Thur Dec 16th

I was rudely awakened by a very exited wife at 8AM. She was excited about the new goodwill superstore,
just down the block, that was having its grand opening at 9AM. I got up and jumped into the shower, got dressed and grabbed a cup of coffee. At 8:50 we jumped in the car and ran down the street to the location, which was around 8 blocks up US 1. When we got there this was the situation. I took this picture and this video with my phone.

People lined up for the grand opening.

It was unbelievable how many people came. I was not aware that goodwill had so many followers. We looked around for an hour, but the crowd was unruly. I heard one guy say to a security guard "they are taking stuff out of my cart!". I silently laughed. We did find a couple of articles of clothing, paid and went home determined to return when it wasn't quite so busy. We still had to get the laundry completed. We got home and Bonnie made us some sandwiches and soda. She then started the laundry ritual. I got my camera and took this video to show where our laundry room is located.

How exciting is this blog?! You get to see the laundry room!!! After the laundry was done we sat on the patio enjoying the afternoon weather (it was in the mid 70's) . We watched some television and I played some poker with my mother via Internet. Around 6PM Bonnie asked if we could use one of our south Florida dines coupons and go out for dinner. South Florida dines is a website to promote people to go to new restaurants to try them out. They offer discounts on food. For example you can get a $30 coupon for $10. You then print out the coupon and hand it to the server. If you spend more than the coupon is valued, you pay the difference. We decided on JC Wahoo's for diner. We had a $40 coupon so we got on their website and looked over the menu to predetermine our orders. We arrived at JC Wahoo's at 7pm sharp as their menu said ladies night was Thursday and ladies drinks were free!

There it is!

We seated ourselves and were quickly approached by a sever that asked if we wanted anything to drink.
We inquired about the free ladies drink, upon which, she quickly said that begins at 8. We argued briefly, and lost, so we ordered a couple drinks. Bonnie ordered a JO JO Juice ( a secret concoction that is heavily laden with rum) and I ordered a Shipwrecked Barrel (also heavy with the rum).

I loved the drinks! Yum!



We then ordered some Calamari (I should say Bonnie ordered some calamari) and I ordered the blackened Mahi Mahi. The food arrived.

We ate and took a couple of pictures of the restaurant as the decor was pretty cool. It has a ocean fish theme throughout the place.

The decor was cool

They had this tiki bar right in the middle of the place

We finished eating and went out to the patio for our assessment of the food. I will let the video tell the story.

It was about 8:30 after we left and Macy's was right across the street so we stopped in to see what the Dolce and Cabbana smelled like. It is a men's fragrance they have been advertising like crazy down here. It did smell good but was very expensive. A 4 oz bottle was $78. We then headed for home to watch some evening television and an early bed time.