so, if you know me, or if you read my blog (at the right time) you know that i have the hugest girl crush on Brandi Carlile.
HUGE-EST!!

last time she was in town, she came for THREE nights in a row!
THREE!!
the first two were impromptu.
i went to 2 of the 3.

she is so amazing.

anyway, i met lots of super cool people in those two days as i sat in line waiting for the doors to open. one person had told me about brandi's performance in seattle with the seattle symphony.
she said that if you are a brandi fan, this performance is not to be missed.

i have never been to seattle, but i already know that i love it. serious.
already love it.
so, a couple weeks ago, being the brandi ho that i am, i decided i was going to see her in seattle.
i may go alone, i may invite someone. who knows.
either way, im going to go see her.

now the money.

i was determined. this would happen and the funds would make them selves known. (does your money hide from you as often as mine does?)

i was given what i needed.
we were refinancing our house at the time, and as luck would have it, between the payment we skip with the refi, the taxes we paid for 2010 that we get back and the money that we got back at closing (which we werent planning on)- there is more than enough to go on my trip.

su-weet!

so, then i decide that i will invite a friend.
it took a few days, but she was in.

perfect!

then, on tuesday night, my friend asked if we should get our tickets.
i didnt think so. brandi is doing two nights. the first sold out, but i didnt think the second one would.
i went online on wednesday to get tickets.................SOLD THE EFF OUT!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ok, well, not totally sold out.
there was still ONE ticket left at $71.00
ONE!

i called my friend in a panic.
then we decided there has to be ones for sale.
ebay, craigslist, other ticket vendors (aka...scalpers)

so, we found 2 tickets for $87 each. we knew that we were paying more than face value. prally 200% more. but we were fine with that.
my friend ordered them. they were to be delivered to her house.

she text me today to let me know that they tickets showed up.....and they have their face value printed on them.

come to find out that we would have saved some money IF paid a 200% increase.
we would have saved money if it was a 300% increase.
and....we would have even saved money if it was a 400% increase.....
we paid a 450% increase on the face value of our tickets.
they were $19.00 tickets!!!
yup, i said $19.00!!!

i decided its all good. i would be WAY more disappointed if i didnt get to go.

road trip from salt lake to seattle and back in 3 1/2 days.
and i get to hear brandi sing.

i. am. so. excited.

lets hope we do better with the hotel rates. :}


alisa