Hope it was fun.
The three most important items I have discovered over the year for me, are a cycling jersey with back pockets (I keep my keys, crackers or granola bar in them). A windbreaker that squishes up small to fit in that back pocket of my jersey, and removable sleeves. All of these were a total of less than $70 and have kept me enormously comfortable on rides of longer distances. I bought the windbreaker for 29 of sierra trading post, the sleeves came with the jersey. I also now use a camelbak for all rides of over 40k. It cost about 15$, so all told less than $100 and I use them 2-3 times a week.