After being heavily into buying pinball machines and parts for 10 years, I took a 6 year break where I didn't spend a dime on pinball. (Except the electric to power my collection...lol) Daughter was a junior in HS, college was on the horizon and I was determined she would graduate without being massively in debt. She's a senior now, will graduate from PSU with an accounting degree, CPA exam next up. Less than 10K in debt, mission accomplished. Every time I dropped $600-800 on books and supplies, my mind was thinking "there goes another project game". Tuition payment, a nice Centaur AND a Fathom. But priorities are what they are.