First of all, I'm Canadian, so some of the breeding nuances (like what's expensive and what's available) is a little different for me than it is for American forum goers!

I started collecting balls at the start of last summer. I've put together a pretty decent sized collection at this point and I'm looking forward to breeding morphs this coming season as a way of helping to pay for the collection itself (and supplement my income given my poor student status). Here's what I have so far:

--> 0.3 Normal Breeders (all >1600g, 1 laid this year, 1 did wouldn't)
--> 0.1 Normal '07 (900g, very picky eater- takes live mice on occasion)
--> 0.1 Normal '08 (632g, eats like a pig, might have gene(s) for ringer)
--> 0.1 Spider '08 (621g, pig, managed to gain 131g in last month)
--> 0.1 Pastel '09 (98g, bred by me)
--> 0.1 Het Orange Ghost '08 (655g, pig)
--> 0.1 Granite Het Orange Ghost '08 (631g, pig)
--> 1.0 Granite Het Orange Ghost '08 (550g, pig)
--> 1.0 Het High Contrast Albino '04 (1600g, monster, origin- RDR)
--> 1.0 Pastel '07 (779g, bred for me this past season)
--> 1.0 Cinnamon '08 (610g, bred this past season, female didn't take)
--> 3.0 Pastel '09 (my only clutch from last season)
--> 0.2 Normal '09 (part of the 09 clutch)
--> 0.1 Salmontine Het Annery, Pos. Het Albino Boa (picked up in a trade this season only to find out latter she's half Argentine! Open to trading her)

Tomorrow I'm putting a down payment on a smokin' lesser male and a lesser female ('09, both siblings). The male in question comes from a father who breed at 600g, so I'm hoping he'll go for me this season. The female is more of a long term investment, although the lesser prices have really dropped quickly and I'm a bit scared she's not the best choice. I'm pretty sure I could switch her for a spotnose female before my snakes are shipped.

I'm paying for the female using a few GIC's that are getting garbage interest and I figure a female morph is a better investment than GIC's in today's market.

My big question here is what do you think the best additions to my group of breeders is? This is a collection I really enjoy, but I'd like to get enough hatchlings each season to pay for the snakes I buy that year or even to pay for the snakes already bought. Ultimately I'd like to know I paid for my snakes with my own clutches. Plus it's really fun to breed the snakes and wait out the eggs. Seeing my first clutch was awesome this year and it didn't hurt that I got 4 pastels and only 2 normals.

Here are the snakes I'd really like to acquire:
0.1 Het Red Axanthic
0.1 Yellow Belly
0.1 Pin
0.1 Albino
0.1 Tiger (het Diesel type Connie makes at Pythonica)
0.1 Tiger (Banana type from Connie at Pythonica)
1.0 Sugar
1.0 Lesser (already covered this season!)
0.1 BEL (Lesser super)
0.1 BlackBall (Cinny super)

But those are based solely on looks.

What do you think is the smartest purchases I can make this summer based on breeding potential and value? Should I stick with the 1.1 Lesser purchase this season or switch the female for something else?

Thanks for reading and sorry for the length of the post!