Where does it all end?

Sorry for the drama but how many of you have had intentions of building up a beater bike to ride and leave around town. But then you like the way it rides & feels so you go a little farther and start tarting it up a bit. You know, little things at first. Perhaps cleaning some of the rust off and touching up the paint. Maybe new bartape or grips. And sure, it cost next to nothing to build up since most of the parts came from the cast off's from other projects, but you know, it would be so much better if, say, the seatpost wasn't a black ZOOM post but brushed alloy like the stem...
Before you know it, the bike you were going to lock up anywhere is now just too damn nice to leave out of your sight for an instant.
So it begins again....

Dave