The store-checking was getting to the point, gas-cost wise, that I just couldn't continue. Back in the Beast Wars days I would head out regularly, but gas was also a dollar-something. In this day and age, the number of 'free shipping' stores combined with the fact that a single trip might cost five bucks or more in fuel, it doesn't take long before the hunt eats the funds to get the toy, even if I *did* find what I wanted on the first try, which I probably won't, and that's MORE fuel costs.
On the subject of expenses...