A Mendel in my Mind

After much perusing of the RepRap site and negotiating with my wife about "yet another hobby", I have been able to start procuring all of the bits needed for a RepRap Mendel.  Here is a rundown of how and where I have gone about procuring parts:

Component	Quantity	Vendor (component link)	Notes
Printed Parts	x1	Eckertech Inc.	I was impressed with the photos of the build quality on this site. A little pricey, but I figured it was better to start with quality printed parts.
Vitamins	x1	Thingfarm	All of the hardware and belts to put it together
Thick Sheet	x1	Home Depot	1/4" MDF
Main Electronics	x1	Digikey	I am going to use the Gen 7 Electronics with an etched PCB. I will post a link to a Digikey BOM as soon as I have finalized it.
Power Supply	x1	RadioShack	Bought in Store
Opto Endstops	x6	Makerbot
USB to TTL Cable	x1	Makerbot
Stepper Motors	x4	Pololu
Stepper Controllers	x4	Pololu
Hot End & Adapter	x1	MakerGear	SuperPack (.40 mm Hybrid) Wooden Mounting Pieces - Wade
PLA	x1	MakerGear	3mm PLA 4043D / Blue (was actually a nice translucent ice blue)

Some notes on why I chose the vendors I did:

I am in the U.S. and wanted to try and avoid too much international ordering/shipping. With the vendors above I at least stayed on the same continent.

While I would have loved to purchase a ready built Gen 6 electronics kit from mendel-parts.com I was already over budget. So I opted to go with the Gen 7 electronics and etch my own PCB. We'll see how it goes.

As of right now, everything but the Printed Parts and the Vitamins have arrived.