A long story short, I decided to buy Amy's ring from a company in the United States. To avoid the hassle of brokerage and additional fees, we drove down to Buffalo to pick up the ring.
I took a "before" (sans ring) photo to kick off our trip, and then of course pulled into the first Tim's we came across.
There's a place on Highway #6 that has a bunch of dinosaurs and characters out front, so we thought we'd take a quick photo break.
The line up to use the woman's bathroom was so long at one of the rest stops, that there were women walking in and using the men's bathroom.
Amy had a purse to exchange at the Coach outlet store in Niagara Falls, and as our luck would have it, they had a big sale Saturday. So we waited forty-five minutes in line, just to get into the store...and once we were in, of course we had to look around.
I thought I'd drop into the Levi's jeans outlet and grab a couple pairs of jeans. They had sale signs all over the place. One of the sales reps was helping me find my size when I asked, "so this whole wall is on sale?" ... "yes, but not for your size". WTF! OK, so I could lose a few pounds, but I'm not Fat Albert sized (depending on the style, I wear 38" or 40").
Amy tore into the package as soon as we picked it up from Fedex. Inside the first box, was another box. Inside that box, was a padded envelope. Inside the envelope, was another box. Inside that box, was a wooden box...and finally, inside the wooden box was her ring.
Since we were already half way there, we figured we'd drive down to Ohio and buy a TV (I know it's crazy, but Sony was selling a TV for $1,000 with a free PS3 that sells for $2,000 in Canada). We figured we'd sell the PS3 and end up with a $2,000 TV for $700. So, they sold out, but they are going to ship it to us instead.
Even though we didn't get the TV, we were happy to find a great restaurant.
The Cheesecake Factory is now on our list of restaurants to keep an eye out for. All the food was great...I mean, how can any place go wrong with a page and a half of different cheesecake options?
