Loving NC

Last night at 11pm the Carolina Hurricanes sent an email explaining the whats, hows, whens and wheres of the NHL season.  Very exciting - I can't wait for everything to start but there are a lot of moving parts.  Mostly expected information but in a bid to get some fan support and merchandise sold the Hurricanes offered everything at the team store, "The Eye", at 50% off.  You can only imagine my excitement! It was hard to sleep with the store opening at 11am because I had a lot of thinking to do.  I mentioned in my previous blog about wanting a new jersey and this was a perfect opportunity. Only one problem: I still didn't know what player to get.

Fast forward to 11am and we are at the store and it was packed.  I go straight to the jerseys and they had a few players in stock ready to go but that just isn't my style since my favorite players are usually less popular players (I don't know why but I always have a good reason to adore them).  Out of the corner of my eye I see another rack and this one has authentic jerseys.  I have always wanted an authentic hockey jersey (one day I will own a game-worn Sylvain Turgeon Whalers jersey) but at $250 (customized with player $325) I usually think of all the other things I could get instead.  Today was my chance. $125 and it is mine - red and perfect!  Though it doesn't make up for the lockout or the Hurricanes usual sub-par service.

We also got our dogs a big puffy dog bed with the Hurricanes logo on it, a purse I have been wanting for years and a couple things for our favorite almost 2 month old.

If that wasn't fantastic enough today was mid 70's, sunny and beautiful.  Perfect for a 4+ mile walk with my wonderful guy.  We went to a trail and just enjoyed the weather and nature with a cool hawk flying right in front of us.

Including a nice dinner out with some friends on Saturday night, it was a great weekend!