Conventional Wisdom

Don’t go thinking I grew some self-discipline or anything, I just hadn’t eaten yet and needed my cash for lunch. If I’d just a few dollars more on me, I’d have totally walked away with one of those bad boys. Actually, I though about ending this comic with me confronting the Steampunk Bob-omb and Hat and shouting “THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!” …but I can’t stay mad at those guys.

Still, it helps that they weren’t GREAT ornaments or anything. These were some of the cheepo merchandise Fox Kids pumped out, not cool imported stuff. But you know what? I still would have really loved to have Matt and Tsunomon on the Christmas tree this year.

(Historical Notes: I’ve regretted this more and more over the years, since I’ve barely seen any trace of these ornaments since this con.  So either they’re deceptively rare, or they’re weird bootlegs… that are still rare.  Either way, stuff like this is why I eventually managed to grow a pretty thick skin about impulse buying at cons.  I’d much rather regret not getting some silly stuff over regretting not getting something really cool because I ALREADY got some silly stuff.)