What is it about July 4th, Independence Day, the Fourth of July, that grown men feel the need to mess with fireworks? What is about firecrackers, bottle rockets, roman candles and all other assortment of flammable, combustible materials that can blow a person’s arm off that is fun?
I do enjoy watching fireworks, but I enjoy them from a distance and done by professionals. One of the main things that I dislike about Hubby doing fireworks at home is the price. Yep, I’m cheap. We have so many places that we can go to see fireworks for free that I hate spending money on the same old stuff we get every year. Of course Peanut loves them so I should be more supportive and not be worried about us needing a zero interest balance transfer credit card to pay off our firework debt! That kinda puts a damper on the night.
I understand your feelings about the cost of fireworks. We have fireworks factories about 30 minutes from us with outlets. Even though the fireworks are sold in our state, it is illegal to shoot certain types like the roman candles, firecrackers, etc. here.
Our newspaper had a news article about the number of injuries from fireworks this 4th of July. One man’s clothing caught fire while he setting off a mortar that didn’t go where it was suppose to go, near lost his hand.
P.S. I am a cheapy too about buying fireworks. Got better things to do with my money.
I just about blew a gasket when I saw a $70 charge on my charge card bill. It said Mr. Fireworks. I found out that was the name of the gas station I got gas at last month. Yikes, I though my hubby had bought $70 worth of fireworks. I was not a happy camper.