I know how that goes... Fortunately I'm living in a different 
state from my parents. HOWEVER - here's the tricky part - 
since my cel collection has gone up, I worry that my mom, 
who has an interest in my ongoing site building (she's a 
computer programmer), is going to just visit my SITE one 
day and discover this awful hobby of mine. Granted, I never 
list specific information about the cels I have, but since 
I'm also building GUIDES (e.g. cel guides, buying anime, 
etc.), it'd be easy to find out how much cels CAN cost. 

Heck, when I told my parents over the phone that on Sunday 
(last Sunday) I'd be meeting with a few fellow Colorado 
people (hello CO cel fans!!), I never said it was about cels. 
It took them a while to accept the fact that both my brother 
and I are anime fans, but if they knew about the money that 
goes into this... -_-'  I'm just dreading the day...

I'd agree about getting a PO box or 3rd party address or 
something, that would help if you live with your parents. 

I'm considering burying my collection deep, deep in the 
bowels of my site, but it doesn't matter, mom would 
eventually find it....  Guess I'll just have to lie and say 
they're like mini-posters and cost a buck each (doesn't help 
that my parents are EXTREMELY 'thrifty' when it comes to 
frivolous pursuits like this. ^_^).

[cower]