Great advice. I have completely given up on getting new stuff first. The only time I've gone for the newest of the new gadgets is when I got my D300. My old DSLR was broken, and I was going to Japan only 2 days after receiving my camera. I had time to charge the battery, test the camera for bugs (i.e. playtime 😉 ), and then pack it with my laptop the night before. My excuse: I needed a camera to bring to Japan, and it would have been a waste of my lonely lenses not to get a camera to accompany them. 😉
P.S.: Love your screenname. 😉