calling all musicians, what to get?!

[Roman]

Ok, I would like to know what type of equipment for simply recording voice and then saving on the computer preferably. I'm talking a few hundred dollars budget here. I can plug a microphone, even a half-way decent one, into a computer, but obvious that will sound like crap. I assume a good microphone and something to do the recording will be necessary.
Does anyone have any advice for me? I've gone to American Musical Supply's web site or catalog for example and oh my, there's so much stuff and most of it is really expensive.