Feedback on a Populate-based Deck

I started playing Magic on the day Gatecrash released by participating in a small house-tournament wherein everyone bought an intro pack (mine being the only one from RtR) and adding to it from five booster packs. Over time this is what I've come to play:

http://deckbox.org/sets/330877?v=l

I've taken it to three FNM's and I think you can imagine how well it fared - not great. Obviously part of the issue is that it is very much a budget deck. I'm hoping the community can give some thoughts on the best way to take this deck to make it more competitive. I'm not a man of great means, but I do have some money to spend on cards.

Any and all thoughts are appreciated.

Last edited by InsideReticle (2013-03-24 20:11:52)