7 stops

We started off the day cleaning and getting rid of all the excess clutter we had in the house. Definitely not Zach's idea of fun. He was a great trooper and helped as much as he could. He was not all about going through closets and getting rid of stuff so, he did all the other "fun" stuff like sweeping, mopping and dusting. Finally, around 10am we were finally done with everything and it was time to take the stuff to the donation center.

After the donation center, we decided to take back the Samsung Galaxy tablet we got the previous week. We were thinking about just getting another Netbook since we have had one for the past 2 years but finally decided to just get a laptop. This got the 7-stop journey started. But before I tell you about our crazy laptop hunt I must first tell you about our lunch.

I received a gift certificate to a new place in town called Mezza. Mezza is a Lebanese restaurant. I have never been to a Lebanese restaurant before. Thankfully, I was given a menu with the gift certificate. Zach and I studied and studied that menu. We figured out what we could eat that would work with our diets. Unfortunately, what we had picked was on the dinner menu and we could only order off the lunch menu. Lucky for us, we knew what we wanted off of it.

Here is Zach's lunch. Yes, this is all his!

Cabbage rolls, hummus, rice, some kind of chicken with a fancy name, and pita bread.

Here is my delicious meal! The house salad with chicken added.

Grilled chicken on top of arugula with roasted beets and pumpkin seeds, red onions and a olive oil/lemon juice dressing. It did come with garlic cream sauce but none of that went on my plate. My mouth is watering just looking at this picture. 

After fueling our bodies it was time for the laptop hunt. As I mentioned earlier, we went to 7 stores before we finally found the right one. Since this was last minute decision, we were no where prepared for what we wanted and where we were going to get it from. After returning the Samsung Galaxy, we went straight to Best Buy. This was going to be easy, one stop shop, right??? Wrong!!! Since the holidays were just a week ago, Best Buy is swiped  from everything that we were interested in.

On to store #2... Sams. We just walked from Best Buy to Sams (we were on county line). We walk straight to the laptops... nothing in our price range... NEXT!!! As we were walking to the car (which is at Best Buy) Zach notices Circuit City across the street.

Store #3... Circuit City. We pull up to Circuit City to only find out that it no longer exists. DUHH!!! They closed months ago.

Store # 4... Office Depot. We walk to the laptop section and find 2 that we were interested in. We studied the two side by side and finally picked THE.ONE. Zach ask the sales clerk to check to see if they have it in stock. They have 1 left. We talked it over and thought it would be a good idea to check Wal-Mart to see what they had. Just check one more place.

Store #5... Wal-Mart. Nothing!

Store #6... Back to Office Depot. Zach gets straight in line to ask for "our" computer. They bring it to the front. Definitely not "ours"!!!! It was being held for someone to come pick-up. You have got to be kidding! We were about to give up and then.... the sales clerk calls the other Office Depot (I had no clue Jackson had 3 Office Depots within a 5 mile radius). THEY HAVE IT!!! We run to the car and head to...

Store #7... Office depot #2. We wait and wait a little longer and they FINALLY bring us the new laptop. HOORAY!!!! The laptop hunt is over. So excited!!!

After I extensive hunt, we decided to treat ourselves to Quick Quakes! Delicious white chocolate, sugar free protein smoothie with peanut butter added. YUM.

I am still getting use to the this massive thing. After using a Netbook for the past two years, this thing feels gigantic!!! Words can not express how thankful I am for this computer! I love it!!!!! =)