How Much?

How much do you spend on new books? How much do you spend to get your book graded? Graded with a signature? How much do you spend on books already graded? How much do you spend in a week? A month? A year? Is it on one book? Or hundreds? I have tried to keep the best possible records of what I have but I have lost count on what I?ve spent. If I calculated properly I spent at least $1000 in the month of December on CGC graded books. I spent about the same amount the previous two months, combined. This of course does not include new books.

I do my best to budget and in doing so I looked over the past six months and this number, this dollar amount is staggering. Once again this number that I have spent is only what I have spent on graded books (or books I sent to have graded). I keep trying to take a month hiatus from collecting these encapsulated pieces of paper, which is now looking to be February instead of January, but now I am curious. How much am I spending? On books? On CGC? On taxes?

I purchased a book to keep better track of what I needed to make purchases easier for when I head out to conventions. I decided to purchase the same kind of book to document how much I spend for the year 2011. I know I will be spending a lot more on graded books than I will be on new reading material but when all is said and done it will be interesting to look back and see how much I spent, and on what? So this year is the year. If its comic related I will keep track of it. Let?s see how I do.

Thanks for Reading.

Tnerb