Do You Ever Calculate Your Contribution to a Party?

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It may seem like a silly thing to do. But of course, I am a money hound and quite anal retentive about it. To me, everything has an associated monetary value attached to it. And well, I like working with, dealing with, and thinking about money. And so, sometimes I do actually calculate my contribution to a party. Take this past Thanksgiving, which my wife and I spent with the family at my sister's house. We did bring some stuff that was contributed. So, what did I bring and what was the "associated cost of my evening?" Two family size bags of rippled potato chips $5.38 Two 16 ounce tubs of French onion dip $3.38 One 12 pound spiral cut ham $8.64 Two bags of Dorito's chips $4.50 Two pies my wife made $10.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total, $31.90 I'd call that an unsurpassed value considering what we ate and what we drank in beer and booze. We could not have gone to a restaurant for that and had what we had. And unsurpassed as well was of course, the time spent with family. For just $15.95 a head, we had a great time, great food, were more than stuffed, and I only did the math because it's fun for me to do and I was curious.