So I roll into the office after the turkey break and find holiday music screaming throughout the building courtesy of Muzak. I love being reminded that I should start thinking about doing some shopping every minute at work. It's great.

But I was also thinking about how quickly the end of the year is coming and what changes will be ahead. While there are new business starting up (MEARS just started an auction portion of its business and Legacy Sports Rarities is back in the auction game), you know some other businesses aren't going to make it far into 2008.

All of the bad economic news is going to affect this hobby, like it or not. I cringe every morning watching the Today show and seeing what they're saying on Wall St.

But aside from that, it's been a fun year. We've seen a name and somewhat format change for Tuff Stuff's Sports Collectors Monthly, added a new website, kicked off a great forum and saw some great collectibles come through the pipeline.

So I'm curious - what was your hobby highlight of the year? Did you pull a great product, complete a great set (anyone aside from Tommy Baxter getting close to the UD Yankee Stadium Legacy set?), get that elusive autograph?

This year, I got a few new Brewers autographs, keeping the vintage yearbook collection growing and am looking at ways to keep my sports room when the family get a little bigger next June.

Next year will be interesting all the way around, and I look forward to reporting the changes to you.