Hi Lori, welcome to the great infectious hobby of chip collecting. I have a couple of suggestions.
If you are married or involved with someone, convince them early in your collecting that you are not crazy, just crazy about chips.
If you find yourself spending too much time searching for that ever so elusive chip, let them know that it is important to you that you get it, no matter what it takes.
Last, stay focused in one or two areas of collecting unless you are extremely wealthy with tons of spendable money for every chip you can get your hands on.
With this in mind, welcome!