friday afternoon, j got his hair cut downtown. i met him there, and we went out for happy hour. our friend u joined us. after we were sufficiently "happy", we dropped in r.e.i. to take in their labor day sale, and then headed out west to dania, a furniture store. this is a couch we finally decided to purchase (after returning sat afternoon). we'll be getting it in a different color with different pillows. we finished off the evening with dinner at a local restaurant, using gift cards we received a long time ago. it was a restaurant with really huge portions, so we enjoyed a second meal sat for lunch!