Vegas Success.

John and Meg succumb to the shower fees. The rest of us get creative with the sink and handicap stall. With equal results, and comparable timing. Oh yeah. We're good. $10 saved. Plus - I get a haircut! Woot! mmmmm ... new hair ... not shaggy anymore. or scooby for that matter. definitely not velma. ...did I take the reference too far?

New clothes! New hair! New lease on life! ... was there an old lease? who are we leasing from? that's a little weird to think about. can you get a mortgage on life? or use it as collateral for a future investment?

FYI - free parking at Luxor Hotel and Casino. Pull around and park yourself - then head out to the strip ... or do what we do: wander around bemusedly through room after vaulted room of casinos and eateries and shops, following the Exit signs ... which conveniently lead you out of the Casino that you are in, to another neighboring Casino, through an underground walkway, so you never see the sky and don't have any idea what time it is.

Finally exited through Excalibur Mega resort - headed down the strip. Decided that rather than eat each others' hands, we'd find a buffet. Planet Hollywood. There is a reason that they were voted number one buffet in Vegas, and it's not for their Mexican food. Seafood, Steak, Italian, Salads, Indian, Desserts, Southern, Chinese, Japanese, American, Pasta, Bread, Vegetables ... we ate for over an hour. Constant eating. I personally call four plates. Buffet plates. not regular plates. just clarifying.

We rolled out of there - literally - and hit the strip forizzle this time. M&M store - all 4 floors, and the exciting 3D movie; MGM; mini New York; Paris; Bellagio; Ferrari, Lamborghini, and exotic car rental center; postcard shops; okay, so maybe the last one isn't as impressive.

Let's just say that by the end of the night we had a free hotel room at the Hilton with a foyer area, where all of our electronics got charged, Shawshank Redemption (the most rented movie according to recent polls) was watched, and then a CSI marathon. Oh yeah - lots of showers, down comforters, feather pillows, mattresses made of baby smiles and rainbows, and we even may have slept that night.

I really can't tell you everything else that happened ... you understand of course. Vegas.