I love an impulse buy
I cant imagine how much money I must have spent on shiney things, CD from bands with funny names, tat with Jimi Hendrix on it etc etc. My 'problem' has been compounded by the fact that Amazon now know my card details and all I have to do is click and anything can be mine mmmmmmmm... But I digress

The best impulse buy I have ever made was (and still is) festival tickets. Couple of years back me and a mate really fancied a festival as we'd just finished uni and had just about enough monies...

So we had a look at some line-ups...

Oooh reading looks good... Rang up the second the tickets went on sale, with my comp trying to load the web page. An hour later and I realise the tickets have been sold out for half an hour! Grrrrrr

Hmmm how about V-festival... Sold out Grrrrr

Etc etc etc until we are at the point of turning our backs on festivals forever and ever. I even debated shearing off my ears and sending them to Meanfiddler in protest

Then we saw it, Bestival, the lineup looks good (Chemical Brothers, Beasty Boys and Primal Scream)... Fuck it lets do it!

And lo dear readers the name truely speaks for itself, I wasn't ready for the sheer joy it would bring. Not only was it the best, sunniest weekend of the whole summer... Its all a big fancy dress shin dig, theres a top-less tea house where the waitresses dignity is covered with nothing but cream cakes, there was a human juke box with a band in it taking requests and when we started setting our tent up some lovely lady came up and offered us some hash cakes!

And to top it all off we saw Seasick Steve. He came out into the crowd before he started, shaking hands with people etc... And he only started the set at my feet as I lay on the grass taking in some herbacious delights... Truely unforgettable

Ive still got the wristband on to this day, and last years, so if im ever having a bad day I can just look down and remember the good times. Got my ticket for this year too, you should all come its the Best(ival)
(Is this a good idea? ... Yes this is definitely a good idea, Thu 21 May 2009, 15:22, 4 replies)

Seasick Steve
is GRATE.

The end.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 21 May 2009, 15:33, closed)

Damn strait
We met him afterwards too, really nice guy would u believe... and he's playing again this year yessssss
(Is this a good idea? ... Yes this is definitely a good idea, Thu 21 May 2009, 15:35, closed)

I impulse bought my Bestival
ticket yesterday.
Culmination of exams, bad news and university bursary.
Terrible combination but Bestival will be full of WIN!
(meowmix is a voodoo child, Thu 21 May 2009, 17:37, closed)

Ahhh
Bestival will more than make up for it!

What u going as? Im pretty stuck, thinking bout going as a Clanger
(Is this a good idea? ... Yes this is definitely a good idea, Fri 22 May 2009, 13:12, closed)