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Love it!!! I am almost excited for your cruise as you are!!! The dresses you got are awesome, by the way! I can't wait to see pictures of you IN them on the ship!!
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Great purchases!!
W/regard to sunburn prevention on your scalp - get some spray on sunscreen and spray it on your scalp. You will need to wash your hair afterward, but...you won't get burned.
Be careful with the whitening strips - they can really make your teeth sensitive.
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Hey girl! Looove the clothes! But we have similar style so you prob coulda guessed that! Congrats to you and Eric on getting svelte! If it makes a difference- I never noticed from any of your pics that you gained ANY weight at all! You look fab!
And I can't believe you are so close! YAY! Leave me a txt or a vm if you want some help with ADRs!
Crissy I was told a long time ago either a very small dab of sunscreen or shampoo with sunscreen in it will help keep your scalp from burning. I love all of your purchases. I love the polka dot dress. Old Navy & Target are my 2 favorite spots to shop for Cruise Clothes and Sun Dresses.
I love, love, love your dresses!! They are both sooooo cute!
Thank you! I cannot wait to wear them. I've tried them on several times LOL
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Great purchases! Not long to go now.
Thank you and I just wanted to say that I listened to the podcast with you on it the other day while I was cleaning and it was very interesting! You did a great job!! It was too cool to hear you talk on there
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all of your purchases!! It won't be long now!
I know only 2 weeks and few days to go
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Love it!!! I am almost excited for your cruise as you are!!! The dresses you got are awesome, by the way! I can't wait to see pictures of you IN them on the ship!!
I am excited about your upcoming trip too LOL I was just thinking about you yesterday and hoping we can meet up this summer. I'm trying to come together with a plan
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All caught up!
First of all, love your taste in crusiewear - the dresses are adorable.
Secondly, I love your taste in shopping! I am the biggest sucker in the world for Old Navy and Sephora.
Thirdly, I have never been on a cruise, and you are really making me want to do it!!! We always thought we would hate the food, is that silly?
Yay!!! Thank you very much....I"m a bit cooky and love theming but so glad you like it too
See how much we have in common?????!! too cool I do love me some Sephora its the best store and in fact i'm going to Old Navy again today...i just cannot stay away from there LOL
NO!!! its not silly about the food. We are such foodies too and I would say the food overall is really good. The room service rocks for sure! Now its not gourmet disney quality food but overall its usually been realllyy good. I really like to try different foods so if I dont like it I chalk it up to the fact that its something new and I dont prefer it. I think the buffets have been great and I usually hate buffet style food. The desserts on all the cruises have been to die for! I would say that overall our experience with food has been good.
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Great purchases!!
W/regard to sunburn prevention on your scalp - get some spray on sunscreen and spray it on your scalp. You will need to wash your hair afterward, but...you won't get burned.
Be careful with the whitening strips - they can really make your teeth sensitive.
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Great stuff Crissy!!
THANK YOU!! I will try the spray on sunscreen I always wash my hair after the pool anyway so that's fine.
I have heard that about the whitening strips so I may not do them. mainly because I dont want sensitive teeth during the cruise!
Thanks
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Cute clothes! I especially love the black and white dress!
Thank you! its my fave too
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Great report! Love the dresses. Can't wait to hear more.
Thank you!!
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Hey girl! Looove the clothes! But we have similar style so you prob coulda guessed that! Congrats to you and Eric on getting svelte! If it makes a difference- I never noticed from any of your pics that you gained ANY weight at all! You look fab!
And I can't believe you are so close! YAY! Leave me a txt or a vm if you want some help with ADRs!
I knew you would love my old navy stuff. I always think about you when I shop *L*
You are offically my personal motivator coach Thank you so much YOU LOOK FABU TOO seriously you do!
Okay so I might call and leave you a voicemail with the deets or an email about the ressie ADR's!!! I mean I am going to call you or email you for sure Also eric is deciding on the EPCOT thing and I will let you know when he tells me its a yay or nay Thanks for inviting us to do this...if not we could do dinner or drinks!
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Crissy I was told a long time ago either a very small dab of sunscreen or shampoo with sunscreen in it will help keep your scalp from burning. I love all of your purchases. I love the polka dot dress. Old Navy & Target are my 2 favorite spots to shop for Cruise Clothes and Sun Dresses.
I am going to try whatever I can for my scalp because last time I was miserable!!!
I have all my sundresses from target last year!! I LOVE those two stores! Thank you so much i cannot wait to wear it all
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Clothes look good!
I can't wait to cruise through your eyes again... is that silly?
...oh... and, ramble away!!
Nope you are not silly at all...its getting so close but i'm so nervous it will speed up and pass me by *L* I'm trying to really relish in the moment.....I will ramble dont worry *LOL*
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When you first started talking about getting a suit for Eric I was thinking a swimsuit - trunks and not a suit 'suit'. So when i got the the one button and trouser thing I was like and then the price came and I was like wait a minute! Then I figured it out. Silly me. DH has a suit from BR too - he love their clothes - they really stand up.
And I Target! I have to avoid that place or I'll spend all my $$$ there.
And for some reason I thought you were taller - isn't it funny how you picture people and then it turns out something is different. You're the same height as me!
Crissy I showed my Erick the picture of your adorible polka dot dress last night as an inspiration for A big event we're planning in a few years and he gave me the funniest reply(apparently my hubby doesn't fancy polka dots). Your dress is just what I love though.
When you first started talking about getting a suit for Eric I was thinking a swimsuit - trunks and not a suit 'suit'. So when i got the the one button and trouser thing I was like and then the price came and I was like wait a minute! Then I figured it out. Silly me. DH has a suit from BR too - he love their clothes - they really stand up.
And I Target! I have to avoid that place or I'll spend all my $$$ there.
And for some reason I thought you were taller - isn't it funny how you picture people and then it turns out something is different. You're the same height as me!
Ok, can't wait for the ramblings!!
LOL suit as in blazer and pants hahahahahaha. I can see how that could be confusing in this conversation I have a lot of BR stuff and it wears well! I have always loved their clothes and he wears a lot of their stuff too but I was really surprised to see they sold suits.
I target so much that when eric see's their trucks on the interstate he says to me that I paid for that truck hahahahahaha
YAY you thought i was taller! i'm a shorty! Its funny because I thought you were much taller than me it is funny
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the dresses!
thank you!!
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Crissy I showed my Erick the picture of your adorible polka dot dress last night as an inspiration for A big event we're planning in a few years and he gave me the funniest reply(apparently my hubby doesn't fancy polka dots). Your dress is just what I love though.
my eric didnt like it as much on the hanger but when I put it on he said it was much better than he imagined Thank you though...i do love polka dots..its reminds me of pretty woman when she is wearing that brown and white polka dotted dress
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The dresses you got are awesome, by the way! I can't wait to see pictures of you IN them on the ship!! 
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Congrats to you and Eric on getting svelte! If it makes a difference- I never noticed from any of your pics that you gained ANY weight at all! You look fab! 
Not long to go now. 
and then the price came and I was like wait a minute! Then I figured it out. 
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my eric didnt like it as much on the hanger but when I put it on he said it was much better than he imagined
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