Through the Glass Eye

Today, regardless of what was promised, Magic went to the Glass Eye sale. For those of you that have never been to a Glass Eye sale, it's special indeed.

First, if you show up early, you spend much time milling about outside the "gate" created and heavily patrolled by Glass Eye Security. You can look into the parking lot - which is where this extravagant and high class sale is held - and see the things that they have displayed there on the asphalt.

The really fun part about this stage is to step back and watch the people that are on a mission. They jostle for position as the time grows nearer for the gate to open. But more interesting is the shopping commandos that bring recon equipment. They bring binoculars and shove their way up to the front so that they can see what is hidden from the ordinary mortal naked eye. LOL.

These people are the most entertaining of all. Until the gate actually opens. These people actually are quite insane...guerilla shoppers if you will...charging over every old lady and crutch-laden kid to get to those "special" items that they've scoped out with their night vision scopes and binoculars.

This year, we arrived at 9:35 (the sale officially opened at 9:30), zoomed in to a space only excellent parking kharma could have presented, power-shopped for about half an hour, then spent 45 minutes in line to check out.

All in all, not a bad time...got out of there and back up north in time to catch the second half of K's soccer game (cold, but no rain today :)