Bummed

My mp3 player broke a couple of weeks ago and I'm really bummed about it. I LOVED my player. I would play it in my car to and from work and I especially liked having it at Christmas time so I could play all my favorite songs without listening to the cheesy stuff on the radio. I used a subscription service for my music because I liked having the ability to download and listen to as many songs as I wanted to. I could try stuff out and see if I liked certain kinds of music and I only paid about $15 a month. I had 100's of songs on my player. Now I have nothing. And now I don't know what to do about getting another one. I'm checking out iPods but I don't like the idea of having pay .99 every time I want a song. That could easily add up and would certainly be more than the $15 a month I'm spending now. Then there's the cost issue... I cannot afford a full blown top of the line player right now. I also know that I need about 4GB of storage. I could get a refurbished player like the one I had but I worry about it having the same problem my old one does and then being out of luck again. I guess I could just ask for money for Christmas from my aunt and then use it to buy one.... but I want one now is my problem. I could upgrade my phone and get one that doubles as a player, but that means I have to switch music services. It also limits me in the amount of music I can store on it as most are only "upgradable" to 2GB. Too many things to think about and no resolution.