Museum Musings:Gambling At Foxwoods

Over the years, I have accumulated so much junk. A good portion of it including most of my Starting Lineups and any figures were traded off. I also had a bunch of autographed items I was just looking to downsize with and traded half of those off as well. I still have some to go in that area.

Most of the items I acquired over the years were from purchases in online catalogs, local outlets, department stores, gifts from family, and from a few contests I won. I originally really wanted these items, but as time has gone on and I have gotten older and what feels as my house getting smaller, I decided it was time just to collect cards now. No more adding those markdown McFarlane figures just for the fun of it.

There were some pieces however, I plan on keeping forever. These pieces I will showcase on here.

Back when I used to work in the meat department at our local grocery store (it was a job I held for seven years; two days after graduating from high school) I was the manager of the department and was asked to go to the food show that was being held at Foxwoods. The plan was to head down to Foxwoods the night before and gamble then wake up to go to the food show the next day to pick out new items representatives were there to showcase.

It was my very first time going to a casino. I had no idea what to expect but all I knew was that I was taking any money to waste that's for sure. I figured I would go and watch others.

Upon getting to my room in the hotel, we all were handed an envelope from the store owner containing $100 for us to spend. Now, being who I am, I wasn't going to gamble $100 away and watch it go to waste. Just wasn't me. So instead, I used the money wisely on items I could physically touch even though that wasn't the intention for it from the big boss.

Anyways, I did a little bit of gambling, and I mean little. The rest was spent on food and the following items in their gift shop. I went in hoping on a gamble hoping for sport cards and came out with other items instead. And let me tell you, these items were not cheap as they ate up the rest of my money.

Normally I wouldn't have overpaid for such items, but I wanted something to bring back and what the hey, the money was free.

I looked around and saw a couple of Yankee items I decided to snag.

First was this bear bank. I am not sure why, but it looked what my wife would call "cute".

And then this sick Gehrig shirt with number. I have worn this every year since. I guess that means I have stayed in the same shape since 2007. Can't complain about that!

 

It was a fun night and an experience I will always remember especially with these items I have to keep the memory by. Unlike my co-workers who went home empty handed.

So what do you think of my items? Ever been to Foxwoods? What would you had done with the $100?