'Shop till you drop' gets the boot

Whatever your own crystal ball or tea leaves reveal about the recession, chances are you plan to spend more carefully once it ends. When we asked a nationally representative sample of Americans 18 and older what they might splurge on after the recession, 15 percent said "nothing." (Only one option was more popular: vacation, at 17 percent.) Asked what they would do with a windfall of $10,000, two-thirds of respondents said they'd pay off debts or invest it.

Below, the percentage of consumers who have not only changed their spending practices during the last year but also plan to continue with those changes post-recession.