Welcome to my blog

As the title says, welcome to my blog.  Before you comment that I spelled 'weak' wrong in my title - it was intentional.  Like many of you who have stumbled on this blog I have come back into the hobby during the pandemic.  And it has shown in my bank account.  No matter how hard I try to stick to a budget, buy only singles, and walk past the card aisle in Walgreen it is just so fun that I can't help but be the weak and buy another box...and another...annnd another.

The hobby has changed since I last collected and I am starting to feel the guilt of spending on this newly re-loved hobby of collecting cards.  I love the joys and rush of ripping open cards but realized that the fun is short lived that I hope that this blog will help me prolong the enjoyment of each box break.  So in order to better quantify the impact (financial value and sentimental value) to my collection with each rip I hope to have this blog be a log for myself on my card collecting journey. 

Here will be what is recorded:

• Purchase price of (each) box
• Hits, numbered, parallels
• PC cards (Since I only collect baseball - Washington Nationals, Trea Turner, Steven Kwan, Corbin Carroll, Asian Born Players)
• Key Rookies
• Last sold price for hits
• Overall thoughts on the box

While I am a novice collector and have never sold any cards I am often intrigued by the value of the cards at the time of the rip.  When I get some great cards, it brings me a sense of happiness that the gamble was less of a, well, gamble.  My posting the value is solely for my own enjoyment and I'm not looking to open cards for a profit.  This is my first blog so please go easy on me! Thanks for looking!