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What a total waste of money!

November 21st, 2011 at 04:51 am

Grrr! $60 down the drain. Boo!

Tonight we had to attend dd2's varsity soccer banquet. We have attended many of these over the years with dd1 playing 2 varsity sports all four years of high school and dd2 playing varsity soccer the past 2 years.

Sometimes we have done it in the cafeteria and done potluck or pizza, or like tonight had it at a local country club.

Now I am not completely against the country club. It is a nice atmosphere, but we were completely bummed that it was so expensive this year! $20 per person AND we had to pay for dd. We all kind of thought that the soccer prgram was going to cover the girls but I guess the coach decided not to. And to top it all off it was one of the crappiest dinners ever! 2 kinds of pasta with sauce (the tomato kind)was very soupy and unappetizing, salad, very small slices of bread, lemonade and coffee/tea and very small pieces of tirimisu for dessert. DD took small portions so everyone would get some (it was buffet style) and they never even came back and replaced the food that had been taken.

DD1 came home from college today and I was feeling bad she was going to be on her own for dinner her first night back but I am glad she was not subjected to that yucky food.

Ugh! Next year dd will be a senior so some of the planning will be on us.....I am definately hoping to talk the coach out of doing it there again.

Posted in Personal Finance, Life | 4 Comments »

4 Responses to “What a total waste of money!”

  1. SicilyYoder Says:
    November 21st, 2011 at 04:58 am 1321851484
    1321851484

    I like country clubs, too, but they can be pricey. I hate attending meetings/events when I hate the food served.

  2. creditcardfree Says:
    November 21st, 2011 at 12:50 pm 1321879845
    1321879845

    Darn. That is disappointing.

  3. LuckyRobin Says:
    November 22nd, 2011 at 12:04 am 1321920287
    1321920287

    I hate those kind of banquets. Back when my daughter played soccer I tried to skip them as much as possible. I was really annoyed the one year because they had it at an expensive pizza place. My daughter ate two slices of pizza and I didn't eat anything and they wanted $30 per family! I was not paying $30 for two slices of pizza. Especially when some people had five or six family members there and we only had two. I did not think I should have to subsidize the others. I got our portion down to $10, but I was still annoyed and I wasn't the only one. That was the last banquet we attended.

  4. Amber Says:
    November 22nd, 2011 at 12:30 am 1321921858
    1321921858

    Awe that sucks, I'm sure it will bs better next year

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