BackFire
Blood. It's nature's lube
As you progress through the game normally you will get more and more money, eventually getting money quite easily. Keep in mind, the enemies level up with you in this game, which means that they drop better items, and more money.
If you want to cheat (and you are, no denying that, your cheating just doesn't ruin the game experience for others, it's still cheating) then that's fine, but gaining money is one of the main reasons to continue playing the game, since so much of the content is dependant on money, doing what you did, more or less completely trivialized much of the content by giving you items, potions, armor, spells, ect that you would normally have to actually work at to achieve, thus making them much more rewarding when you do get them.
But as you said, to each their own. If it makes the game better for you, that's your deal, you spent your money, so as far as I'm concerned, do what you wish with your copy.
I'm just a little wary, because cheating in single player games can lead to cheating in multiplayer games, which is a big no-no as far as I'm concerned, for obvious reasons.