OC - part 1 (Tuesday 28 & Wednesday 29 August)

Tuesday 28 August - G picked me up at about 9am and we headed out for a day of shopping & sorting stuff out.  First we headed over to a laundromat so I could do some much needed washing (only had 1 pair of knickers left & the ones I bought from Walmart the day before were too big!!).

Ulrich standing guard over my washing at the laundromat.

After finishing our washing we headed off to a place called the Burlington Coat Factory, which started out selling just coats but now sells oh so much more.  It is kind of like The Warehouse, but much much bigger, and sells mainly clothes & shoes.  After spending an hour or so browsing and buying a couple of skirts & a backpack we headed out of the shop and went to El Pollo Loco for lunch where I had a BBQ Chicken Quesadilla.  It was very tasty & just a tad bit spicy.  We then carried on our shopping at the 99c Store, which is much like our dollar stores except that everything is 99c or less even.  Found some very interesting and very well known items there too.

As much as he wanted it I refused to buy the Kool Aid for Ulrich.  LOL

After that we headed to a shop G often visits which has lots of organic products and also has food from overseas.  G had mentioned a few days ago that this place had vegemite & asked me what it was, and as it's kind of hard to explain I had to buy a jar so she could taste it for herself.

After that we headed to Best Buy and I spoiled myself by buying a new camera.  The 3x zoom on my little Fujifim camera was starting to frustrate me so I wanted one with a better zoom function.  I was restricted in choice as I wanted one that took AA batteries so I didn't have to worry about charging a special battery or having a spare charged battery so I went with this one - the Nikon Coolpix L810 which has a 26x optical zoom and a 50x digital zoom.  Is a bit larger than my old camera but that's ok coz I bought me a bigger handbag earlier.

New toy for my trip.  :-)

After that we went back to Walmart & got a refund for the too big knickers then headed into the store to get some correct size knickers.  After that we headed back to the hotel where G tried some vegemite on a bit of bread & then had a vegemite, mayo & cheese sandwich and I had a vegemite & cheese sandwich followed by a much looked forward to soak in the jacuzzi.

Me in the jacuzzi.  Was a tad heavy-handed with the bubble bath.

Ulrich joined us for a much needed wash.  And we found out he doesn't float.

After an hour or so in the jacuzzi and much talking, G went home & I got the tablet out with the intention of sorting photos & uploading my blog, but got distracted by other things, had a play with my new camera and then had to read the short instruction manual that came with it.  The full instruction manual is on a cd that came in the box, how I read that cd on my tablet I have yet to work out.  LOL  I then decided to watch a bit of tv & turned it on to see the news about the weather in new Orleans, watched that for a bit until they said that it had passed & hadn't done too much damage, then flicked thru the channels (again over 200) before going to sleep.

Wednesday 29 August - Got up & sorted out my clothes.  Looked online at catching the bus or train from Las Vegas to Chicago (didn't want to fly coz of the baggage weight restrictions), found a couple of good options and then checked the baggage information & found out that they have baggage weight restrictions on the buses & trains.  With that being the case I decided I may as well fly so now I have to check out & book a flight.  G arrived about 11am and we mucked around a bit then headed off to the Olive Garden for lunch, they have an Endless Pasta Bowl menu option running at the moment where they have 6 different pastas & 5 different sauces for you to mix & match and they bring you whatever combinations you want for as much as you can eat.  We then headed to a salon G goes to now & then so I could get a pedicure, decided on the Deluxe Pedicure (soak, cuticle treatment, exfoliation, mask, hot towel, callous treatment & massage) and oh my it was good!!!  Got a quick manicure too as we were heading to a movie.  By the time I had finished we had missed the movie start time so we decided to visit some more shops.  The shopping here is amazing, they have so many different types of shops offering so many different things!  After a few hours shopping G drove me around Fullerton a bit and then we headed to Sonic Drive-in for dinner.  It's a real drive-in like they had in Happy Days!!  I had my first hot dog (american hot dog to us) from here and I have to say it was quite good.  G then dropped me back at my hotel and I spent a few hours sorting photos and updating my blog.  Am going to have to start to make notes on my phone during the day as I am having trouble remembering everything.

Sonic Drive In - a REAL Drive In like they had in the old days!

Vehicles parked at Sonic. A bit more advanced technologically than the old days.

The blur in this photo is the waitress on roller skates.

When she delivered our food she agreed to pose for a photo for me.

My first hot dog (american hot dog to us).  Has fried onions, cheese, relish & ketchup on it.

Now it is nearly 1am so I am off to bed as I am being picked up at 8.45am tomorrow morning for a trip into Newport Beach & other places.  I tells ya - busy busy busy.  :-)