Friday, November 21, 2008

Conquering One Form of Temptation While Succumbing to Another

OK everyone, be proud of me now!

So I was at the post office shipping out some packages when something caught my eye. Yes, being Christmas time, Canada Post is starting to offer up their annual hockey paraphernalia. Sitting there, on the counter was a display of shiney new collector coins. And the Leafs coin was front and center. Now I'm thinking, "man, I gotta get me one of these". I even picked it up and examined it. It was a nice coin, Canada quarter with the Hockey Fights Cancer thing where the jersey is shaped like a heart. Then I see the price. 25 bucks for a quarter. You see, a year ago, I would've been like "OK, I'll take it". But the new me is realizing I got bills to pay, so I put it back.

Now, you can be a little less proud of me.

November also means another thing in Canada. McDONALD'S HOCKEY CARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yup, every fall I promise myself that after a summer of eating crappy fast food, I'm gonna give it up. Well, that usualy lasts about a month before those damn cards come out, and I'm back in line for some artery-clogging meat-like burgers and some 99 cent hockey cards.

On a pack-break note, I bought 5 packs of Ultra today, just because. The set looks pretty good, but since set building leaves me with a pile of unwanted base, this does little good. But I did get a Darryl Boyce RC, for my Leafs RC set.

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