i seriously don't know where teh "omgz save your money save your money" comes from.
i rerolled on a new server, took herbs and ores for professions, never went out of my way to gather (if there was a yellow dot on the map i took it, but never went too far off the leveling path.) i didn't even play the ah, i just mailed everything to my bank alt and watched it all pile up after i bought my 12-14 slotters for both toons.
then one day i dung 30 and got that mail about training riding in mulgore.... hopped on the bank alt and put up 100+ auctions at the current weekend prices... i think it was the second time i scanned the ah on that server.
long story short, i had purchased:
watchman pauldrons viscous hammer scroll of crusader plus a couple +5 str to wrist/hands for leveling purposes.
what's my point? i don't freakin know, i guess it just ticks me off when people say "DON'T SPEND YOUR GOLD!! SAVE IT!!" because really, the game is a lot more fun when you get the good stuff.
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Argent+Dawn&n=Hvergelmir