Virgin Megastore - NYC

After taking enough shots of Broadway at night to satisfy myself we spot Virgin open. Before another word can be said, were both shoving each other out of the way through the virgin store doors. I race in to see a huge sales rack of DVD's. Anyone that hasn't seen me shop for DVD's, I must warn you now - DONT GET IN MY WAY!!! I'm a complete lunatic when I spot DVD's. I have a major obessession about DVD shopping, hence why I should stop shopping for DVD's.

We quickly do our rounds upstairs around the TV series section when we spot the actually DVD section to be located downstairs. We run like the place is on fire to the escalators and within minutes I'm stacking up DVD's in my arms. I really did need a basket or someone to carry them.

This reminds me of my last minute CD shopping in Istanbul. This time I'm caught up in the moment reaching for TV series DVD's. The first thing I grab is Will and Grace Season 4. I previously brought Season 3 from the NBC store but this was a major bonus. Before I know it I'm grabbing the Golden Girls for 50 US when I realise later that I could have got 3 copies of it back in Sydney. I think I pile up The complete season 1 of The Nanny and Dawson's Creek as well.

This is when I spot ELLEN!!! Omg I get an instant flashback of the show. The funny part was my ex sister in law and I used to love watching the show and my brother used to get pissed off at us because he couldn't stand Ellen. It kind of reminded me of her. I kept debating whether I should buy it or not. In the end I left it as I was racking up enough with what I had in my hands. Besides I had my travellers checks to use.

Moving right along we spot a huge basket of DVD's for extremely cheap prices. Its two DVD's packaged together with a sign saying $7.99. We both go crazy grabbing DVD's for the hell of it when we decide to ask a sales assistant if this is the correct price. The guy looks at the basket and sign and tells us that they have put the wrong sign there. We throw everything in our hands in the basket and storm off feeling disgusted.

We decide to get the hell out of there with our TV series packs as we have spent over an hour in Virgin. I go to the counter and pay for the DVDs and I'm left in shock over how much I just spent.

Back at the New Yorker we are discussing how much we spent on DVD's. When someone pulls open the huge bag of DVDs. I pick up a DVD and start screaming why the hell did you buy "The Breakfast Club". This is when I get yelled at thats its "Breakfast at Tiffany's". Who the hell buys Breakfast at Tiffany's seriously. I feel like opening the window and throwing the bloody DVD out of it.

We do a quick maths session and we realise that someone spent $150 AU on DVD's. I then check my docket to realise I've spent $300 AU on DVD's. We both have a look of disgust, shock and more disgust when we break into a laughing fit that we spent $450 AU on DVD's.


When we calm down I decide to bring up the whole Ellen thing. When I blurt out:

"I should of brought Ellen"
"Why"
"I don't know but I should have brought Ellen as well"
"Did you even watch Ellen"
"Yeah I did"
"Did you like Ellen"
"I can't remember"
"Do you even remember what Ellen is about?"
"All I remember was that there was an annoying girl on the show that kept going Hi Ellen with a squeaky voice"


For some reason this lead into a HUGE laughing fit. Till this day I have no idea why but it was a moment. I think it was the fact of walking around New York for like 10 to 11 hours. We were so tired that we needed to release the tension.
The laughing fit went for a good half an hour before we were both too tired to say a word.