Many of you would probably recall that a few months back, I crossed the 500 game mark in my collection. Since then, my purchasing of games has basically ceased due to a lack of funds and getting royally screwed over by my EX-school (a very long story that I don't want to get into here).

Granted, I've still been lucky enough to add to my collection via receiving review copies of games for GrrlGamer, and up until yesterday was at a very respectful 516 games.

Now, over the last week or so, Target has been offering a White Elephant inspired auction to their employees (read: my mom), which just so happened to have four games up for grabs. Three of the games were in a bundle which included Thrillville (PS2), Theme Park (DS) and Crash Boom Bang (DS). The other lot contained SingStar Pop. Knowing how much I adore gaming, my mother immediately put bids on both lots, and ended up winning them when the auction ended yesterday.

The bidding rose in one dollar increments, with the set of three games going for $9 and the single game for $3...Great prices, if you ask me, considering as how a couple of them were still in the shrink wrap, with these prices being made all the better since I didn't have to pay them, hehe.

So, there you have it – four more games added to my collection, bringing me to an even 520 total games. And with two of them being in the theme park creation genre (one that I have adored since the days of the original Rollercoaster Tycoon), I am hoping they can last me until I have enough money to start buying games again… Or anything really…