Viva las Vegas
I live a 4-4 1/2 hour drive from Vegas, so usually go up there 2-3 times a year.
2 years ago, when husbandthesecond and I were still together, we made a trip for a couple of nights. Had a good time, bought new fishing gear at Bass Pro Shops (bonus!), spent some time eating good food and doing a little gambling.
We went to see the show Spamalot (which if you've never seen is fucking hilarious) and he wasn't feeling good so went straight up to bed afterwards.
I put $20 into a nickel slot machine, and on my second hit I won $250. Sweet!

The next day, we were wandering around and we saw a Pearl Factory booth. You basically spend $10, open an oyster and you get a pearl out of it. Usually, the pearls that come out of those things are the standard white ones, but the one he opened had a silver pearl......a very high quality silver pearl. This particular type usually values over the $1,000 mark. So, being a good husband, he had it set in a gorgeous diamond ring which cost him close to $1,000.
I've since had that ring valued, and it's worth $3,000!

The last day there we were meeting one of my fishing buddies for breakfast, so we were just hanging out playing slots in the Luxor while waiting for my friend to show up. I threw $20 into a dollar slot (remember, I'd won $250 previously) and hit the $1,000 jackpot! :D

That was an ace trip!
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Thu 7 May 2009, 22:16, Reply)