Just for fun--if you can call it fun--I added up what I spent at Amazon.com over the past year. Or, to be more exact, what I spent over the past 17 months.

It's not nearly as bad as I thought. I spent 195.29 cents. This comes to 11.48 a month. This includes games and books, but omits any gifts bought there.

I thought it would be way worse. My conscious effort to buy less crap is paying off I think . . .