My list to date.
After typing all this I realized how much I really spent.


Veg.

Rubbermaid deck box - $139
T5 Flouros x 4 - $125
6" pots x 24 - $24
4" personal fan x 2 - $20
Botanicare Pure Blend - $29
Potting soil, vermiculite, perlite - $19


Flower.

Sheets of plywood x 8 - $120
2 x 3's x 16 - $48
Panda plastic - $21
450w HPS ballasts x 2 - $320
Deflectors x 2 - $86
Hortilux 430W bulbs x 2 - $180
Carbon sock - $106
375CFM extraction fan - $275
Pails with holes in the bottom x 18 - $18
4" personal fans x 6 - $60
12" oscilating fan x 1 - $24
6" ducting and realted vent stuff - $50
Botanicare Pro Bloom x 1 - 29
Botanicare Sweet x 1 - $29

1 x Place to hide a 4w x 4h x 8L box
1 x friend you can trust to help (this is the hardest to find, I use my wife)
100 days of x shutting your mouth and NEVER talking about it
1 x bringing stuff in at night
1 x patience
1 x help from this forum

Growing your own stuff so you never have to pay....


PRICELESS.
(couldn't resist)