While sucking up more info about my impending (sometime, sometime) D-SLR purchase, I found a great post in the DPReview forums about the
universal truths of photography. I particularily like #5:
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5) Never lie to a spouse. If you already own three lenses, then you can gradually replace all three for better lenses, and never have more than the original number in your camera bag. If questioned, you have NOT bought ‘another’ lens; you have only quietly ‘replaced’ one for another.
and grudgingly admit that #6 and #8 apply.