Bit o' shopping

A couple of weeks ago we ventured to a city for the main reason of seeing "Green Lantern."  There were a few other fringe benefits to going to this particular city, though. 

We shopped at a couple of Asian stores that we haven't been to in a few years.  Here's Mr. GV checking out one of the items. 

We checked out a Goodwill, where we wound up with 3 books between us, and browsed around a bookstore, where Mr. GV found a cord he wanted for his Ipod.  And right before the movie we had dinner at a favorite Indian restaurant of ours.  We were there not long after they opened, so we had our pick of seating (we chose traditional) and we had the place to ourselves most of the time.

Yum--samosas!

We each chose a dish, but knew we would be sharing.  I decided on aloo gobhi,

 while Mr. GV picked chana masala. 

Here's what we wound up buying between two Asian stores.  There's different kinds of noodles, seaweed, and dried mushrooms. 

I need to figure out a dish to make with these.  I'm thinking of them as a kind of dumpling.  They would probably be good with just a tasty broth and some chopped cooked veggies.  Hmmmmm....