Jal077

I am a fairly new rider, recently while riding my bike it began to DIE (as in power failure), Luckily I was only 1 block away from my house, I ended up pushing it home (How embarrassing). This is the second time that this has happened to me...it always involves the battery. The 1st time, I went and bought a new battery (lasted for about 9 months before the 2nd time it died) The 2nd time, I simply recharged the battery. It seems like something is draining my battery. Any help/ideas on troubleshooting this problem would be appreciated.