Thursday, March 25, 2010

I really wish there were more hours in the day.

I've been totally slacking on here and I apologize. After H2H this weekend, I promise I will be better and write more fun words. I need to finish Mascot Mania! I need to vent about playoff math! I need to talk about the Toledo freakin' Walleye!

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All of those things will happen soon, I promise! (I'm such a slacker...)

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Scary math!

This is the first year that I've really had a long term steady full time job. At the same time, I've moved back in with my parents, I've paid off my car, and I don't have student loans. (Yes, now I'm just bragging.) Basically, I have more money than I know what to do with and it's wonderful! I've been working on saving but I've also been spending a lot of money on hockey-related expenses.

Earlier today I was wondering how much I've actually spent this season on hockey. I'm a little scared to total this up but I've made a lot of notes on a piece of paper right now and I will be chronicling my reaction as it happens...

Okay, first we'll start with the merchandise section. This season I have purchased the following:

Toledo Walleye Tshirt - $18
Toledo Walleye Sweatshirt - $40
Toledo Walleye Jersey - $105
Phil Kessel Tshirt - $20
Toronto Maple Leafs Jersey - $200 (To be fair, I way overpaid because it was at a charity auction. Obviously, it doesn't cost that much normally but it's still what I paid.)
Capitals Hat - $24 (You can't buy my hat online? Awesome.)
Ovechkin Tshirt - $40
H2H Tshirt - $18

For a grand total of.......... $465! The scary thing is that I was considering getting a new jersey (haha, New Jersey) before H2H. I may be rethinking that considering that it would put me over the $500 just on hockey apparel this season.

OH NO! I bought a tshirt at the Hockey Hall of Fame for $15. Adding that to the total, I'm now at $480 for hockey merchandise.

Okay, next are the miscellaneous costs...

H2H Preparty Ticket - $20
H2H Donation - $27 (40-13=$27. Hank and Pavel.)
Hockey Hall of Fame ticket - $15
My share of the hotel in Toronto - $90
My share of the hotel in DC - $70
Gas and tolls to Toronto - $60 (estimated since we stopped by Rochester on the way...)
Gas and tolls to DC - $70

I am positive that there are more but these are the big ones that I can think of right now. They add up to a grand total of......... $352!

Next up is a very scary category. I am going to attempt to add up how much money I've spent on beer... I really shouldn't try this but I'm going to anyway.

I know that in Toronto, I spent approximately $16 on beer.
I know that in DC, I spent $24 on beer at the game, another $10 on beer at the bar and then $9 in shots at the bar for a DC total of $43.
At Red Wings games (so far) I've just had $8.
I have attempted to count up how many beers I've had at Walleye games and I believe the number is $136 worth but that could be a low estimate. Dear Lord.

This bring my current beer total up to........ $203. God, stadium beer is expensive.

And now, the part that I fear will be the worst. How much money have I spent on hockey tickets total?

My Toronto ticket was $70.
My Caps ticket was $80.
My Red Wings preseason ticket was $25 but I had to buy both because my bro doesn't have a job (because he's still just a kid) so I spent $50.
My H2H ticket is like $35.
My Red Wings/Ottawa ticket was $90.
My Red Wings/Nashville ticket is $150. (Although, to be fair, I'm not paying for it because SB is awesome.)
The amount that I have spent on Walleye tickets is $390 (including the upcoming regular season games that haven't happened yet but we have tickets to.)
The total that I have spent on hockey tickets this season is......... $865!!!!!!!! (Including the RW/Nash game)

So the grand total of this hockey season, so far, is..... drumroll please.....

1900 fucking dollars.

Dude. That. Is. Awesome.
You know what's scary about that?
It's not even the playoffs yet!

I have playoff Walleye tickets to buy, maybe some Red Wings playoff tickets to buy. I want a Franzen jersey. I want this other Walleye tshirt. And I want to go to the Nashville/Blues game on April 10th.

Oh my God, I have an addiction.