Yeah, I'm no help either. Overflow abounds in our house. I have shelves that are deep enough to stack several-deep behind the first row - if the back-books are facing out versus lined up properly - but I still have to have bookends on the top of the bookcases (also two-deep). And a small select pile next to my side of the bed. And a dresser with two doors at the top that also holds books, and I'm almost sure it wasn't meant to do so. AND a couple shelves we put up that used to hold dust-gathering candles and things and now hold books. So...yeah. Turn any surface into a bookshelf, it's fun.

I just now came back from a bookstore, actually, that I didn't want to go to because I knew I'd end up buying books. My husband went to get a CD (that this bookstore also fiendishly sells). I decided I would "just browse" a few sections...oops.

And yet, on the whole, it feels so good to get books, doesn't it? Look on it as therapy. So your bank balance suffers - what's money for, then? And your books know they are cherished. YOU bought them, after all.

I guess all you can do is just not carry enough money to get more than you bargained for.