I am not, by nature, a haggling kind of person. I just wanna grab what I want, hand over my money, and go. Thus, my attempts to save money in the Dealer’s Room on Sunday rarely amount to anything. Saving[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Not a whole lot to add to this, other than Congrats to Dave Lister for pretty much owning Opening Ceremonies on general principle (and not for the first time, either) (Historical Notes: I’ve pretty much said everything there was to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Honestly, I’ve NEVER had any luck with the whole “wait ’til Sunday and get great deals!” method of con shopping. I dunno if I just buy the wrong stuff, or if I’m just not pushy enough to actually haggle, or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m always complaining about how I can’t stop buying at cons, but that was when penny pinching was more of an ideological thing that a matter of basic survival. This time, however, it literally was a choice between buying crap[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hey! I get to plug Far Out There again! What are the odds of- okay, I’ll stop now. But while I don’t regret buying the new Today Nothing Happened, it DID motivate me to make a hasty exit from Artist’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Seriously, I could NOT afford to get suckered into buying any box sets or old manga or anything at the moment, so I hadn’t even planed on going into the Dealer’s Room at all this year… and then I got[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Honestly, Animazement really WASN’T any worse than my usual con average, but it it DID briefly feel like it was going to be a lot better… until that den of thieves sucked me in. I ended up dropping cash for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
That’s just an inherently funny word to me, and I’m glad I finally found a reason to cram it into a comic 🙂 (Historical Notes: …I don’t get it, Past Me.)
Yes, this makes two cons in a row where I’ve stumbled onto some really nifty Digimon stuff AFTER I’d already spent more than I ever needed to. In my own defense, though, I really have been keeping an eye out[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…