Well wookie wookie what do we have here?

Today was my first real day off in New York and I decided to head into town and check out the local sights. I soon realised that where I'm staying is quite a way from NYC, so after finding out that the local train doesn't run on the weekends (!) I had to drive about 25 mins across the Hudson to another town where I could get a train into the city. No way in hell I was going to be driving in! So after 3 hours of failed train attempts, driving and then a 45 min train ride, I finally hit Grand Central Station - cool! Since I'd wasted the morning in transit , I figured I'd just take the casual approach and just have a walk around, see what was close by, and then come back next weekend and do one of those hop on - hop off bus tours around all the main sites.

In my travels I came across a costue shop having a post-Halloween sale. And the thing that caught my attention the most ... the full size Chewbacca costume in the window, and going for the bargain price of only US$199. At first I thought I was dreaming. Then my brain shifted immediately into "how do I justify a couple of hundred bucks for a Chewie suit to my wife ... and how will I get it on the plane?" Fortunately for me I think, my brain then switched into "dumb boring reality mode" and I had to admire the Wookie Wondersuit from the window. Laugh it up fuzzball.