Good luck with your growth and exploration of new 
directions!

As far as my own shopping habits go-- I collect 
doujinshi, and I hire translators to translate it 
for me. ^_^ I usually try to buy 5 or 6 volumes 
of English manga per month, and usually will pick 
up a few DVDs as well. I usually attend three or 
four conventions per year on top of that. If you 
want to chitchat offlist about shopping/consumer 
habits, I'd be happy to give you more information 
about what motivates me to buy from Person A 
rather than Person B, and what different things I 
look for in a dealer's room, versus buying 
online, versus buying in a brick-and-mortar 
store. I don't currently buy much in the way of 
shitajiki/stickers/cards/clearfiles/ other little 
things that are so prevalent in the dealer's 
room, but I can think back to when I did, and see 
if those motivations will help you any. :o)