A Good Black Friday

Last night I was thinking about how tomorrow used to be a a big shopping day and I wondered if i was going to even venture out into the croweds? I don't like to fight the crowds anymore. I needed to go the bank and thought i might swing by Wal-mart if it wasn't too crowded. I have been looking at a camera (Kodak ZD710) they have on sale that i would love to have a new one.

Here is a picture of the camera i'm dreaming about owning.

Esp, since my old one had bitten the dust (Kodak DX4530)... well ... thanks to me spilling tea on it. I hate to spend the money for a new camera. After all my other one ended up being an expensive one. It was around $350.00 bucks and I've had it not quite 4 years! That's a big expense! (Shhhh don't tell exactly how much it cost .. it's our little secret)

Here is the picture of my old camera that no longer works.

I was sure Wally World would be packed with the crowds and i wasn't gonna fight them for one. Most of the time the big sale items are gone fast in the area I used to live in. But, hey I'm in new territory ... right??

I got up today in no hurry to do much because i really figured Wally World would be packed and the one item i wanted would be gone. So I messed around and finally got dressed around 8 am and by 8.30 am i was out the door and headed to the bank. I finished getting some cash at the bank and then I thought well I do want to go to Wally World. After all the dogs need food and they just might have produce on sale. I headed across town toward Wally World and was shocked when i arrived. There were plenty of parking spaces. So I pulled in, still not thinking i would get my camera. I went inside and ran into Jefferey. He works at the campground and he proceeded to tell me about all the sale items he had gotten and how he couldn't believe there wasn't many people out today. Instantly my hopes were up, after all he got one of the HDTV that they had on sale and I surely thought those would be very hot items. I politely told him i was gonna head back to the camera's.

I got back to the camera department and a very unhappy couple was speaking to the lady in that department and they were not happy that they were out of the camcorder they wanted. So my hopes had really went down, thinking okay, there is no way they have the camera i want either. But.... persistent me .. I waited to the couple finished and then it was my turn to be waited on and I asked her about the camera's they had in the sale ad. She told me they were on the counter and after looking, it was the $79 camera, that wasn't the one i wanted. The one i wanted was the higher one. None were on the counter. I started to walk away and they lady yelled here is one. I turned around and went back to the counter and sure enough there was the one i wanted. She found it under the counter hiding by its self. She said most likely one of the employee's had hid it under there but it was first come first serve. I asked her to take it out of the box and i checked it out. Yep, it's what i have been wanting. I purchased the camera and headed over to the produce. Wow is it my lucky day or what?? Produce is really marked down today. Apparently they didn't sell produce like they thought they would. I got celery for 25 cents, radish's for 60 cents a bag, head lettuce for 50 cents, cauliflower for 98 cents a head. Plus they had Gala apples for 98 cents a bag and Texas oranges for 98 cents a bag. Did i ever hit the jack pot or what!! Plus i got the dogs food a buck cheaper then it usually is. hmmm i did good today.

I got home with my new camera, after putting away the grocery i just had to play with my new camera. After a while I decided to try something. I decided to take the batteries from the new camera and put them in my old camera. Behold .. IT WORKS!

Hmmm .. I had called Kodak and they told me to try new batteries and to use Lithium or NI-MH batteries. Well I had some new NI-MH rechargeable ones here that i tried and it still didn't work. So i called back and they said i would have to send it in for repair and it wasn't covered under warranty because i had spilt tea on it.

So then i got another hair brain ideal. I decided to call Wally World and see if they had the Kodak NI-HI batteries and they did. So back to town i went. I purchased the batteries and while i was at i purchased a new camera bag .. I got home tried the new batteries and behold the old camera works ... the batteries were only half charged so i put them in my charger and finished charging them up and the old camera is back to working. Apparently digital camera's don't like Alkaline batteries. Tip for the day is to either use Lithium or NI-MH batteries on your digital camera's.


Since I didn't get to take a picture of yesterday dinner for you all .. I took a picture of my left over's I ate tonight. I used both camera's so you can see the difference.



First photo's are taken from my old Kodak DX 4530 camera .......





Second set of photo's are taken with my new Kodak ZD710 camera ..... see the difference????














These campers are parked at the end of the campground and their stored here for the winter. Their owners leave them here all winter long and will return in the spring.

Today has been a good day for the team in Ms Southwind.