Back from the Olympic Adventure

Hi everyone! I’m back from my wonderful Olympic adventure at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. What a spectacular experience! The city was alive with proud & loud Canadians, who were wooing and cheering their way to all the events. My friends and I had a great time, and I’m proud to say that I didn’t go crazy with my spending. In total I spent approximately $350 on meals, food-related items like snacks & drinks, and $15 on a cowbell and kazoo noisemaker. I had already purchased my Team Canada gear throughout the year when I had the money, so I didn’t end up going crazy with any souvenirs during the games. I did buy a $30 souvenir t-shirt, but that’s about it.

We will find out in April how much we made in total with all of the tickets we sold on the Fan-to-Fan Marketplace of the Vancouver 2010 website (scalping tickets is legal in British Columbia). We did pretty well on those sales, selling most of the tickets for well over face-value (some of them we made twice and three times the money, which is great!)

All in all I’m pleased with both the trip and my fiscal restraint. Woo hoo!