You can put all your scrolls and potions into a container and put that on your hotbar instead. It would be nice if there was some kind of storage you could get (ie, scroll case) that automatically stores a specific item in there. Or, assign a type of item to a container.
I argue against the money thing, I found myself always running low on cash because I kept eyeballing snazzy magical items; sure, if you harvest the entire damned map you'll probably be rolling in cash, however I doubt most people will have the patience for that.