the power of social media.

I don't know if it is because I am a blogger, or what...but social media totally works on me. It makes me want to buy new things after reading a review, go to a new store, and eat at different restaurants.

When two of my bloggin' friends wrote posts for Scheel's grand opening, I knew I had to take the kids. I didn't know what Scheel's even was until Emily and Stephanie talked about it. They did a great job making me excited, and I looked forward to the grand opening. :)

When I told Paul that is what I had planned for our Saturday a couple of weeks ago, he was a bit skeptical about going. Grand opening = busy...indeed it was.

How can you not want to go and see a ferris wheel inside a store, and the biggest fish tank eva...{while we were in the store, we saw a scuba diver doing some maintenance in the tank!}

The kids loved it! It was free to browse, except our browsing lead to purchases.

I did show loads of self control, because I tried baby Uggs on Bri and decided $65 was a bit much to pay for her shoes. I even passed up the adorable Northface snow suit that was just a cool 100 bucks! Be proud people!

They haven't gotten all of the 49ers and SF Giants stuff in stock yet which was disappointing...it just means I have an excuse to go back for Christmas shopping for Paul.