Not only am I spending money on my mini-vacation, I’m also not working to make more money. And when money is tight, extra charges hit harder.

Each concert ticket for the Vans Warped Tour costs $23.50. After a convience charge of $6 and a buidling facility charge of $6, there’s an order processing charge of about $5. Somehow my total came out to be $43.90.

And I’m going to two shows.

Of course, this is all done through Ticketmaster. They have become a monopoly int hat they are the only one to get tickets through, yet they nickel and dime their customers to pay drastically more than ticket value.

All I know is that when this vacation is over, I’ll be keeping myself very busy with work and making money.