I'll eat my Hat

I was never a fan of hats until I got my haircut. My late teen years up to my early thirties had my hair reach down my back, halfway almost. My Grandmother said to me before she died that she thought I would look good in a ponytail. It was years before she died after she said that but that was the last coherent thing I remember her telling me. I told my father this about the same time I had my hair cut and his response was "...but she was crazy."

After my initial haircut which coincidentally was right when I got back into collecting comic books but still a couple years before collecting CGC graded books. I picked up a few baseball caps through out the years and finally began wearing a few. I wore out the 2008 Phillies World Series but earlier this year I did something different. I stopped off at Hats in the Belfry on 3rd and South in Philadelphia and purchased my first "real" hat. It cost around $85. My second hat which was only purchased a few weeks ago was $45. The other one I wanted was $135, of course I never would have purchased these hats if it wasn't for CGC. It made it easier parting with my money for a premium grade comic book so why shouldn't I spend it on something I would wear (almost) everyday.

Of course I don't think I'd be able to purchase a couple hats a month like I do comic books (nor do I think I would want too). I tried keeping a log of how much money I spend on comic books but lost count in June. I still have the receipts (somewhere) but have yet to find the time to gather them and make my tally. I think it is safe to say that if I didn't purchase these comic books I'd have a lot of hats (or money).

I do want to go get that other hat I passed on and I figured out a way to budget for it. At a guess if I saved $5 for every CGC graded book purchased for the month of November and December I should be able to purchase a hat of my choice by January and if I use this idea starting from the first of this month that means I should have to already put away $55.

Thanks for Reading

Tnerb

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