Would more money make you happy(ier)?
Hail, no.
I've spent the last 2 weeks confirming my theory about materialism, too. My school has everything I could ever want, from $10,000 tubas to sound equipment to spotlights that are too powerful to use in my theater to all the print resources I could ever want. It's eating up my entire life trying to inventory, clean, and repair all that stuff.
Meanwhile, my stuff at home is also a mess, and I didn't think I had enough stuff to be so messy.
I'm ready to go live in a cave and eat only the nuts and berries and ice cream that can be found in the wild.