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.
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.
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.
** dogbutler**, you drink the same thing I do! 
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.
Between $200 and $250, hosting a party for about 40 people. I consider it money well spent for two reasons:
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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)
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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.
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.
$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.
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
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.
I came back to this post (having not finished reading it) to see if it ended with ‘Priceless!’
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What can I say? I’m a rebel.
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.
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
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! 
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.
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.
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!
Ummmm…don’t tease, share!!!
It was already shared, read post #17 in this thread.