Stupid figure skating addiction.
Eighteen dollars an hour for freestyle.
Twenty-five dollars a lesson.
USFSA membership.
$7 per public session.
Lake Placid....$275 for ice time..$50 for registration....$100 gas money....$350 for a place to stay.....$$$$$ for lessons.....$$$ tchotchkes.
The fantasy that someday I can do this.
Priceless.
Yep, this ain't a cheap hobby. Ice time for me is $10 for freestyle, $7 for public. It's about a 45 mile round trip to the rink. 3-4x a week. Private lessons are $33 for a half hour. I do not, however, pay for a USFSA membership.
ReplyDeleteMy budget for skating is in the hundreds, per month. Yep, ain't cheap.
Hmm. I've got a sixty-mile round-trip at California gas prices. $8 or so for public. $84/hour for lesson once a week. USFSA membership. Test fees. Off-ice conditioning five times a week $70 and Acupuncture $75 once a week to be physically able to skate in the first place. Sharpening every 32-40hrs $25. Orthotics to accommodate a heel spur. Holy crap, it just better that I stop now before I start adding it all up...
ReplyDeleteI hear ya sista! For me, only $7.00 for 45 minutes of freestyle ice. $44 for half hour lesson once a week. $7.50 per 2-hour session of public skating. Fortunately, the rink is on the way to work so I don't use any extra gas going to freestyle on the weekdays. And even on weekend public, it's only about a 20- to 30-minute drive one way. But then there's the skates and blades, sharpening, and skating clothes. It certainly does add up...but too late to turn back now, I'm addicted!
ReplyDeleteI shoulda bought a Prius. I calculated my expenses with 12K a year mileage. With 12K, the extra expense of a Prius wasn't worth it. With 25K, I would be better off with one, even if the Prius cost 3k more than my Corolla.
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