[Jason Abbadon]

Dude...it's not that bad.
You're 18, living at home (no rent, I'd guess) and collect action figures.

Compare that to your peers habits: pot, ciggarettes, booze...hell even a Starbucks coffee a day is going to equal three MU figures a week!

Then there's other expenses we dont associate with splurging: eating out, fast food, other hobbies, going to movies, bying video games, etc.

All of those could be slightly pared down on a weekly scale to equal the money that goes to MU.

Take this new wave of figs- Six figures at about $10 a pop-$ 60 dollars per wave. Sounds like a lot until you factor that it's only every three months that waves are released- that's $20 per month, or $5 dollars a week!

Really man, $5 per week is do-able for something that gives you such pleasure.
Just cut back on something else or work that extra half hour at work once a week!


I'd say do it this way: have a small piggy bank put aside- somethng opaque so it's not tempting to get the money. Put a dollar a day into piggy. It's pretty easy to save a single buck a day.
By the time a wave comes out, you're all set and then some!

Just stay off Ebay and Amazon- impulse buys are the killers when trying to save!

Or, sell some old stuff to pay for new stuff!
You probably have exrtras and such for trade with fellow Arkers...

BTW, the girlfriend sounds like a keeper!