I'd best start saving up. I made myself promise I would not buy The Sims 3 no matter what and that I'd cope with The Sims 2.
Come release day, I'll be kicking myself for breaking that promise.
It looks really good. I need to get past Christmas first though. Why is it going to seem AGES away from release day and then before we know it, we're all playing the game and going 'oooo', 'ahhh', 'wow' etc.