Have you checked out photoshop elements? It doesn't function the same as photoshop, but it's a decent sub for at home use. My mom gave me her old copy so I figured why not.
GAH that would have been nice to know a few weeks ago before I purchased CS6. I had CS2 on my laptop I got in college, I'm pretty sure I bought it in 2004. That version is great and I'd still be using it if my laptop hadn't died.
LOL nope! One of things I love about working with software (I'm a product manager for a software dev company) is that some of the good products and products that are fun to use have goofy names.