Day 6: Shopping!

We had a nice brekkie and said goodbye to the team as they were heading off to NCU and then off to Mocksville. We were considering going to watch the game ( I mean that IS why we are here...) we didn't realize that Mocksville is so far away and then after the game the boys are being billeted out to the opposition teams families. They were not coming back to the hotel until tomorrow night. We decided not to go to that game and take in some shopping. We caught the shuttle to a huge mall with Macy's and all the other shops you hear about in the US. Patrick has his heart set on a earphones that are all the rage at the moment. Aden and him searched the mall for them and found the pair he wanted, cheaper than what he expected to pay! Loved walking around and checking out the prices. As it is dollar for dollar it was cheaper and the boys just were in seventh heaven.
We went for lunch and everything is so big here! I decided on subway and shared one with Patrick. We couldn't find anyone that sold coffee in the food court so we decided to find a Starbucks! I wish I started a loyalty card with them as it would be overflowing! We walked and and finally found one across the road and also for our Wifi fix too! I was totally stuffed and desperately needed a sit down. Such a great day today we were wearing t-shirts a huge contrast to yesterday were we we're freezing. We called the hotel and sent a shuttle to come and pick us up. Deciding on the tips is so hard!! Mark tries to make me do it so he doesn't look like a cheap
Skate! I get out and move on really quickly so he has no choice and I don't have to deal with it.
We got back to the hotel and had a recharge........ It's hard work walking around shopping all day!
For dinner mark did a little research and noticed there was a little bank of restaurants quite near here so we decided to check them out. It is totally dark here around 5.45pm so it felt late. There was a restaurant, a pizza shop and a Chinese restaurant. We did the walk by once, twice and I was not going to do a third!! I really wanted Chinese but there was no one in the restaurant!! I did try to explain to them that is was only 1/4 to 6!! No one would be eating except bloody Aussie tourists who's body clocks were stuffed!! So of course the place would be empty! Outnumbered! We ate pizza :( Like I said everything on the US is HUGE!!! The pizzas they were shoveling out of the oven were massive!!!!
Everything here is inches and gallons and pounds it takes me a minute to work it out.....after a box size came out that I thought we could handle, I asked the lady the size and she said they were "personal sizes" we got three personal sizes and the boys loved there was Gatorade in the drink machine (after they filled up with diet coke!)
After dinner we wanted a coffee and the boys wanted to get back to the hotel (Wi-Fi) we went to Starbucks and the boys went back. We had a delicious lemon slice........ While we were drinking coffee we had an epiphany and realised we could buy alcohol from a servo!!! Hmmmmmm there was a BP back there...... The coronas were $8 and mark was in heaven... We got some chips for the kids too!
Getting back to our hotel and it was there Mark realised he didn't have a bottle opener.......... But never underestimate an Aussie who wants a beer!!
Great day :)