I bought a couple actions figures this month, the "Timeless" Toni Storm ringside collectibles exclusive, and the Mattel Wendi Richter retro figure in they style of the Hasbro WWF line. I also bought two AEW figures from the Ringside sale, Trent & Chuck Taylor for the Limitless toy drive, all together that was $61.86.
On the trading card side of things this month I bought a Tully Blanchard NWA Wonderama and a Steph DeLander Christmas theme card direct from her, they totaled $21.95. I really want a Stephanie Vaquer WWE card and bought into another box break, I paid a bit more $28.80 but didn't read all the fine print. It was panini select and the case of 10 boxes was only 30 cards, one 3 card pack per box. All the cards were limited numbers for autographs, so I get it, but had I read the auction more clearly I would not have gone for it. Needless to say, there was no Stephanie Vaquer cards pulled so spent $28.80 on a chance and it didn't pay off.
My monthly streaming services were $37.23, I also got a month of Honor Club at $9.99 to watch the Final Battle event, and my share of the AEW World's End PPV was $11.50.
I attended 3 wrestling shows this month. The first was in Quebec City, Quebec for NSPW: North Shore Pro Wrestling. My son and I were in Quebec the previous night for our annual Hockey Trip, you can read all the details here: Quebec Wrestling Adventure.
When factoring expenses for this one I took into consideration that we stayed an extra night, the food involved in that, plus the extra mileage we drove from Riviere-de-Loup to Quebec City and back, the gas we used had we only stayed one night instead of 2 nights. I've also converted the Canadian Currency into US Dollars.
The hotel was $122.70, gas, food, and snacks was $94.19, with 306 miles driven. Tickets for the show were $31.46, I spent $21 to get Stu Grayson to sign a couple cards for me and $30 for Trevor Lee to sign 4 for me. He said he's never seen all 3 PWG cards together.
We also went to the Museum of Civilization where they had a year long display on the history of Professional Wrestling Quebec. Parking for the museum was $10.81 and admission was $33.88.
My next show was Limitless Wrestling in Yarmouth, my ticket was $40 and I spent $22.57 on gas and snacks, I drove 74 miles.
My final wrestling show of 2024 was NXT in Lowell, Massachusetts. I bought my ticket in November and that was accounted for last month. My share of Gas, Parking, & Tolls, was only $27 with 319.6 miles driven. Food and Snacks came to $23.94.
My final wrestling expense of the year was on December 31st as my buddy Calvin was able to get two cards signed for me by Kris Statlander at Beyond Wrestling's "Heavy Lies The Crown" for $20.
You can find the page with the links to all the previous months here: The Cost of Being A Wrestling Fan
I have one more post to follow that summarizes the expenses for the year. I'm not sure if I am going to continue this to next year or not.
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