Well, when I first started collecting, pretty 
much everyone here can tell you how nutty I was.  
I was after just about everything from a 
particular show that I could find.  Sadly I was 
taken in by the competitive nature that cel 
collecting can sometimes breed.  I made offers 
night and day to try and get THE shots that I 
wanted.  I also collected other shows because I 
liked them, although not as much as the series I 
focus on.  Im very satisfied with that I have 
now.  I have been lucky enough to accquire cels 
of my favorite character from the exact scenes I 
wanted.  I went into horrid debt last year from 
overspending.  That's when I realized that no 
matter how cool other people think I am because I 
have x cel, it still put me into debt...and I 
didnt like it -that- much.  So these days I 
concentrate on just one series, and only a 
handful of characters from that series.  I look 
at people who have tons and tons of cels, and I 
just think, "What are they going to do with them 
all?"  I live in an apartment, not like I have 
wallspace to frame each of my cels.  I've also 
limited myself to only the most perfect shots I 
can find of the charas I like.  Only shoulders up 
face shots.  It's been great on my wallet, and Im 
much more satisfied with what I do get.  It took 
me a whole year to come to my senses in this 
hobby.  It's just not worth it to me now to go 
into horrible debt over something I might not 
even like a year from now.  Im still interested 
in cels, and there's still a few shots eluding 
me, but Im not a ravenous hyena like I was early 
last year....