/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>an item that was originally meant as an in-store exclusive for a limited time got sold online for a day
>use a proxy I've only had good experiences with and who are usually super quick and reliable
>today wake up to a mail saying they missed the window to buy
>been upset since
I know it's really petty, but since I'd already resigned to never owning the item you can only imagine how elated I was when I saw the chance to get it online. Obviously too elated to factor in time differences and not leave actually buying the item to someone else. The idea that if I'd just used a forwarder instead I probably would have gotten it no problem will end up haunting me in my sleep.
I feel like such an idiot and can only be mad at myself, but honestly at this point all I can think is that I'd be willing to pay any amount just to get the item but even that won't fix it. I really hate limited time exclusive sales and in-store only goods because the chance to find it later online is so small, especially for stuff like this.
TL;DR my materialism will be the end of me.

I'm going to have an AA table for the first time ever at an upcoming con, and since it's been a dream of mine for many years now (didn't feel confident enough to apply until just now) I've made sure that everything is flawless on my end so that nothing should go wrong.

Except that today I heard from my relatives that a cousin of mine with the social skills of a rude shoe is going to be at the con too. It's an age restricted con so I totally forgot that he could actually attend it since in my mind he's still the super annoying little kid he's always been, except now he's the super annoying little kid old enough to drink and thus attend said con.
Apparently he also really likes to spend time at the AA too, probably because the people there can't run away from him. He has zero tact, no filter whatsoever, often blurts out really rude and inappropriate stuff, can't take a hint, still doesn't get the hint once you stop hinting and tell him outright that he's annoying and should leave you alone. He'll just come back in two minutes.
And this little nuisance is unfortunately probably going to also visit my table, most likely be a little confused about why their cousin has drawn lightly dressed pretty boys to sell at a con, will definitely ask me about it really loudly at the con itself, and then a week later at his sister birthday party, that I also promised to attend before I knew about this, tell all about it to everyone present because he has no concept of things that should probably not be shared to our narrow minded country bumpkin relatives.

I want to try and stay optimistic and hope that maybe he'll miss my table, can't attend the con at all, or has magically grown a new set of appropriate social skills during the time we haven't met, but during my short life so far I have learned that people never ever meet my expectations unless I'm expecting the worst, in which case they usually even exceed them.