So we got our big wad of cash from the Feds on Friday. The plan is to pay off a lot of those overdue bills and whatnot that have been hanging over our collective head. We hate getting phone calls from collection agencies, man.

We did, however, do a bit of shopping. I needed shoes, Wendi needed shoes, Wendi’s dad needed shoes. So we trekked out to the Troutdale outlet mall for some shoes.

I’m sure you all really wanted to know about the fact that we went shoe shopping. Yep.

Ah yes, before we made that trek we stopped off at the local NoHo’s for some teriyaki chicken. Mmmmm, the best teriyaki chicken dish known to mankind can be found at NoHo’s Hawaiian restaurants. What, you don’t have one in your area? Your loss, neighbor.

On the way home we stopped off to pick up Heroes of Might and Magic IV. I’ll post a full review in a couple of days, but suffice to say that it’s just like the previous Heroes games, only prettier and more complex. This is a good thing.

We also picked up a Carmen Sandiego game for the kids, Final Fantasy VII (which won’t @#$%ing play on our computers since all of our machines have modern video cards installed, dammit), and 4×4 Evolution. I talked Wendi into that one based on the idea that Alex would want to play it with me. Turns out he’s beyond indifferent to the idea. Oh well.

Maybe I should have dropped the 4×4 and FF7 in favor of Might And Magic IX. 3DO hasn’t let us down yet, anyway.