My Weekly Haul

[Tnerb]

Can I skip a week and still keep my geek status?

 

Wednesdays are the days that not only do I spend breakfast with my Dad but I get my new comic books too. Yesterday was an exception. Fed-Ex an My Dad had other plans. The delivery company decided that was they day they were doing to deliver a package from ComicLink. Wednesday seems to be the most frequent day that packages arrive for me. Since making sure that all packages that come my way need a signature I have to be home to get them.

 

More times than not I still head down to see my father for breakfast and I just expect to sign for the packages the next day when they redeliver. My Father's other plans were with his wife, my Step-Mother (who is more like my mother). They both left for New Orleans for an extended weekend. This gave me the chance to stay home, wait for my package to arrive and call and argue with Verizon Wireless on their sub par internet service.

 

Between what came in yesterday and what arrives Saturday I added 14 graded books to my collection. 11 books were from Ka-Zar The Savage and every one of those was from the Golden State collection. The other three were auction wins. All but one were added to my registry already. the last one will be added later today. I am trying to slow down my purchases and have an idea to quit altogether next year (but only for the year ala Surfer99).

 

A new car is not needed yet but wanted and I think if i only purchase new books and no graded ones I should be able to save pretty well. Of course certain stipulations would apply like any New Mutants I don't have or upgrades in the same series to SS. Of course if I don't go to the comic shop today my haul for next week will be much greater. As far as comixology.com is concerned I have nine books on my pull list for this week.

 

I think I need a change though and am still deciding what that is. Sometimes money is an issue and I start to thn what I can cut to make things easier for me and it seems my phone, internet, and comic books I might be able to do without....

 

....yea right.

 

Thanks for Reading

 

Tnerb

 

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[lpersky-migration]

i love the cover to the Iron Man 131... great Iron Man vs Hulk cover and story... nice pick up!

[surfer99]

Loving that blue cover on the Tales to Astonish issue. Where do you find your raw books? I look on eBay sometimes for X-men books to send to CGC but can never find any decent copies that aren't overpriced. I also worry about the whole restoration issue.

 

Oh, and I wish you nothing but the best on refraining from further CGC purchases in 2012. Hopefully you'll have more will power than I had. Maybe I should have said, I will not spend more than $500 or whatever. That would have been more realistic. Not that I was able to stick with that budget this year, but maybe I would have more success with a goal like that.