Mar 30 2008
Freeport, Maine (part three)
Yesterdays trip was hard for me for two reasons. One being my back. I have an appointment tomorrow with my doctor. I have been in absolute pain for days now in my lower back. My big fear - a herniated disk. We shall find out though and hopefully it is nothing more than a sprain. Also my sugar levels were a bit out of control yesterday, which coupled with the back pain made me a little bit on the bitchy side. Today I think I have a much better control over my sugar levels and at this moment the back pain is tolerable so off we go back into the mouth of the lion to do some more shopping.
OK, so we went back to LL Bean and picked up some more goodies. Yes, we both love this store and the clothes it sells. After leaving there we found ourselves over at the Ralph Lauren - Polo Outlet, they had some great sales going on in there and of course we needed to spend money so it worked out well for us. After Ralph we went to the Samsonite store to pick up a nice laptop bag for son number one.
We also found ourselves at a small place called Mexicali Blues. A kinda earthy, new age type of store with tons of knick knacks and unique gifts. Yes the wallet opened wide there. I am not sure how much money we spent this weekend and I probably do not want to know but a good thing happened.
The Good Thing: A new discovery that could go a long way in saving marriages. In an earlier post I talked about my new HTC Mogul. A cell phone / pocket PC that basically does everything. Now as we all know the fairer of our species, the women, love to shop. As we also know men as a rule do not want to spend a whole day in stores. Men tend to know exactly what they want when they walk through the door. So do women, but women also see things and next thing you know 4 hours have past. Well I have a suggestion for all men with wives and girlfriends who love to shop. If you have to go shopping for prolonged periods of time with your significant other then I suggest you get yourself an HTC mogul or similar smartphone. It will allow you to pass the time in the store as your wife or girlfriend tries to decide for the thirtieth time if blue is better than pink. Trust me, a little gadget like this can save a marriage.