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Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Griswold-ing Vegas

As huge Chevy Chase fans, a common phrase in our home is "Griswold", as in we'll do it like the Griswold's, we'll not only do it, but we'll make it a complete cluster ----- well you get the idea and then we'll beat it to death before we're done. There is no simplicity in our lives, why should our anniversary trip be any different.....

We stayed in the Pulp Fiction suite, it was hip, comfy and had a great view..... of the tub, kidding a great view of Vegas. The bed was amazing and we were not pleased when we got home to our bed, we're gonna have to invest in a bigger better bed......

We got all fancy and went out for an anniversary dinner at the Strip House, not a strip club, a steak house, lol.....funny I thought the same thing but the food was incredible ... although we did alot of the whisper and giggle thing especially when the server looked very ill when we ordered "Just cokes please" .... guess us non-drinkers are in the minority in Vegas.

The Man ventured out to grab breakfast each morning around oh 11 am while I dragged myself to the shower to tame the matted bush that my hair would become. I haven't used hair spray in years, now I remember why.... Anyway, he came home with Elvis glasses one morning, and wore them the rest of the trip..... people stared, especially when he started snarling too.....

In the Venetian we treated ourselves to fancy ice cream..... oh baby oh baby, be still my heart. There is so much to say about this ice cream but we just mumbled through it....

We stayed at the lovely Planet Hollywood hotel and casino..... very new very trendy. But the high of our floor had my stomach quite nervous cause we had to take the express elevator.... urgh

I believe I mentioned those glasses huh?

We enjoyed a leisurely buffet at the Luxor, where The Man took some special shots for the kids, cause he's fun like that, and no sooner than we walked away than a bunch of foreign travelers form a line to stick their hand up its nose. We're trend setters.

This picture represents 2 a.m. where we just spent $40 and won $40 (hello, broke even) on the casino floor playing penny slots, cause we roll like that, cheap all the way.

I watched a lady in this store spend 30k on shoes and then walk out carrying all the boxes herself. I was flat out amazed and actually started babbling and drooling.

We met The Blue Man group. Only seemed fair that The Man take a picture with them, I think he gits in quite nicely.

What am I missing? Oh all the shopping we did, all the nekkid time we had, the 70 mph roller coaster that we rode, right after eating (OMG, that was crazy, can't believe I paid them to do that to me).

The medieval jousting was amazing, although I had to eat with my fingers..... and they served me a cornish hen with veggies and a roll and a bowl of soup. Um, hello, Mr. Waiter guy who is singing and serving food, how do you get to the white meat? Um hello, you-hoo .... at this point, The Man realized how incompetant I am and just reached over and took the hen and ripped that sucker apart and literally handed me two hunks of white meat .... my plate looked like a small war had occurred on it, gristle and bones and flesh everywhere, the poor man on my other side glanced at my plate and scooted closer to his wife. Freak. So I just slurped my soup and then went straight afterwards to get a snack ....

The shows, the food and everything was amazing. Very pleased to say we're planning another trip already. We were very happy to get home to the munchkins who were waiting in the driveway all in their pjs ready to give us a hard time. I love being home.

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