# So how much money did you blow on last night's festivities? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-money-did-you-blow-on-last-nights-festivities/282552 "2005-01-01T13:37:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-money-did-you-blow-on-last-nights-festivities/282552/21 "2005-01-02T03:38:54Z")
Coupla live lobsters, a six-pack of Samuel Adams, and a bottle of white Cotes du Rhone: $63. Best New Year’s Eve dinner I ever had. And went to bed at 9, as usual. The skyrockets didn’t even wake us up this year. ---
**Author:** ![dare\_devil007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-money-did-you-blow-on-last-nights-festivities/282552/22 "2005-01-02T03:46:44Z")
My parents spent $30 for 10 steaks they bought at the grocery store for our dinner with our relatives. The labour my mom put in to cook everywhere was probably a lot more than that. ---
**Author:** ![Jplacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85f322/32.png) [@Jplacer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jplacer)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-money-did-you-blow-on-last-nights-festivities/282552/23 "2005-01-02T05:00:07Z")
Let’s see. Ten of us played poker until 6 a.m. and I lost $217. At one point, I was down about $400. It was one of the those night, where I was getting cards just good enough to play. Like hitting a flush and losing to a boat. It was fun though. I was up quite a bit for the year, so it wasn’t too bad. ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-money-did-you-blow-on-last-nights-festivities/282552/24 "2005-01-02T05:43:05Z")
\*\* dogbutler\*\*, you drink the same thing I do! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![manx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@manx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manx)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-money-did-you-blow-on-last-nights-festivities/282552/25 "2005-01-02T05:52:15Z")
Bottle of Absinthe - $80 Bottle of Absolut Vanilia - $40 Assorted chips, cups and mixers - $60 Two days of compliments about the brilliant party we hosted - priceless. ---
**Author:** ![jessicala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jessicala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jessicala)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-money-did-you-blow-on-last-nights-festivities/282552/26 "2005-01-02T07:13:46Z")
Between $200 and $250, hosting a party for about 40 people. I consider it money well spent for two reasons: 1. It was a fabulous party that went from 7 p.m. until almost 4 a.m. - Everyone had a good time, including me, which is unusual for when I’m the host (I’m usually too busy running around making sure there’s enough food, other people are having a good time, etc. to really enjoy myself) 2. There’s enough leftover beer, pop, and snacks to have another party in a couple weeks, so the actual cost of this party is somewhat less. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-money-did-you-blow-on-last-nights-festivities/282552/27 "2005-01-02T10:27:30Z")
Free bottle of cheap champagne from Christmas guest. A few beers I had left over from the Christmas party. Watched the GREAT fireworks on the Las Vegas Strip from my kitchen window. So…grand total…$3.00 for the beer I had left over from the Christmas party, but I considered the night, “free”. There were 300,000 people partying on The Strip, about 7 miles from my house, and I was quite happy to be home and watching the same event from afar. Fireworks ended at 12:09 and I think we were in bed, asleep, by 12:23. ---
**Author:** ![TheFifthYear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-money-did-you-blow-on-last-nights-festivities/282552/28 "2005-01-02T17:16:33Z")
$10 for some Thai food before we went out. $25 for a couple of bottles of wine to take to a pre-party gathering. $60 for my share of the bar we rented out (open bar until 1am and appetizers included in this price) $10 maybe in cab fares So around $100. It was a good time, too. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-money-did-you-blow-on-last-nights-festivities/282552/29 "2005-01-02T17:31:04Z")
dinner for two at our favorite italian place 60.00 (sirloin marsala that is sin on a plate!) bottle of cheap california sparkling wine 15.00 vanilla ice cream and oreos to take home for dessert 8.00 total price: 83.00 ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-money-did-you-blow-on-last-nights-festivities/282552/30 "2005-01-02T21:30:18Z")
At about 1:30 on Friday afternoon, my daughter and I got bored and decided to head to NYC for the evening. So … Topping off the gas tank : $7.50 Parking : 30.00 Dinner at McD’s : 8.00 Two of those Goofy “2005” sunglasses : 10.00 A Metropass : 10.00 Getting to spend New Years Eve giving my daughter a new years that she’ll probably never forget … can’t put a price on that. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-money-did-you-blow-on-last-nights-festivities/282552/31 "2005-01-02T21:33:02Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > Getting to spend New Years Eve giving my daughter a new years that she’ll probably never forget … can’t put a price on that. I came back to this post (having not finished reading it) to see if it ended with ‘Priceless!’ :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-money-did-you-blow-on-last-nights-festivities/282552/32 "2005-01-02T21:37:02Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > I came back to this post (having not finished reading it) to see if it ended with ‘Priceless!’ > > :mad: What can I say? I’m a rebel. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-money-did-you-blow-on-last-nights-festivities/282552/33 "2005-01-03T03:10:30Z")
**RickQ** put together a wonderful NYE for us. I planned last year, and arranged for us to have dinner and a hotel room for the night. This year, he wanted to do something as nice, but since we are on a budget, he got just the hotel room ($50 through Priceline) and made a hotel room picnic with all my favorites, including Cheetos, cheesecake, and a cream cheese and lox bagel for breakfast. He made me a CD of some favorite songs, too, and brought along a portable CD player so we could listen to it in the room. All in all, a wonderful surprise for about $70. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-money-did-you-blow-on-last-nights-festivities/282552/34 "2005-01-03T03:28:19Z")
Champage, mooched off friends $0 White wine, mooched off friends $0 Lemondrop, mooched off friends $0 Red wine, mooched off friends $0 Vodka, mooched off friends $0 Throwing up all day long the day after…priceless ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-money-did-you-blow-on-last-nights-festivities/282552/35 "2005-01-03T12:40:33Z")
Beer, appetizers and 100 hot wings at Hooters $61.61 including tip. Ice skating downtown - $0 2 Bottles of champagne that were gifts - $0 A glass of champagne, a hot man and a hot tub at midnight - WOOF! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-money-did-you-blow-on-last-nights-festivities/282552/36 "2005-01-03T14:07:12Z")
A couple bottles of cheap Asti spumante= $20 Cheese, crackers, assorted snacks from the fridge= $10 New Year’s Rockin Eve on Tv= free The first January 1 since I was 18 that I have not had a hangover= priceless. ---
**Author:** ![TheInterruptingCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9c0ed/32.png) [@TheInterruptingCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheInterruptingCow)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-money-did-you-blow-on-last-nights-festivities/282552/37 "2005-01-03T15:29:40Z")
Lunch for two at Heaven on Seven (Jimmy Bannos’ cajun joint…a little gumbo, popcorn shrimp, some jambalaya cakes, a martooni…)…$60.00 Two tickets to “Meet the Fockers”…$20.00 Dinner cooked by The Hot Lithuanian I’ve Been Seeing…$0.00 Two bottles of Moet & Chandon…$0.00 (The Hot Lithuanian picked up the tab) The Hot Lithuanian’s Little, Black, Sparkly Bra-and-Panties ensemble…no idea. Subsequent night/morning of mild debauchery…priceless. While it certainly doesn’t measure up to a good penis-in-a-manhole story, I gotta say it was the best New Year’s Eve I’ve had in about…oh, 20 years or so. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-money-did-you-blow-on-last-nights-festivities/282552/38 "2005-01-03T16:30:52Z")
Tickets to the Murder Mystery Dinner: $ 89.90 Couple of shots of wine at the cash bar: $16.50 Solving the mystery, being named the Super Sleuth and winning a t-Shirt: PRICELESS! ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-money-did-you-blow-on-last-nights-festivities/282552/39 "2005-01-03T16:32:40Z")
> [@TheInterruptingCow](#): > > While it certainly doesn’t measure up to a good penis-in-a-manhole story… Ummmm…don’t tease, share!!! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-money-did-you-blow-on-last-nights-festivities/282552/40 "2005-01-04T01:35:27Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Ummmm…don’t tease, share!!! It was already shared, read post #17 in this thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-much-money-did-you-blow-on-last-nights-festivities/282552.md?page=1)