What Happens when you go through Peanut Butter Withdrawals

*1,000 dollars, 1$ per ticket, towards trying to get off the ship 1st. (Bryan G won)
*1,000 to blow the ship’s whistle as we enter into Miami. *950 to stay in Belgium.
*600 for a map.
*500 for the Captains hat. (Doesn’t fit the winner’s head either.)
*500 to have chips and dip with the Dean. (I’d pay that for the chips and dip alone)
*300 for a bodysuit signed by the crew.
*60 for a Taj Mahal tee-shirt (org. price is 100 rupee or less than 3$)
*40 for a jar of peanut butter, from Trader Joe’s.

*That’s just the price 9 items at random went for. We gave away over 100 items ranging from services on the ship, such as massages, acupuncture sessions, and dinner with the Captain, to weekend trips in Belgium, ski weekends, cabins on the beach, or visits of major cities throughout the US. Several pieces of art and photography were sold from 30 to over 300. A CD by our own amazing Ben and Willie went for circa 200. *There were about 8 of us or so on the committee. At 2 we began a silent auction. That continued until 7. At 8, we began the Live Auction. CC and I played Vanna White, all dolled up and displaying the items as we auctioned them off. Alicen was the gong girl, after the item was sold. Between every handful of items and auctioneer, we raffled off several items.

*In total, we made over 20,000. Apparently a record. Here I was willing to pay 100 for a painting or two, but everyone STARTED at 100. It was hard not to gap as people are offering hundreds of dollars for bedspreads, breakfast in bed from the dean, and other random items. Needless to say, it was ungodly successful.