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I'm enjoying your pre trip report. Can't wait to read the Trip Report!
I agree about the netbook being the less expensive route especially when you are including the 3G. I had a Dell Mini 9 that I bought for around $499 when they first came out. They may be less expensive than that now. I now have the 64 GB iPad (no 3G, just wifi) and love it. The reason I bought the Dell was because Apple didn't make a netbook equivalent. I did enjoy having the Dell, I used it primarily to check email, surf the net, play a few games and run a spreadsheet application (for my checkbook). I do think for my purposes it is easier for me to have the iPad. With the Dell, there is no CD/DVD drive (I bought an external one) but with the iPad I can download apps and play movies on it without needing a CD/DVD drive. If you have any specific questions about either I would be happy to answer!
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Your trip sounds great. I love the idea of not having to pack a whole lot each time you go. I live across the lake from you in Slidell (Geaux Saints). My father-in-law and brother-in-law are 6'4 and 6'6 respectively and beefy. They have had some luck with the big and tall shop in JC Penney's. You might be able to find something for Brandon without breaking the bank. Have fun on your trip.
I have a netbook and while I do enjoy it's convenience, I don't LOVE it. It suits my needs, but the screen is so small, as are the keys. My daughters love it though.
I have a regular laptop and a netbook (and a desktop but that is beside the point) I love to travel with the netbook, I have a pink plaid HP. Love it. It is light and so easy to pack and travel and it gets me what I need, internet access, games, movies that I've got on jump drive and books I've got on jump drive and audio books on jump drive, in case you were wondering right now on an 8 Gig jump drive I have all four twilight audiobooks plus three Judy Blume books, Three Percy Jackson and the Olympians, 4 How to train your Dragon stories and Shutter Island and I'm not even full. Great deal. Travelling with the lap top is too heavy!
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We're getting ready to dine around the World. I asked Brandon if there were any special food booths he wanted to visit!
He just said we're doing 3 meals around the World right! So we're going to try everything!
Well that being said there are some food items that I'm really looking forward to--some repeats from last year and some new items from this year's festival!
We're now less than two weeks from our trip!
Thanks to Lesley for the F&W spreadsheet that gives us a budget for the trip! (Here I am talking about a budget when we're doing the Queen Victoria Room at V&A)
One of the things I discovered very recently is that having extra money doesn't change who I am at all--the day I got my BP payment I said . . . hmm I need a new pair of jeans--and instead of heading to the mall--I went to Walmart for cat food and litter and soft drinks. I threw a pair of jeans that were on sale into my cart. So I have a couple extra thousand dollars floating around, but I still clip coupons, buy my clothes at Walmart/Target and spend hours online looking for the best deals on rental cars and airfare!
I'm kind of glad!
I have made some splurge purchases--I had a massage last week (and I could use another one) I bought a full size fridge for our apartment, we're going to see the Cirque show at WDW, and I'm thinking about adding a Grand Floridian spa treatment to our trip in a few days. The thing I'm most excited about--the blue ray player I bought has wifi access--it streams netflix movies!
I'm amazed that I went to work every day this week. I'm glad I have two days off!
Things I'm looking forward to most at the F&WF:
There are some repeats that I'm looking forward to:
New Zealand's scallops!
Ireland's Fisherman's pie
Canada's soup
There are some new things that I'm looking forward to:
Corn and cheese empinadas
kimchi and pulled pork in Korea
Stuffed Cabbage in Poland
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I am looking forward to those myself Heather! Yum! Did you have the pirogies from Poland? Or the lamb slider...I forget where that was from, but it is so good
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finding a jacket for Brandon!
Good luck finding the jacket for Brandon!
on the purchases! Can't wait to see the dresses!
Cassie
And there's nothing wrong with saving that extra money for WDW splurges. It's all about priorities. 
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