I’m trying to live within my means. This blog post is the first record of how much money I’m spending each week. I only started recording my purchases on Wednesday of last week, but even so, here are my purchases:
Wednesday | $40.00 | ||
Thursday | $88.75 | ||
Friday | $70.00 | ||
Saturday | $74.50 | ||
Total | $273.25 |
This is due mainly to $40 per day spent taking a taxi to and from GenCon, and buying lunch and dinner out every day from Thursday on. So it seems like a pretty reasonable amount.
As much fun as I had at GenCon, it was expensive. Here’s everything I spent, including prior purchases:
Airfare | $264.20 | ||
Hotel | $420.00 | ||
Con badge | $71.00 | ||
Game tickets | $16.00 | ||
Taxi to and from convention center | $150.00 | ||
Dice, books, and other exhibit hall purchases | $48.00 | ||
Food | $152.98 | ||
Total | $1,122.18 |
Seems amazingly expensive when I actually look at the final tally. And none of that was really avoidable, other than the $150 taxi fares if I’d reserved a convention hotel.