vampire: the Requiem, and Werewolf: the Forsaken (if Amazon ever gets around to shipping W:tF that is).
I should be getting a few bucks back (and I mean a few). I can't afford to spend it on gaming books, but I will be spending it to finance prints of some gaming inspired artwork to sell at the comic convention I'll be at. And my hand-molded chocolate d20s. No one ever fumbles on a chocolate d20!
Nope, dropped it on the credit card, which will (eventually) let me buy lots and lots of toys, instead of just a few now. (This is what I tell myself, anyway.)
I filed months ago and most of it went toward the expenses I uncurred the week my city was without power in january. The good news there is that if I'm again exposed to freezing cold and pitch darkness 16 hours a day with no phone, no electricity and no means to prepare food I won't have to spend quite as much money on supplies.