These new habits are refusing to get incorporated into my life!  I went to the used bookstore to buy a present for a friend.  Right above the shelf where I located his book, I found a book I've been wanting to read for a while.  I ran through the list in my head: it's used...I'm not broke this month...it's a reasonable price...it's right in front of me...I bought both books, refused the plastic bag, and left the store.  As I walked back to the subway I stopped and almost said DUH! right out loud.  I've had such success with the library this year and the thought did not even occur to me as I was running through my list!  There's a branch two blocks from my office; I've been reserving books online and going to pick them up when they email me.  Like Netflix for books, almost.  I'm not so good on the returning: I've probably paid $10 in library fines since January, but surely I would have spent at least two or three hundred dollars by now if I'd bought every one new.  Maybe next time the library will come to mind first.