It looks like this year I:

-bought 70 games (all SE)
-spent $165 (or $2.35 per game)
-completed 25

I'm happy enough with that. I tend to play a lot of M3, TM and sims that are often longer games, so 25 isn't bad for me to have gotten through. I'm surprised (but not unhappy) with how many I bought (70 is a lot for me). It was fun paying more attention this year to sales at BFG and other sites, keeping my eyes open for good deals, filling punch cards.

Thanks as always to everyone here for all the tips on games and your insightful reviews!

Of course, another reason I didn't finish that many games is because I have no discipline and start a whole bunch of games that I stop. Not because I don't like the game and intend to finish it eventually, just because I get distracted by starting on other games.

I also bought and played some non-casual games this year, but didn't include those in my stats.

As you can see, I've been doing a bit of tidying up and preparing for the new year. 

The PCC exchange thread was stusue's idea.  I've pinned it to the top of the forum to make it easier for us to help each other if possible.

I've also made a separate section to contain lists of sales, soft releases, new games coming out.  This section can also be used to make wish lists after you demo a game, but won't be butying it until there's a sale.  Each person can have their own thread for their wish list, games bought, games finished.

barre - depends on what you mean by finished.  When I had rebuilt the farm, and Floyd and Dahlia thanked me, I still had a bunch of achievements to earn.  I'm still working on them, should finish tomorrow.  I had to skip 1 type of puzzle completely, except for the 1st one in the series, I just don't get what I'm supposed to do.  I've really zipped through the sudoku puzzles, doing all those boards in Sudoku Latin Squares (still plugging away at that game) has really sharpened my skills.

I checked the dates regarding when I started/finished the first Farmington, and this one is taking me slightly more time, but that is probably because teh first one wouldn't let you play on past the end to get all the achievements.

I need to find one more SE to buy to complete a PCC.  I looked at my lists yesterday and it looks like I'll have to do some digging.  I'll do my stats for December and games bought in 2013 later.