Gambling & Outlets: Moneyletting

When Sarah and i originally conceived this vacation, we thought we'd take one of our days and ferry it to Atlantic City for a day at the Tropicana. Expensive boarding fares forced us to reconsider. We drove to Dover Downs instead. Our rule: Spend a total of a hundred dollars between us. If we won anything close to a thousdand dollars, we'd pocket 900 and keep rolling with the other hundred. If we approached 10,000 (i know. i know. you can stop laughing anytime now.), we'd be out of there, no questions asked.

Everything at Dover is electronic, so that was a bit of a bummer. Here's what was striking. It was Monday morning (obviously) and the place was packed. I know some people must have been on vacation (like us), but some were clearly just having a typical beginning of the week gamble fest. Like a "using my unemployment check to make a miracle" kind of thing.

Here's what I learned/confirmed: I'm better at games of chance than those that require strategy. I won 30 bucks on the Lotto Machine (and lost it at the Penny Slots). Sarah won all our money back (we were playing together) at Black Jack (then lost it). We made a comeback at the Roulette Machine, before we proceeded to suck.

all in all, we lost 110.00 (we made a last ditch effort with some slots).

So, after you lose your money to the devil, there's nothing better than retail therapy. no, in all seriousness, we planned to take in the outlets because you get so much more bang for your buck. i got some fun stuff, some necessary stuff (like frying pans from Le Gourmet Chef), and some literary stuff ( The Boy Detective Fails).

In other news, i began thinking through the concept for my Fall 2008 mix. It's trippy. It doesn't care what you think about it, which will make you want it.

We're opening a bottle of wine now. Perhaps, The Black Chook.