You can afford a morph I will bet.

Male YellowBelly, Spider, Pastel can each be had for $100 or less sometimes.

Often this level of morph is just wholesaled to pet stores and not even advertised. You could email BHB and ask if he has any morph males in your price range.

I highly suggest a morph male for 2 reasons:

1. If you decide to breed later it is MUCH better to have a morph male
2. If for some reason you decide later you need to get rid of him (for whatever reason) it will be WAY easier to re-home a morph.