This weekend was quite good in many ways.  The Mr, the inlaws & I went to a cigar hurf this weekend in Saugess and it was quite lovely. I do have to say though, that I usually like the men more than I like the wives/girlfriends at these events.  I don’t know why the men always seem pretty darn normal and then the women all seem like they have lost their minds.

Now, as you might now I’m all about over sharing. It happens to me quite a bit, BUT there was this woman just a bit older than me at the hurf & she over shared with in 5 seconds of actually talking to me. As I’m learning bit after bit of information you only tell to your best girlfriends after 10 years, I’m trying to remember her name. Of course I love my MIL & one of the other ladies that we know quite well is pretty normal & easy to talk to, but the rest? Honestly, I didn’t have anything to talk to about.

When someone asks you “Do you party?” What is your answer?  I mean the Mr & I are by no means prudes, but what exactly does this mean? Well she clarified for me “Do you drink & do drugs?” O_O Well, we drink occasionally, sometimes excessively, and do no drugs. My only true addictions are coffee and yarn. (And maybe cheese?)  This is a classic example why I don’t have any friends in California in their mid twenties like I am.  I left my shots & chasers in college, now I only want to drink something if it tastes good.

On sunday was Father’s Day and we met up with the parents for some brunch at the Sidecar.  Great food, excellent service.  I had the goat cheese & summer squash omelet & it was fantastic.  Then, randomly the FIL looks at us and asks if we want to go to Lowes. Well. Um, not really, but we still need a stove & he really wanted to go, so off we went. No one answered the help page in appliances so we left, hit up 3 other appliance stores & ended up back at lowes.

Now, we all know our prior experiences at Lowe’s. I really never wanted to go into this store ever again. But the FIL insisted it was ok. So in we went, found our stove & our fridge. It went something like this.

1.Find appliance, ready to pay.
2. Can’t find anyone to help us.
3. Guy randomly wanders over & helps people there before us.
4. Exactly 1 billion people come up & want to also buy appliances
5. Finally after 20 minutes of waiting we are helped by oldest geezer on the face of the earth.
6. Does not have stove we want in stock & floor model is sold.
7. Ask about stove next to it
8. That stove is also sold out
9. Ask to buy floor model (as stove #1′s floor model was sold)
10. Am told they don’t ever sell floor models and that was a special instance
11. Ask about ordering second stove asked about in BLACK
12. Was told that it would take 2 weeks for delivery for first stove asked about in WHITE
13. LOOSE MIND, the Mr takes over
14. Stove ordered, in BLACK
15. Proceed to fridge ordering. Walk away with MIL before I break sales person’s neck
16. Hear “PREITA” from across store. Sigh, trudge over from pretty counter tops to boring fridges
17. Fridge is not in stock. Fridge won’t ever be in stock because it’s discontinued
18. AM ASKED IF I WOULD LIKE TO BUY FLOOR MODEL. O_O
19. Remind them they DON’T sell floor models.
20. Am told they do for discontinued items.
21. Say we’ll take it. (I honestly don’t care. It’s clean & it will keep food cold, it’s good). Are offered 10% off
22. FIL steps in & says “How about 20% off for all their trouble with this store so far?”
23. Sales geezer says he’s not authorized to do that, FIL says to call a manager
24. 20% off fridge authorized
25. Walk to register. Get 20% off fridge, get 10% (instore sale) off oven/stove, get another 10% off entire order for double charging us last time.
26. Save $300
27. Collapse into exhausted heap, make mental note to learn how to build appliances from pipe cleaners & tin foil in the future.

Good news is that the FIL really likes the lime tree we got him for father’s day.

Also!!! Fellow Ventura residents! Gas at the Johnson Drive Exit (the 76 station across the street from the Ventura Theater) is $4.43 a gallon. Cheapest gas I’ve seen in weeks.