1. Realizing you have to buy this textbook
2. Realizing you have no choice
3. Frantically looking for cheaper options
4. Finding no cheaper options
5. Procrastinating
6. Pathetically staring at the sad numbers in your bank account
7. Nagging upperclassmen to see if they have a copy they'll give you for cheaper
8. Discovering you HAVE to buy it new
9. Complaining while filling out the order information on Amazon
10. Cringing when you place the order
11. Saying "well there goes my Starbucks/paycheck/hopes for retirement" when you get the confirmation email.
12. Telling everyone who asks (or doesn't) about this textbook that cost you a crap-ton of money
13. Getting said textbook
14. Staring in disgust at said textbook
15. Finishing the class and realizing you never really used the textbook