How is it going?

Total Trade Count: 207,944
Total Foil Count: 3,773

It has been over a month since my last post, and I am hitting another 2015 where I just don't care to do anything dealing with MTG again.  I keep sending out trades on CardSphere, but I really just don't care.  Ok that is not totally true, I did cash out most of my balance on CS in order to purchase an Urza's Destiny booster box from the Wizards Cupboard site.  Unfortunately that fell through because they required a cashiers check and would not accept my credit card.

So that put me is an off mood.

Not just cause I did not get the box, but I cashed out my balance before I maxed out the CS total.  I really wanted to break that and get an e-mail from Ted saying I needed to pull money out and I was freaking them out.

So instead I went to Card Kingdom, switched my support from MTA Cast to Command Zone because of reasons, and picked up a Homelands and a Saviors of Kamigawa booster box.  I figured I would get some type of satisfaction for pulling that money out.  I know, it is not even close to the amount needed for an Urza's box, but that is all I could find.  Don't worry, I went out and refreshed my stamp supply for more trades.

At some point I am going to have to put an order with BCW for top loaders too, but let's wait a bit for that.

But yeah, just bored.  WoTC has been changing things up so much, that I am just put off.  They are putting out expensive products now, and keeping up with them is just becoming tiresome.  Also, I am on my new budget where I am trying to not add to my bulk so that puts me in a position where I need to wait for rotation to pick anything up, so I am really just sitting around waiting for the new releases to pick up the sealed product I need.

Having to wait the two years before I pick up any singles is killing me.  I mean I do need to head up to the FLGS and see if they can fill out my Battlebond and UMA needs, but that is not the same.  I do miss cracking packs, and the excitement that comes with that event, but I like seeing that total trade count go down more and more.

Also, with the new MTG budget, I am finding a lot of new things to spend my money on.  If you can't tell, I am a huge budget guy.  I have spreadsheets galore.  My main budget plans out my financial life all the way to 2036 when I retire.  I have been doing a lot of research on tax planing for retirement, and trying to figure out what my retirement number is going to be.

Since I am not buying booster boxes, I have been picking up more dividend paying stocks and planning my attack on the bond market.

So yeah, I have even been thinking about just calling it and then focusing on the stuff I still need and be done with it.  Just stop picking up new product after War of the Spark and call it good.  Finish out the Booster box and Fat pack needs and wait to see if my son even likes Magic the Gathering.

But yeah, I broke 208,000 cards and just wanted to send an update.  The blog might slow to a crawl for a while as I just try and figure out what I want to do.