I realized in October that i'd spent **way** too much on amazon daily deals, thinking "it's just 2 bucks". So i started reading this thread, and am I'm seeing progess. I still look at the daily deals, but am Much more selective than i used to be.
I feel a bit hypocritical setting a budget for 2015, because i just dropped a bundle on the full stack of Liaden books, based on the fun i had reading the first omnibus on the holidays. ......however, i'm a slow reader, and intend to read the full series next. So i'm going to try to limit myself to $10 per month, until i've read the full virtual stack of them.
There, i've made a commitment in black and white
Edit: (Whoops - i've remembered that over Christmas i also bought a bunch of Elizabeth Peters which were on sale for $3 each, and a whack of Ed McBains, also on sale, and a stack of......you get the picture. So i really have no self-control. And i need to turn over a new leaf this year.