We are back from Vegas and had a great time! (sorry picture is blurry, but so was the trip...not from alcohol, from all that walking) We picked up some great new lines I think everyone will like. We have really struggled with the direction we want our store to go, gifty or decor. I think we have a good mix of both now but at market we found some really unique items that will bring POPIN up a notch. Things should be arriving in the next 2 weeks so please pop in and see the chang
es. Jamie caught a cold on the trip and we both think we got e. coli- very disgusting!!! We did however get to see a show while we were there- La Reve at the Wynn hotel- holy moly- talk about amazing! and not just the show, that hotel even had Jamie speechless. She wanted to just walk through looking at all of the decor and pom-pom fringe and mosaics...it really was breathtaking. Of course, I was more interested in the roulette tables but I guess I could still appreciate the beauty around me (while I was handing them over all of my money). Yes, I am a gambler-we saw a great T-shirt while we were there that said "I only have a gambling problem when I am losing" boy, isn't that the truth. I had a garage sale a few weeks back so I could have some personal spending money for the trip, I made about $350. After the first night in Vegas, I had over $1000 because of my lucky #19 (Preston's b-day). I was on cloud nine! I would love to end the happy gambling story there, but as most of you know, it never works out like that...why, you ask?..because the roulette table calls to me, beckons me, to give them all of the money back...AND I LISTENED!!! I did end up leaving with exactly what I started with ( after hours of being in the hole) so all is good and I didn't lear
n the lesson I should have, which is...go buy something expensive when you are up, that way you have something to show for your winnings- but then, I wouldn't get to experience those desperate emotions I went through praying for that dumb little ball to land on #19. Did you know that most of the casinos have gone to computerized roulette? Everyone has there own computer with a touch screen of where you want your chips to go, then a real person spins the wheel and you watch it on your computer. This has pros and cons, Pros- no reaching over other people to put your chips on the table. Cons- since you don't have the chips in your hands, you spend a lot more money because you can't see your stack dwindling before your eyes. Anyway enough about my addictions! The show was in a convention center that went farther than the eye could see. One sign said there were 35,000 attendees. We started the first day at 9:00am and finished after 6:00pm. The second day we started at 10:00am and finished at 2:00pm. Our feet really hurt. No matter how comfortable the shoes are, when you are on your feet for that long, they are going to hurt. Bratt Decor came out with a new canopy
for their girl bed we thought was really neat, along with some other new pieces we just got in our store yesterday. Newport Cottages came out with this new crib Jamie fell in love with. Our #1 thing we are most excited about is...yeah right, like I am going to tell you on this- you have to come see it in the store! Anyway- in other news, Bella's birthday is tomorrow (sigh, already 3 years old...my baby is 3 years old!) and Preston in about to lose his first tooth! Here he is showing off the moneymaker (bottom right). I am a little scared that the toothfairy will not leave the right amount for this time period...meaning, when I was a kid I got a quarter for a little tooth, a dollar for the big ones. I think he is expecting like $5 for this little tooth...wow how the times change, I just want to the toothfairy to leave enough that other kids
don't say "the toothfairy left me more" which will cause a long conversation at my house about why the toothfairy leaves one kid more than he leaves another kid...By the way, Jamie asked Preston what the toothfairy does with the teeth and he said, matter of factly, that the toothfairy gives them to babies so they will have teeth too, duh!
es. Jamie caught a cold on the trip and we both think we got e. coli- very disgusting!!! We did however get to see a show while we were there- La Reve at the Wynn hotel- holy moly- talk about amazing! and not just the show, that hotel even had Jamie speechless. She wanted to just walk through looking at all of the decor and pom-pom fringe and mosaics...it really was breathtaking. Of course, I was more interested in the roulette tables but I guess I could still appreciate the beauty around me (while I was handing them over all of my money). Yes, I am a gambler-we saw a great T-shirt while we were there that said "I only have a gambling problem when I am losing" boy, isn't that the truth. I had a garage sale a few weeks back so I could have some personal spending money for the trip, I made about $350. After the first night in Vegas, I had over $1000 because of my lucky #19 (Preston's b-day). I was on cloud nine! I would love to end the happy gambling story there, but as most of you know, it never works out like that...why, you ask?..because the roulette table calls to me, beckons me, to give them all of the money back...AND I LISTENED!!! I did end up leaving with exactly what I started with ( after hours of being in the hole) so all is good and I didn't lear
n the lesson I should have, which is...go buy something expensive when you are up, that way you have something to show for your winnings- but then, I wouldn't get to experience those desperate emotions I went through praying for that dumb little ball to land on #19. Did you know that most of the casinos have gone to computerized roulette? Everyone has there own computer with a touch screen of where you want your chips to go, then a real person spins the wheel and you watch it on your computer. This has pros and cons, Pros- no reaching over other people to put your chips on the table. Cons- since you don't have the chips in your hands, you spend a lot more money because you can't see your stack dwindling before your eyes. Anyway enough about my addictions! The show was in a convention center that went farther than the eye could see. One sign said there were 35,000 attendees. We started the first day at 9:00am and finished after 6:00pm. The second day we started at 10:00am and finished at 2:00pm. Our feet really hurt. No matter how comfortable the shoes are, when you are on your feet for that long, they are going to hurt. Bratt Decor came out with a new canopy
for their girl bed we thought was really neat, along with some other new pieces we just got in our store yesterday. Newport Cottages came out with this new crib Jamie fell in love with. Our #1 thing we are most excited about is...yeah right, like I am going to tell you on this- you have to come see it in the store! Anyway- in other news, Bella's birthday is tomorrow (sigh, already 3 years old...my baby is 3 years old!) and Preston in about to lose his first tooth! Here he is showing off the moneymaker (bottom right). I am a little scared that the toothfairy will not leave the right amount for this time period...meaning, when I was a kid I got a quarter for a little tooth, a dollar for the big ones. I think he is expecting like $5 for this little tooth...wow how the times change, I just want to the toothfairy to leave enough that other kids
don't say "the toothfairy left me more" which will cause a long conversation at my house about why the toothfairy leaves one kid more than he leaves another kid...By the way, Jamie asked Preston what the toothfairy does with the teeth and he said, matter of factly, that the toothfairy gives them to babies so they will have teeth too, duh!
