Holiday Hootennanies with Scarlett and the Fam Damily! Day Two, Part 4, Updated 4/25 - Page 4 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Scarlett~ Great Update! I love Bojangles Breakfast..... I have to go there at least once any time I visit family in North Carolina. Keep the updates coming!!!
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Great update! Keep 'em coming! BTW, if your sig pic hair is the current color that you had during the "Great Walmart Debate in Aisle 8," believe me when I say,
1 - it does not look bad at ALL
2 - I have seen MUCH worse
3 - you probably would've made it look MUCH worse with the box dye. So kudos to your friend for handling the crisis situation as well as she did.
seriously...a half can of diet coke, as if that whole can would cause everyone to simultaneously flock to the restroom. Just give me the whole can...honestly. Seriously though...great update and I can't wait to hear about your antics
I am just so glad that you ahve started the trip report...your pre-trip report had my hysterical for days...... I just love how your discribe everything.....
So you made it on the palne and off....so here comes the big start.....can't wait to hear it Scarlett....
YES!! Wally World is how should always be referred to!
Love the hair dilemma (had one of those myself right before my trip....just wanted it shaped up and ended up with layers that have been pulled back in a ponytail since I got it cut - and then had to pay for the hack job!)
Love it Scarlett! And, actually all, I secretly love the "drunk" photo too, especially how my Passporter badge is all off-kilter. Scandalous! You're cracking me up about the hair dilemma (although burnt sienna would look FAB!) And the Ace of Base CD? Amateur! I can't even tell you how many CD's and books I had to hide when Eileen came to visit. Let's just say that I've spent a little too much time in the "self-help" and "finding love" sections of my local Border's. And, I tend to have one too many "I'll show them" CD purchases, as in I actually own a Nick Lachey CD (it's seriously the worst piece of garbage imaginable, imho) because I felt bad about that Simpson chick leaving him.
Can't wait for more, especially the inevitable part where you tell everyone how bee-yew-tee-ful I am in person and how wickedly funny I am!
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Eileen, thanks so much for posting that picture. I definitely think it supplements my TR. I would say you're a brave girl for posting it, but really I think you know your pal Karen well enough to know that she'd secretly to have that plastered all over the boards. I don't know about the over-exaggerated part, though - I've had one of those glowtinis - they are strong!
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. I just love how your discribe everything.....
-ing your TR! Very funny!
YES!! Wally World is how should always be referred to!
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