North Face Baby....

After our experience in Zhongdian with the cold weather, we thought Lhasa would be even colder, so right after we arrived and dropped off our stuff, we went out to look for thicker jackets.

There are a ton of outfitter stores on the main street (Beijing St.) here in Lhasa and we went in to a lot of them. Columbia, North Face, Sierra Designs, Lowe Alpine, Mountain Hardware....all the good stuff! We started trying on jackets and such and the first price we got for a Titanium Columbia ski jacket was 180 Yuan! That's right baby....180 Yuan or $25 CDN!

We went through a few a decided that we should get something we would never get back home. What better brand to look for than North Face! And poofy jackets too!

We found a shop with some Gortex, 700 weight poly fill, blah blah blah jackets with hoods. And at a whopping 260 Yuan per jacket! "Tai Gui La" we screamed!

The lady who was helping us whipped out her trusty calculator, kept telling us it was a good jacket and asked us to punch in what we would pay.

3 - 5 - 0

No no no was her exasperated answer! She continued with 500...

Synchronized head turning from me and Jenni ensued...

Thinking we low balled her...we went to 400, she went to 490, we went to 410...she stayed at 490, and as a stupid mistake on my part, I punched in 210 per jacket. We said that was it. She said no...we started to walk out...(I knew this was coming) she called us back in and said ok!

So, we are now proud owners of two Gortex North Face poofy jackets for a whopping $30 CDN each! I just hope they hold up for the next 2 weeks.

Oh...and they match too! hahahaha!