Pre-TRIP Stress

So, our TRIP is one week away and I'm stressing. We had to spend some extra cash on the van this week: to the tune of $240. Talk about an expensive oops. The passenger side mirror got broken off the van while unloading it from our memorial weekend trip back to Darien Center (someonewhoshallremainnameless*coughcough*itwasn'tme,reallyitwasn't) When you try to throw a duffel bag full of dirty laundry to the second floor balcony, you have to make sure it has the right trajectory. yeah, well we didn't have so much of that! and SMASH!

Anyway, so we have also been on the search for a new portable DVD player. What a headache. I have been reading reviews on Amazon.com for the last 3 days. I think my eyes are permanently crossed. Basically what it boils down to is that there is no portable DVD player out there with the dual screens that gets a consistently good review. They are very lopsided.. i.e. one that I was reading had either all 5 star reviews or all 1 star reviews.

The other thing we want is for it to have a rechargeable battery so that we can take it on a flight. (like the one we have now that refuses to read any discs)

So after buying one from Target last night and then getting it home and realizing it doesn't have a battery at all (its only usable in the car) I went this morning and returned it, then went to Best Buy, then Wal*Mart, then SEARS all to no avail! So I came home and started reading amazon again, and then tried to go to Consumer Reports to see what they say, but you have to be a member to read any of there reports. After switching from website to website and reading so many different reviews I was getting confused and forgetting what I had read and wasn't finding what I was looking for finally I went back to the Wal*Mart site for like the 15th time. and there it was right in front of me an Audiovox Dual Screen DVD player with car adaptor, rechargeable battery and carrying case all for $157.00 DUHH, I had only looked at it like 100X.

Hopefully it will arrive before we leave on our journey! I paid for 2-3 day delivery. Cause to pick it up Site-to-store would take 2 weeks. Good grief! Oh well, wish us luck. and pray that all the evil portable DVD player reviews don't come true for us.