The Greatest Deal Ever Told - (maybe not, but it was a good one!)

I picked up Lauren for church this morning! It was a great service - God was really glorified. When singing hymns, my mind almost always goes back to a CSF Bible Study night, led by Rebecca Lehmer, who helped remind us why we sing praises to God in the first place. She also provided some useful tools to help us focus on the songs so our minds don't become distracted and so we can bring God all of the glory when we sing to Him! One of these tools included visualising images that the song brings to mind, then focusing those images on our relationship with God. I also think about what some of the words mean that I don't quite understand and how it fits with the music. Anyway, it was a good service and an excellent music/worship/praise time as well!
After church we had lunch at Davanni's (good stuff), then went home to Andover for a little while. Lauren and I hung out for a bit w/ my family while I helped Mom with some computer things, and helped Jake with purchasing the Prince Caspian Soundtrack!
Later on Lauren and I went to Best Buy to look for a DVD player for her appt! There were several "open boxes" and every time we looked at a different one it seemed we were getting a better deal and saving more money! The last DVD player we looked at 2was $40 and was marked down from $100!!! CRAZY! Lauren's mom gave her a $100 budget to purchase a DVD player so we had 60 left over so far! We just needed to get her a bigger TV next (Amy Brown had a tiny one at home).
Next, we went letterboxing at the UofMN campus! It was our first excursion since dating I think! And it was also our first opportunity to use our newly created stamp! We found the letterbox with great joy! We ended up getting eaten alive again by our state insect, but still had a fabulous time!
After letterboxing we drove to West St. Paul to pick up a TV we found on Craig's List! The owner was really nice and many friendly words were exchanged ("give him our best wishes" or something to that extent, and, "we'll see you later" were just a couple of those wonderful moments)! The 27" TV was also $40!! We just got a HUGE tv and NEW DVD player for $80!! And STILL had $20 left over! How sweet is that?!
After THAT we set up the TV and DVD player, and by then it was getting late, so I decided to retreat to my living quarters and retire for the evening, while falling asleep to reading a good book!