A to Z Challenge - 2019 - H is for Honey Do

Some people say that men are the hardest to find cards and gifts for since most of the things out there usually have flowers and frills on them.  I take that into consideration and try to make some more "masculine" looking things.  Here is one of them.

Everyone knows about the "Honey Do" lists we women make for our husbands/significant others, etc.  This one has a little twist.

Inside are four pockets filled with tickets that can be redeemed upon presentation.

The tickets are for things like "Take me out to dinner," which seems like a reasonable "Honey Do," but the rest of it says, "I'll pay the bill."  Another is "Rent me a movie...of your choosing."  

There are also some blank tickets so you can write in your own "Honey Do's" - for whatever suits your fancy.  I'll bet you could come up with some really great ideas for your special guy. 

You could also put some tickets to his favorite sporting event or concert in one of the pockets.  Very customizable.

What do you think?  Have a "Honey" who needs a to-do list?  Find it and other fun stuff on my Etsy site.

We are working our way through the alphabet with the A to Z gang pretty nicely I think.  I am thankful that I've been able to keep up, especially since I wasn't at all prepared to begin with.  Make sure to check some of the other peeps out.   

A to Z Challenge - 2016

T is for Tickets...

Thank goodness for Sundays!  A day to catch up a little.  I have been really busy with work the past few days and have not had time to prepare posts and/or check out any of the other blogs I've started to follow through this A to Z Challenge.  If I'm going to be able to afford the tickets to the concerts we see, I better do my real work first!

Which leads me to today's topic, the search for the Golden Tickets.

  I wrote a post in January about this subject.  In it I describe my concerns and recent frustration with getting tickets to see Adele, which sadly we were unable to do!

In the "olden days" there were Ticketmaster outlets in the "record shops" and you could get tickets there.  No more record stores means no more outlets.  You can go to the venues directly and wait in line on the days tickets go on sale, but not everyone lives close enough or has the time to do that.  You can try calling Ticketmaster, but in reality, I believe that is just a person in front of a computer the same as I am and they have no special powers to getting good seats.

The whole process of getting tickets can be stressful.  I find myself breaking out in a sweat, mind racing, fingers flying on the keyboard, eyes on the clock, waiting for it to hit 10:00 (that's the time most tickets go on sale around here).  Once I actually get in to the ticket selection part, I have trouble sometimes making a decision...can I get closer if I give these tickets up?  I have learned that they usually start offering the seats in the back first and work their way up to the close seats but if you miss that window or the tickets are popular, the good seats can be gone and you'll get stuck with the upper deck.  Oh the horror!

As I've said before, we have 9 concerts planned for this year, running from May to September.  I have gotten spoiled and I want to sit as close as I can and for the most part I am willing to pay for those good seats.  I do not want the "VIP" or "Fan club" experience so I know it will be hard to get in the first 10 rows most of the time, but I'm willing to pay almost up to $200 a ticket to see someone we really like.  I would have paid more than that to see Adele but wasn't even given the chance!

Because we saw four shows last year at the Mountain Winery, we were given "Loyalty Club" benefits this year which meant that they were having a pre-sale just for people who had done that.  Since the venue itself only holds about 2500 people, our chances for good ticket selection turned out to be great.  We got tickets in the front section for each of the four shows we are seeing there this year and I am particularly excited for the Foreigner concert where we are in the 2nd row!  Since we are seeing four shows this year, our "Loyalty Club" benefits will extend to next year.  Now if we could just get Adele to go there, we might have a chance!

So, that's my T story and I'm sticking to it.  What about you?  Any special tricks to getting good tickets?  Willing to wait in line 30 minutes or more? Love to hear about it.