Buyer's remorse

So have you tried this Priceline thing? It's quite glorious. On the way back from Omaha, Maria remarked that she's still not been to Chicago. "We're going next weekend." Better now than never, I suppose.

With that, I went online last night to find a hotel room. I tried the Priceline. Half off the room's quoted rate on their own Web site! Of course after that I wondered if I could have gone even lower. No matter. A lesson for later.

I haven't made any real plans for the Chicago, though. Friday night we wanted to get up to Devon Ave and check out all the Indo-Pak offerings. Saturday'll be for just walking around downtown and seeing some sights. I'm sure we can quickly pick up a walking tour while at the hotel or something on Friday night.

Saturday evening it's off to Ikea for some small housewares purchasing. There's no Ikea anywhere near Omaha. Have you been to the Ikea in Chicago? It's bigger than most hockey arenas with a parking lot bigger than most football stadiums. I'm not kidding. Check it out on the satellite.

Also, I sold out and got a new phone. An iPhone. I know, I know. But I got it to talk to the work mail account, so I can legitimately use it for work and pass off some of the costs. It's actually really nice. And it's got a really crappy camera, too! The fun part will be taking photos while in Chicago and then instantly uploading them to the Flickr page. Oh boy, bet you can't wait for that nonsense.