Expenses Without Receipt

Yeah, I let this get long again.  Starting from Tuesday, March 24:

• Well, since the coronavirus can live on money for days, I don't plan on using it again until there's a vaccine or I get COVID-19.  Nothing's open, so I can't really spend anything anyway, but whatever I had spent starting on the 24th I used the credit card for.  Therefore, from here, let's jump back to Thursday, March 12, where I went to Caribou because I was doing half-days and wanted to treat myself.  They have these malted mochas, and malt is pretty tasty.  With tip: $6.57.
• That evening I went to the two Games of the MSHSL Girls' Basketball Tournament, including the one featuring Paige Bueckers, The Top High School Basketball Girl In The Country -- and a UConn grad.  I detailed all my thoughts on Bueckers here, but I also want to say that the other AAAA Semifinal was a bit better.  St. Michael's-Albertville (aka STMA) was down by double digits at Halftime but came out draining three after three to eventually tie the Game with Farmington, but they bowed up on both sides of the court to win comfortably.  I was entirely sure that the entire sports world would shut down shortly thereafter, so I knew while at Williams Arena that evening that it would be the last sporting event I would be able to attend in person for a while.  Maybe a long while.  Ticket, hot dog, Coke and program total: $31.75.
• Wednesday the 11th was also a half-day, so I treated myself to Caribou.  Malted mocha plus tip (and, like the next day, minus ten cents for trivia): $6.57.
• After my abbreviated day of work, and even though I was feeling a burgeoning anxiety over the coronavirus, I went to Caffetto to work on my computer ... which, if I know myself (I don't exactly remember if I did this), I instead devoted most of my time scaring myself over COVID-19.  Cherry pie, small coffee (once I ordered I immediately regretted not getting tea) and tip comes out to: $7.11.
• On Tuesday the 10th I did not go home.  Instead, I whiled away the time before going to the University of Minnesota baseball Game against Creighton at U. S. Bank Stadium.  Needed to buy a shirt -- long story -- and I wound up having dinner at Chickpea, one of the stores at the Potluck Dining Hall at Rosedale.  I have to admit, hummus is good.  It's filling and yet it doesn't feel like I just devoured a gut bomb.  With Coke (although I should've drank lemonade instead) and tip, it came out to: $14.16.
• Oh, and before Chickpea, I ran into a troop of Girl Scouts selling cookies in the mall, too.  Good thing I decided to pick up a box; otherwise I would be missing an entire season of Girl Scout Cookies.  Got the S'mores.  But these Girls Scouts had a tip jar -- you know, kind of like you see sometimes at an Dairy Queen.  Fine, I threw in a buck.  Total: $6.
• I find myself dilly-dallying at Potluck, enjoying the hummus bowl while going through my phone.  I realized I was a bit late in heading downtown, and once I saw that the parking I thought would be open wasn't, I had to park further from the core and light-rail it in order to make it to the Game on time.  Cost for a one-way: 50 cents.
• At the baseball Game I tried using my student card to get in, but the box office rep was shocked at how old it was.  I decided to just pay full price, but she relented and gave me the ticket.  Phew!  And I got to sit down before first pitch, with hot dog and Crispin in hand.  Total: $17.50.
• Oh, and I promised a girl from BJ's I would stop by and see her at Rick's after the Game.  I did stop by, but I didn't see her in the 60-90 minutes I was there.  Saw a bevy of babes, however, some more personable than others.  There was one blonde spinner I wanted to get dances from, but by the time I decided to pull up stakes and leave, she was dancing with a pair of blind dudes sitting close by.  Oh well.  Cover, tips for everything (including mandatory coat check) and a Sprite, and it all came out to: $45.
• Back to Saturday, March 7. ...  Went to The Local for some EPL.  This month the chain of pubs The Local is a part of gave me a bunch of free money, both for my birthday and, I think, to celebrate the anniversary of me joining.  (Or maybe they sent more money just because.)  Anyway, I had so much free money I couldn't spend it all at once, but my Bloody Mary and entree were free.  So how much money do you give?  Yeah, it's free, but that doesn't mean I'm just leaving without giving anything.  I just picked a number, and I settled on the luckiest number in Chinese: $8.
• That evening I went to the Boys' State High School AA Hockey Final, won by Hill-Murray, 4-1, over Eden Prairie.  Ticket, program, hot dog and Coke: $35.
• And I parked in a ramp, too.  Oh, my God, and I just remembered the run-in with that bitch.  Oy, don't want to relive that.  Paid: $5.
• Went to Glam Doll afterward.  Man, I had no idea at the time that I won't be going back to that place for ... what, weeks?  Months?  A year and a half?  Pour-over, tip and two free donuts: $8.75.
• On Friday the 6th, the day my parents came home, I went to Central Car Wash to clean up my new car.  Turns out I changed my mind and used the old car to pick them up at the airport that night.  Charged the wash, but the tip was money: $3.
• Then I went to see ******a for a chaste massage.  She may not be expertly trained, but it still felt good to get a (clean) rubdown.  Well, I was lying down on her couch, and even though she gave me a pillow, I had to pull my head to a side so I didn't asphyxiate myself, and because of that my neck was more strained than it was before we began.  But other than that it was great.  And 50 Minutes only cost me: $80.
• OK -- on Thursday the 5th I bought these two candy bars from a co-worker who's helping sell them for her child's ... uh, something-or-other.  Still have one in my bag.  Cost: $2.
• Left early this day, and I went to the Hoggsbreath, a sort-of dive bar that would not cater to guys like me.  But when I went the last time -- probably a year or so ago -- the waitress at the bar told me to come back.  And whaddya know, she was the same waitress who served me this time!  Meal plus tip: $14.
• That evening I went to Fair State in its last hour of business.  The microbrewery has release a new beer every Thursday.  Sounds a bit like they're stretching themselves thin, but I wanted a quick release before going to home and bed.  I think the beer I had was called Avast.  With tip it cost me: $6.
• OK, apparently I can go all the way back to Saturday, February 29, where I went to 612Brew because they were having some to-do.  I got there late, I was by myself, and I was kind of tipsy on my way out, I must say.  But I got there late enough where my Lights To Ashes drink was some discount off.  With tip: $5.
• To Friday the 28th, where I visited ****e for a screw.  Frankly, it was disappointing.  In the living room I presented my dick, to which she immediately sucked it -- never done that before, so that was great.  But her lunch consisted of baking these fish cakes.  And then, as we went to the bedroom, she just laid there.  She had me do everything -- open up her legs so I could eat her out, lurching over her so she could dip her lips around my cock a couple times, then I had to contort my body to launch myself inside her.  I kept my clothes on -- just took out my penis through my porno pants.  I had an idea in my mind that that would be sexier, but this was totally undone by ****e just laying there like a fish.  In the middle of our tryst she looked like she was out of it, like she took one of her anti-anxiety medications.  And by the time I left, she was curled up under her blankets in the living room couch.  Oh, and I ran into the guy who lives in the basement as I was leaving.  Sheesh, should I want to even do this again?  Well, fuck yeah, but if it goes south like this again. ...  Should have just paid her $100, but instead I gave her the usual: $120.
• Wanted to go out in the evening.  Went to Milkjam for ice cream.  With tip: $5.
• Then I went to Glam Doll -- one donut only, pour-over coffee, tip: $9.37.
• Thursday, February 27: Got my shoes shined at Lisa's.  Gave her a little extra: $16.
• On Sunday the 23rd I went to Maverick's after my Sunday off.  Had a coupon, and their beef is pretty good.  Planned on doing it the Sunday before, but I was using the old car and I freaked out because one of the tires was in dire need of air.  Anyway, the ... brisket (?) was kind of dry, I'm afraid.  Charged the meal, but I threw in a tip of: $1.  (ETA at 10:28 p.m. on March 28 that no, I did not charge the meal.  Why did I say I did?  Paid all-cash for this, a total of: $14.83.)
• At the strip mall next to the strip mall in which Maverick's lies, in the middle of the parking lot, there is what I think is The Oldest Dairy Queen In The Twin Cities.  It's a cute standalone place, where you walk up one window to pay and walk over to the other to get your food.  Got a ... something.  Cost: $4.86.
• To Saturday the 22nd, where I got the new car washed.  Charged the wash, but the tip was cash: $3.
• That was the day and night of the Girls' State Hockey Finals, the finals of both classes are bunched together in one two-Game session.  Breck routed Cloquet/Esko/Carlton to win Class A, while Andover derailed Edina's bid for a three-peat in a hell of a match to win Class AA.  Charged the hot dog and Coke, so this EWR is only for the ticket and the program: $24.
• Oh, and I paid for parking, too.  This time around there were no problems: $5.
• Friday, February 21 ... I passed up the series finale of Fresh Off The Boat to see Echosmith at the Fine Line.  I am not a huge fan, but there was one song I love, "Cool Kids," and I wanted to see Echosmith perform it live.  (This raises a blog post I remember I wanted to blog post about, and if I remember later, I'll blog post it.)  The show was underwhelming.  The lead singer (the trio are siblings) was cute, but the rest of the songs were meh, although I remembered at the concert that I liked their follow-up single, "Bright," which was nice.  One other thing that I noticed: They cordoned off alcohol sales to the balcony.  I was going to have a beer on the ground floor after the opening act, Weathers, got finished, but the taps were turned off.  That confirmed a notion I had about the band: They're Christian, and they prefer limits on alcohol sales.  Fair enough; allowing it upstairs seems to be an acceptable tradeoff.  So I marched upstairs, bought a Strongbow, and took in the first half of the main act up there, which wasn't too bad.  With tip the cider set me back: $9.
• Oh, another thing that shows Echosmith's a Christian band: They wound up their set super early, like 9:45.  Not like I needed it, but that gave me even more reason to go to Pizza Luce a block away and finally cash in on one of those free pizza coupons I won spinning the wheel at the Minnesota Roller Girls (now Minnesota Roller Derby) bout.  Since the value of the coupon goes up to $25 (?), I used it on a large specialty pizza, half of which I couldn't finish, which is lucky because I would have been a damn fool if I tried to eat it all in one sitting.  The pizza technically was more than $25, but I wanted to ensure I used the full price of the coupon.  With beer and tip, the total was: $9.58.
• Once I got home I stored four new quarters and an old Canadian penny in my cup: $1.01.
• Thursday, February 20 -- I bunched up all my Sunday work to take this afternoon off so I could go to *****y's party.  Took the host upstairs with me and she proceeded to finally give me a handjob.  She wasn't down and dirty, but she did the job.  Oh, and even though she warned me to keep my semen on skin, a little splooge seeped onto the bed!  I like intimate parties; there were only two other girls there.  But I was there for two of the three (?) hours of this afternoon party, and there was only one other guy there.  Wonder how lucrative it is for *****y and them.  Then again, if I were the only one there, we'd have a fucking partay!!!  VIP with *****y, two conventional dances apiece with *****y and ****e* and cover: $220.
• And I wanted to cap off my night at Fair State, trying their brand new Megachonker.  Beers don't really stand out to me, but this one was pretty good.  With tip: $9.

Finally got done.  Done through March 24.