Alright guys. After reading all of your thoughtful and honest posts, I broke down and bought two tickets for $299 each for the 11/28 L.A. show. I will be seeing the Mac on Black Friday! We plan to make a day of it. Maybe Amoeba Records on Sunset will have some great Black Friday specials.
Along with your posts, I looked at it this way - I'm basically paying each band member (not including back-up musicians and vocalists) $60 each to watch and listen to them play together on which may be one of their last tours. I also went on vacation recently and came home with a lot of unspent spending money, so that helped as well. So, thank you all again for your input.
Jamie