Like I had mentioned, we've been shopping for warm clothes , shoes , and some camping gear. Stella has been stellar. (:-) sorry could not hold that one back). She is the most industrious person we have ever met. She gets onto a project and works out the logistics with military like precision.
We had a list ; camera peripherals, boots, walking open sandals, fleece, and wind breaking jackets. We were at the end of the winter season here so we're looking for sales! Online v/s stores??
We hit the shoe stores, find Merell 'slip on' warm walking boots for both Yannick and me. Nothing in Anu's size. Get to the camera store pick up an extra battery, some 12 GB of memery, and a case. Works out to $170. I'm surprised, but don't react as we're in the midst of my favourite hobby... shopping. Yannick and Elena are running around having a blast in suburban America. Anu is trying hard to find other people on the street. Seems like no one walks!
We get to the REI store and find Keens for Anu and Yannick, some pouches, water purifier carbom candle ( Stella has a purifier for us from her trek in Nepal) and we head back.
Back home we get on the internet and find twice the memory and all the rest of the stuff for $70. I'm pissed and that when I realise the concept of 'returns'. In America you can 'return' anything you buy without wither feeling guilty or giving anyone a reason! Fantastic, I think but we're not psychologically geared to do this. I get Stella to volunteer to return the camera stuff and she willing does ( or so I'd like to think). This camera shop is not a chain store so the guy at the counter is peeved, and genreally pissed out that the internet revolution ever took place. Anyway, he has no choice.
By now Anu has checked out every winter boot left. Some don't fit, some have a zipper problem, the arch is an issue and for me the price is the biggest. Finally, out of frustration she picks a KHOMBU, knee length, black warm boot. I feel wearing them is asking to be mugged. Every woman looks at me disapprovingly. Its $150 but we buy it! And then the ' return' re arrives! Stella is online, buys 4 boots from one website ( shipping and returns free), then scans the entire internet world and finds one store that has the perfect boot! Its a Merell Yarra but they only have one pair in the size we think we need.
Drive half an hour to Livingstone, try on the last pair of Yarra boots in the NJ district and hallelujah we've done it once again! The best part its on sale for $60!!! This Yarra has Stella's name imprinted on it! Now back to Bloomingdales to returns the Khombu! Anu does it with aplomb, largely because the sales staff were different and because in a store that big , no one really cares! But what the hell, we're getting used to the ides of returns!
Btw we experienced our first snow ever today!
We had a list ; camera peripherals, boots, walking open sandals, fleece, and wind breaking jackets. We were at the end of the winter season here so we're looking for sales! Online v/s stores??
We hit the shoe stores, find Merell 'slip on' warm walking boots for both Yannick and me. Nothing in Anu's size. Get to the camera store pick up an extra battery, some 12 GB of memery, and a case. Works out to $170. I'm surprised, but don't react as we're in the midst of my favourite hobby... shopping. Yannick and Elena are running around having a blast in suburban America. Anu is trying hard to find other people on the street. Seems like no one walks!
We get to the REI store and find Keens for Anu and Yannick, some pouches, water purifier carbom candle ( Stella has a purifier for us from her trek in Nepal) and we head back.
Back home we get on the internet and find twice the memory and all the rest of the stuff for $70. I'm pissed and that when I realise the concept of 'returns'. In America you can 'return' anything you buy without wither feeling guilty or giving anyone a reason! Fantastic, I think but we're not psychologically geared to do this. I get Stella to volunteer to return the camera stuff and she willing does ( or so I'd like to think). This camera shop is not a chain store so the guy at the counter is peeved, and genreally pissed out that the internet revolution ever took place. Anyway, he has no choice.
By now Anu has checked out every winter boot left. Some don't fit, some have a zipper problem, the arch is an issue and for me the price is the biggest. Finally, out of frustration she picks a KHOMBU, knee length, black warm boot. I feel wearing them is asking to be mugged. Every woman looks at me disapprovingly. Its $150 but we buy it! And then the ' return' re arrives! Stella is online, buys 4 boots from one website ( shipping and returns free), then scans the entire internet world and finds one store that has the perfect boot! Its a Merell Yarra but they only have one pair in the size we think we need.
Drive half an hour to Livingstone, try on the last pair of Yarra boots in the NJ district and hallelujah we've done it once again! The best part its on sale for $60!!! This Yarra has Stella's name imprinted on it! Now back to Bloomingdales to returns the Khombu! Anu does it with aplomb, largely because the sales staff were different and because in a store that big , no one really cares! But what the hell, we're getting used to the ides of returns!
Btw we experienced our first snow ever today!
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