I mentioned to you all that my wonderful roommate (who now has her DOCTORATE in some crazy complicated chemistry field!) is getting married in 5 weeks?
For her bachelorette party, she wanted to go wine tasting in MY backyard. So, naturally, being the wine snob that I am, I planned the thing. I chose three wineries for us to tour– Tablas Creek Vineyards (their 100% Mourdevre is to die for!!), Adelaida Cellars (they have a petting zoo/baby goats! Oh yeah, and amazing wine 🙂 ) and, one of my favorites, Daou Vineyards.
Since I was the DD and the only one not drinking (I had a few sips/tastes here and there just to appreciate it!), I took it upon myself to play photographer. I must say, I really am enjoying getting the hang of the manual settings on my new camera!
The gorgeous bride to be on her “throne”!
Did you know that my roommate is and was an eBay expert? Back in the day (10-ish years ago), we used to score AMAZING deals on designer merchandise by misspelling common brand names into the eBay search engines. Want a Dooney Burke purse, for instance? We’d type in, “Doone and Burk”, because often people list things in a rush and leave off a letter. And what happens? You get to bid on something hardly anyone else has seen!
And THAT my friends, is how my roommate scored her awesome $800 Louboutin heels for just under $100!
I joined in for a couple of shots, naturally 🙂
Note my bottle of tea!
After the wineries, we all went to a River Oaks Mineral Hot Springs for a good soak, Robert’s Restaurant for an amazing dinner, then back to my house for an evening of chic flicks and junk food (I kicked my 4 boys out, of course!).
I had such an amazing time with these girls! Who knew that a piano/English teacher could have a good time with a bunch of Doctors of Chemistry, ahm-aye-right? I’ll just make sure they don’t find out my Math grades from High School (because I don’t think that the “Nature of Math” course I took at Biola is even a true math course!).
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Rachel G says
I have never heard of that as an ebay strategy! Intriguing! My husband has gotten some fraction-of-the-price deals on name brand shoes on eBay…but I’ve never tried it.
themrscone says
It works! They even have separate sites that search misspellings for you!
Ginny says
That is the most brilliant Ebay strategy! Amazing! Thanks for passing it along :).
themrscone says
Ginny, I knew you’d appreciate it! You’re so eBay savvy anyways!