Day Trip in LA

Left pretty early in the morning around 6 AM to head up to KRLA. When we got there were 2 guys that were there since 6 AM, 2 from 8 AM, and we came around 8:30. We stayed in the car and 2 more people came so John went out there to sit.

The little sucker was only $75 in the KR stores, unlike the $80 announced earlier which was nice. I need to put him with his GID partner now :) YAY Skullhead Dunny! I might drag it along to SDCC this year just to get it signed since it feels incomplete a little bit without that.

After getting the dunnies we went ahead and went to the Beverly Center to stroll around then hit up Pink's Hot Dogs. Last time we went in the evening so there was no line. This time, there were a lot of people. When we left the line wrapped around the building.

I got the Guadalajara (Reg 9" with relish, onions, tomatos, sour cream, and bacon) and John got the Millennium (12" jalapeño dog with tomatoes, chili, guacamole, grilled onions, lettuce, and bacon) dog.

The food was once again amazing... I love their hot dogs!

The hot dog was so big he couldn't pick it all up.

Huck Gee 8" Dunny Release by Kidrobot

Released 3/24/11 by Kidrobot

Run of 650 worldwide

Every release isn't without its bumps and stalls along the way. We've all seen it before... the crashing sites, missing buttons, and stalling check-outs. What made this release the all-time worst ever was Kidrobot's oversight of the new wishlist feature. Apparently, you were able to check out with multiple dunnys (no visible order limit) about half an hour before they were officially released. This means a lot of resellers got their hands on this awesome piece while others missed out entirely. Lots of stores only got a few pieces each that they only sold in person which left many people without online options.

Kidrobot gives us a coupon!

As an apology from Kidrobot, they posted on both the boards and Facebook a coupon that gives us 25% off for the next few days. It's not much... actually I don't ever use their coupons since shipping + tax sucks but at least it's something.

Just a little personal rant about complainers

Happy Lunar New Year!

Banners decorating the outside of the Asian Garden Mall

It's that time of year again where you'll see red, yellow, and gold lining the Asian areas with hanging lanterns and cherry blossoms in windows. In the night you'll hear firecrackers go off and see dancing lions. February 3rd is filled with exchanging of gifts, in particular, red envelops filled with new money. Remember, anything that happens on the first of the year will happen for the rest of the year.

The Outdoor Marketplace

I haven't really celebrated the new year much in the past but it's always fun to see what goes on. Even though I lived in Orange County for about 5 years, this was the first year I went to anything remotely related to new year activity. I only went to the market they put up every year in front of the Asian Garden Mall in Santa Ana, CA.

Inside the mall they had a special group of artists that were touring from China. See below the cut for more pictures ^_^

Cute Disney Bags

I was cruising around The Disney Wedding Blog when I came across these cute Disney bags made on Etsy. I just had to share because they were so adorable. I'm tempted to get one even though I'm tight on money right now ^_^ There's a link in the caption to the etsy store it's available at.

Alice in Wonderland Hobo Bag by Mishmash Designs

The second Disney item is similar but this store make smaller bags/coin purses and buttons. They have Alice in Wonderland also but I really liked the Aristocats bag ^_^

Aristocats Metal Frame Pouch by Octopurse

Black Friday 2010: Rest of the Day

After Wal-Mart we headed to JCPenney to get the annual snow globe. I saw some cute Hello Kitty PJ set and shoes so I wanted to get them but we had to be back at Wal-Mart at 5 AM to get the laptops. So I asked if they could put them aside. The manager was kind enough to hold them for half an hour (from 4:30). We left thinking we'd be back soon.

Got to Wal-Mart and went to the electronic department to find out where to get the laptop. They told us to go to the original line. So we went to the original line area and they told us that we'd have to go to the site-to-store area. So I had to travel back to electronics :( Anyways, got into line and got the laptop but by then it was 5:30 AM and we had to go to Office Depot to get the printer on sale. Got dropped off at Office Depot (it was really cold!) and my mom headed to Lowes for her pointsettias. Office Depot was really nice in giving out passes before hand. Got the printer, laptop desk, and a few other things. Finally get out of Office Depot around 7:30 AM and head to JCPenney.

JCPenney put out my items on hold by the time I got back so I was only able to find the shoes :( I ended up getting a Hello Kitty robe and shorts instead. Still cute :) I also got this awesome critter hat I'm currently wearing since it keeps my ears warm. Apparently, if you spent $50 you would get a free burrito from Chipotle so of course I couldn't pass that up!

A few more stops around the mall finished up my morning shopping. Ended up getting a Hello Kitty shirt from Hot Topic for only $9.50 and it came with a free poster. Also got a gift card for future use. Sears didn't have anything anymore by this time and the mall is pretty small so we ended up heading home.

Got home at 9:30 ish and ended up falling asleep before 10 AM. I was only planning on sleeping for a short while but ended up sleeping until 4:00 PM. After watching TV a little and putting things away, we went out to K-Mart for our last Black Friday adventure. Saw cool stuff and there was this one guy selling jewelry and raffling a bracelet off in the Christmas department. I ended up getting a screwdriver set :) and that's all for today. We may go back tomorrow for a throw I wanted that's on sale in the morning but who knows. My brother got this cool invertor that he'll be trying out tomorrow or something and my mom got a few tree skirts.

Black Friday 2010: Wal-Mart

So actual Black Friday shopping started at Wal-Mart. Our Wal-Mart Superstore is normally open 24-hours so being there at midnight wasn't anything new actually. But the fact that the parking lot was overflowing was.

I stood around the DVDs bins while they were still covered with plastic. Got bunches of movies! The staff handling DVDs and Games were really strict about the 12:01 AM restriction. Apparently the other side of the store let people start grabbing stuff at 11:30 PM so we had a huge flood of people coming to the DVDs before they let us get them which kind of sucked.

After that my brother and I got into line for the $198 eMachine. They wouldn't give each of us a ticket (we're both older than 21 too and technically not the same household!) so I stood in line while my brother sent my mom over (she was checking out with the DVDs). We managed to be in the last group for tickets. It was fairly nice because after we stood there for another hour, they gave wrist bands at 2 AM so we could go off and eat/buy/etc. Apparently, if you didnt come from 5-6 AM then they'd sell extras at 6 AM.

There was a jerk in our line though. A man came by and he didn't have a ticket. A woman decided to give him her extra ticket. She handed it to a guy in between (she thought they were in the same party) to give it to him. But, he decided to take it. Even when they other guy asked for it he said "sorry man it's called sticky fingers" and called up his buddy to get in line with him. The poor guy even offered $20 for the ticket and the jerk still said no. So I kind of loudly told the woman what he had done and luckily another person had a ticket they weren't going to use so the guy who was supposed to get the ticket got it. Everyone in the end of the line heard what the jerk did and hopefully he felt guilt or embarrassed so it made me happier.

So 2 REALLY nice people and 1 REALLY jerky guy made for an interesting experience.

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Black Friday 2010

Well it's that time of year again, BLACK FRIDAY! It's probably one of my favorite times of year. I've been going Black Friday shopping since I was in elementary/middle school with my mom. Usually I get clothes and DVDs at very cheap prices. Plus I have to get the snow globe from JC Penney! I plan on getting a few DVDs from Wal-Mart since they're only $2 and a few gifts for my mom from Office Depot (a laptop desk and mouse). EXCITED!

I've already bought a few things...

• LG HBM-235 Bluetooth 3.0 from Newegg.com for $22.72 shipped with a $20 mail-in rebate
  
• Nintendo Wii Games 2 for $30 - Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 and Cooking Mama: Cook Off from Walmart.com for $34.60 shipped
  
• iGo Charge Anywhere with USB charging ports from Radio Shack for $21.74 shipped
  

Black Friday 2010 Total: $79.06

Total Rebates: $20.00

so much more so stay tuned for my goodies!