Shopping Part II

okay.. this story is just plain luck.  there is an apparel brand called Fox Head Apparel.  they are manufactured in Morgan Hill, CA.  that's the city I work in .

i noticed they had decked out a local empty warehouse and were conducting warehouse sales over the weekends (F, Sa, Su) the last couple weeks and decided to drop in.  they make boardshorts and i needed a pair for our upcoming trip.  so, i stopped by at lunch to check it out.

i found a couple pairs of shorts and went to check out.  let's just say the checkout person was a bit on the unskilled end of the worker spectrum.  she totally botched ringing me up and somehow my shorts that were $19 and $22 after discount ended up being billed at almost $60 total. 

i patiently waited for her to get her manager, undo the transaction... yada yada.  she was very nervous that it was taking so long - but i just kept smiling and telling her not to worry about it.

well - when she went to ring them back up she looked at me and said how sorry she was for the delay and rang them up at $12 each for my inconvenience. 

hahaha.  too sweet!  but this one was just luck ;)

How Men Shop

Last weekend when we were returning from Disneyland we stopped and shopped for awhile at the Gilroy Outlet Shops.  While the kids and Julie were shopping I went and gassed up (we needed it).. and returned to Julie at the Gap.

Julie was ready to check out so I did a quick swing around the store and found their polo shirts were discounted.  I picked up 3.  That's how guys shop... when they find something they like they buy multiple.

Unfortunately, guys rarely try stuff on, too.  I found out after arriving home that the Gap sizes their polos kinda small.  As a result, I needed to exchange them. So, since I work just up the street a few miles I went back to exchange them at lunch today. 

Except - when I got there I found out they had reduced the shirts by ANOTHER 20%.  So, instead of exchanging them - I returned them (to get the higher return value).  Then, I went and scarfed up all the colors I thought I would wear - since they were only $8.10 per!  Hahaha.  Yep, I bought 8 shirts.  That's how guys shop.  And - between returning the 3 I had bought previously and purchasing the 8 new ones.. it only cost me $29 more.  Too funny.

Okay - back to work - I took a long lunch ;)

Disneyland!

Last year when Julie (Logan) Winslow got married we got tickets to visit Disneyland the day afterwards (she was married just down the street).  Well - what we didn't plan for was the torrential downpour that would accompany the weekend - washing out of trip.

The pre-paid tickets were good for a year, so as the Winslow's first anniversary approached it was time to get back to Disneyland for a visit.  So, we loaded Jon and Rachel, Hannah and Eric and Julie and I and headed off.

Here we are arriving Saturday morning!

Hannah just had to have this sequined set of mouse ears.  Doesn't she look like she's having fun?

We've never been to California Adventure Land - but we got park hopper passes and were off to that side of the park in the afternoon.  One of the rides the kids and Julie tried was California Screamer.  And a screamer it was!  The rides takes off like a aircraft leaving a aircraft carrier.  This is a picture taken about 1 second into the ride.  Look at Julie!!  Hahaha!

Here's Eric trying his best to free Excalibur.  A nice try.

It wouldn't be a Henderson vacation without a jumping picture... now would it?

Here's the kids getting ready to go on Space Mountain.  Yep, Julie and I too!

Hannah just loves visiting the Princess Fantasy Faire to hang with her sisters.  Here she is with Julie and Rachel and Eric as well as Mulan, Ariel and Belle.

Jon and Rachel stopped to get their picture taken with a couple of the Car's stars.

 Rachel as a wookie?  Hannah and Eric waiting to get on the Star Wars tour.

Interestingly, the day we went they were taping their Disney Christmas Day Parade for broadcast Christmas morning.  Because you're supposed to believe it is actually a live event - they had to tape in during the morning.  Saturday it was.  So, look for us on TV.  ok?

All in all it was a great day!