Spending Too Much Money

Yesterday Sal and I watched the A's beat the Twins and a little of the Cards/Padres game before going to REI to check out rain gear. She wanted to see what they had but likes to shop at Cabela's (which we don't have in Cali).

I was also looking for a long-sleeved top I can wear like long underwear to keep me warm while trekking about in the rainy UK in November. We checked the men's section and I found some nasty feeling capilene tops but they feel like plastic. How anyone could wear that next to their skin, I don't know. I finally found a satiny one that came in both long- and short-sleeved but I decided to check the women's section in case they had any larger sizes.

I found the perfect shirt but it only came as large as 1x. It felt so nice and soft (and was a v-neck!) so I tried it on anyway. It wasn't too small and for the purpose of wearing it close to my skin, I thought it would work fine. They didn't have it in a short-sleeved version so I decided to get one of the satiny men's shirts as well.

I also found a toiletries bag and some plastic flip-top bottles for shampoo, etc. They had a couple varieties of money belts, so I got a nice soft smaller one that I think will work great. Gotta protect that passport!

While we were down in Fremont we just had to eat at the Outback (okay, that's why we were there in the first place). We ate way too much so when we went to CostCo you'd think I wouldn't want to buy anything. Guess again. I got tomato soup, chicken stock, a roast (it's in the oven now), hot dogs, Kashii bars, aluminum foil, tylenol and what I was there for in the first place: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Sallie got X-Men: The Last Stand which we watched last night (it's so good!). At least we were able to resist the temptation of the glorious hand-dipped ice cream bar. We were just too full.

Today it's a triple-header of baseball playoff games, plus the opening of hockey season. I have to record Lost and The Nine for Sal and Dancing with the Stars, Top Model and Project Runway for me. Sal will be up late tonight! She's flying back to MN at noon so won't have any time for TV tomorrow.