You know, when you buy a ticket online (firsthand, not through scalper sites), Ticketmaster asks you if you want insurance? You pay an extortionate amount of money on top of all the bullshit fees they tack on to give you the option of refunding the cost you paid for your ticket in case you can't use it. You're always supposed to say no because what are the odds you are going to miss a concert because, say, you got into a car accident? Well, this would have been one of those times I should've bought insurance, because there's no goddamn way I'm going to drive all the way out to St. Paul for a World Juniors Game. I wish I could, and I think if I were 20 or even ten years younger than I am I would do it. But I'm older and maybe smarter now. This blizzard is coming right as the Game starts and it's going to still be at its worst around the time it's over, so fuck it, I ain't going.
The younger me would be pissed at myself for eating $25, which is the cost of the ticket I bought. I'm trying to sell it now and get back $4.50 for it, but it might not sell because there's a chance no one's going to this Game. Damn vagaries of Minnesota winters.
Ironically, all that stuff I blog posted before about deciding to shop now as opposed to a later time is now moot. I did buy a few items at the Megamall, but I won't know whether I overreacted because I won't be going to Grand Casino Arena to comparison shop and see if I paid more than I should. (Aside: There were many items at MOA that I didn't see at Mariucci, and vice versa.) Also, all that kvetching I did over changing my mind about staying inside and not using the car yesterday/Saturday is also moot ... well, probably. I will need to go outside and, although I hope I don't have to, I might need to start the car and move it around so I can plow the entire driveway from the snow, dammit.
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