you know what has just occurred to me? your username is "Foxychick", so i am assuming you are of the female persuasion and you are asking about "how we control the spending" and "dibs" on another thread . . . .
whose wife are you? and who are you trying to catch out??!!
You don't!......you just attempt to justify it by saying that it's a healthy hobby, and it could be worse....the only promise I have kept is to have a strict 'one in....none out' policy......that has been totally successful!..... :roll:
For every new shiny retro part, i try to sell a couple of old bits to keep my bank balance level. Trouble is buying retro parts is very addictive and we all end up buying more than we need.