Livin it One Day at A Time

I’ve been a bit a few days since I posted. Mostly due to the fact that I was in Utah, Nevada and a few other places during the weekend. Oh, and spending time with the Girl.

So, I managed to hitch a ride with my little brother to Utah, had turkey with the fam, and played some mexican train with the Girl’s family. Good times.

Of course, then came the best day of the year.

Black Friday.

Unfortunately even though I got up at 6am, all the good deals were gone.

Here’s my wishlist (I’ve bolded what I got):

ACE HARDWARE
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Price Item
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$4.99 Dremel 145 Piece Tool Accesory Kit (AR)

BEST BUY
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Price Item
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$17.99 Black & Decker 12-Speed Blender with Ice Crush
$19.99 Euro-Pro .5 Cu Ft Toaster Oven
$79.99 PSC 1510 Printer/Scanner/Copier
$3.99 Select DVDs (Shark Tale, The Grinch, Pianist, 8 Mile, Beautiful Mind, Minority Report, Cat in the Hat, Honey, Billy Madison, Catch Me if You Can, Road to Perdition, Happy Gilmore, Along Came Polly)

CIRCUIT CITY
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Price Item
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$499.99 Infocus X1A Projector
$69.99 Sandisk 1GB MP3 Player
$19.99 Targus Notbook Essentials Kit (AR)
$119.99 Western Digital External 250GB Hard Drive

COMPUSA
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Price Item
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$29.99 200GB Internal Hard Drive (AR)
$9.99 Antec Notebook Cooler (AR)
$99.99 Argosy 20GB MP3 Player (AR)
$29.99 Cantenna Wireless Booster Antenna (AR)
$49.99 External 3.5″ Hard Drive Enclosure (AR)
$99.99 Hawking 802.11g Wireless Camera (AR)
$49.99 Hawking 802.11g Wireless Signal Booster (AR)
$69.99 Hawking WiFi Wireless Locator & USB Adapter (AR)
$9.99 Hawking Wireless Network Locator (AR)
$9.99 Logitech Bluetooth Headset (AR)
$99.99 Logitech Bluetooth Wireless Headset
$59.99 Logitech Mobile Traveler Bluetooth Headset
$119.99 Maxtor 300GB 16MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (AR)
$59.99 Motorola Bluetooth Headset
$99.99 Netgear Storage Central Network Storage Enclosure (AR)
$49.99 Netgear Wireless Digital Music Player (AR)
$99.99 Photo Scanner w/ $50 Gift Card
$99.99 Plantronic Bluetooth Headset
$99.99 Vibe 1GB MP3 Digital Audio Player (AR)

HARBOR FREIGHT
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Price Item
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$1.99 13 Piece Hobby Knife Set
$5.99 60″ x 80″ Wool Blanket
$49.99 Central Pneumatic 2 Gal 100psi Oilless Air Compressor

JCPENNEY
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Price Item
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$49.88 Chocolate Fondue Fountain
$8.88 Kisses Fondue Set

JMART
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Price Item
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Buy One, Get One 50% Off All Lego Sets

JMART THANKSGIVING
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Price Item
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Buy 1 Get 1 Free Games - Trivial Pursuit DVD Pop Culture, Sorry Card Revenge

KOHLS
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Price Item
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$14.99 Black & Decker Crushmaster Blender

OFFICE MAX
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Price Item
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30-50% off D-Link Wireless Networking Equipment
$9.99 Brother P-Touch PT-1180 Labeler (AR)
$109.99 Seagate 250GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive (AR)

RADIO SHACK
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Price Item
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$9.99 Wireless Keyboard & Mouse (AR)
$24.97 XMods Custom RC Starter Kits

SAMS CLUB
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Price Item
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$23.97 Garth Brooks 6-Disc Box Set

SBEARS
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Price Item
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25% off All Lego Sets
$79.99 Computers HP PSC1510 All-in-one Printer Copier Scanner
$99.99 Cuisinart Die-Cast Stainless Steel Blender
$39.99 Oster 14-Speed Stainless Steel Blender
$119.99 Roomba Automatic Vacuum

STAPLES
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Price Item
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FREE GBC 9″ Laminator (AR)
$37.94 HP Scanjet 4670 Scanner
$499.98 Infocus SP4805 Remanufactured DLP Projector (AR)
$29.94 Maxtor 200GB Internal Hard Drive (AR)

TARGET
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Price Item
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$49.99 LEGO Milliennium Falcon(Maybe)
$19.88 Lego Star Wars Video Game (PS2 or Xbox)

TOYS R US
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Price Item
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$24.97 Lego Star Wars X-Wing Fighter

WAL*MART
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Price Item
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$19.72 Trivial Pursuit DVD Game: Pop Culture 2

Thanks for visiting. Happy shopping!

Yeah, I pretty much sucked it up this year. The stores were picked clean of all the schwag I would have been interested in.

My only consolation is that if Target ever gets any more LEGO Milliennium Falcons in, that I’ll be all over it.

Me. A bunch of Legos. Star Wars Legos.

I

Can’t

Wait.

Knowing my luck though, the sets will never come in.

I’ve already checked Target.

Twice.

In two Days.

So.

Where was I? Oh yes, after getting the shaft during Black Friday, my family, the girl, and I all headed down Mesquite NV.

We didn’t go there to gamble (though I did watch a lot of the Travel channel (Motto: We may not be owned by Las Vegas, but we are owned by the Casinos). We didn’t go to eat lots of food. We didn’t go to play every Dance Dance Revolution game that Nevada had to offer (alas, my little brother did try, but I think there was a game near the Hover dam that he missed).

No. I went to go see Sir Paul McCartney.

In Concert.

At the MGM Grand (Also known as the green Casino)

During the day, we went to the Paris Buffet (also known as the longest buffet line ever). Due to the fact that we had been waiting in line long enough for the meals to transition from breakfast to brunch, we got some good eats.

I had Crepes. Then I had more Crepes. Which I finished off with some Crepes.

Followed by numerous pastries. Pastries that looked so good, but had to be so bad.

While I was waiting in the Paris for food, I discovered something.

My Phone worked.

The Phone I had dunked.

The phone that was making me change all my wild purchasing decisions.

It made a call.

Then it made another.

I think Vegas cured my phone. Bob now makes calls, recieve calls, and even takes photos.

During the rest of the day, we managed to stop at the Star Trek Experience. I also picked upa backbox to replace my homemade Fishtales backbox (pinball stuff).

That night it was time for Sir Paul.

The concert rocked. A majority of the people there were older. It showed. The enthusiasm was very subduded.

I would have to say that my favorites had to be

Helter Skelter
Back in the USSR
Live and let Die
Hey Jude

My pops and I then left, grabbed an In-N-Out cheeseburger and started towards Mesquite.

In total, I slept very little, had a fun time. Lived in terror on the snow filled trip back.

Hope ya’ll had a good Thanksgiving

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