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Sounds like a great day and seems like everyone is doing better! I hope you enjoy dinner! I love pesto!
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Sea World sounds like it will have a lot for you two do do. I love how all the parks in Orlando get into the Christmas mood.
What a wonderful day you had today! We are presently watching the Titans (one of our favorite four teams) vs. Oakland. I love professional football and am so glad it is back in season. BTW -- We also love Chicago, Denver, and SF.
Thanks, Cam!
Okay, so what do you do if two of those teams make it to the Super Bowl?!?
So today, we once again went shopping and I must tell you guys, this is the cheapest shopping excursion I have ever been on!
First we went to the outlets. I got a really cute sweater at Ann Taylor Loft. It cost 9.99. Then we went to Kate Spade, where I really really wanted to buy a new purse but I just couldn't justify it. . I saw one with pink flamingoes on it that was adorable and would've cost me around 70 bucks as they had a 60% off sale and then another 20% off of that! But I already have a nice summer bag (or two) and I just don't need another one.
Then we went to the Disney store. I saw a ton of cute stuff in here and I especially liked a t-shirt that had Dory and Nemo on it but I told myself it was too early to shop yet and Muffin said it was probably the first time we have ever been in that store that I didn't walk out with something!! Next time, Gadget. Next time.
Then we went to a couple of children's stores but realized that we bought the boys enough stuff yesterday. We wound up just browsing around after that and we still weren't ready to go home, so we stopped at the mall.
We live fairly close by to King of Prussia mall which is HUGE!! It's made up of two separate sides. Well, they made it even huger by connecting the two and putting a bunch of new stores in the connector! Again, we mostly browsed around. I did stop in the Pandora store to get my SIL a charm for her birthday and while there, of course, had to check out the Disney charms!!. There are so many that I do not have and I wanted to buy one in the worst way but again, I decided that since we are going on vacation in less than three weeks, it was not a good time.
I think Muffin was shocked! He offered to buy me lunch and I did say yes to that. He asked where I wanted to go and I said the Shake Shack! It was delicious!! I got a Shack Burger which has cheese lettuce, tomato and their secret sauce on it, French fries and a chocolate malted. Muffin just got fries. We got my FIL a Shack-cago hot dog, which as you can guess is loaded!! We also got him a black and white shake. Lastly, we got some Pooch-ini bones for Lilly!!
Muffin dropped me off at home and went to drop his dad's lunch off and then went to visit his mom. She is doing okay but no word on when she can come home yet. I went to see her yesterday and she still looks wiped out. . She is 86 and every time she gets sick, we worry.
I am going to do a little scrapbooking for the baby and our last trip and tonight is the season finale for The Night Of which we watched all summer. I might have to take a nap to stay up and watch it. The heat is bad today and it really wipes me out!
Since I am in a lull with PTR details, and we did go to the Disney store, I thought I'd share!
October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Okay, so what do you do if two of those teams make it to the Super Bowl?!?
Titans will always be number one, but it would probably depend on which two teams it was. Well, the shopping excursion didn't sound too fruitful, but at least, you've practiced control prior to the cruise.
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So it turns out I was confused about our arrival time at MCO. I thought we were taking off from Philly at 1:30 PM but in talking to Muffin, it turns out we booked the flight at 9:50 AM and will arrive in Orlando at 12:30 PM!! What a happy mistake for me!!
This will make a huge change for our first day and we may just go to Sea World. The park is open until 10PM on December 3rd and we figure if we get there around 2 PM that will give us a full 8 hours to tour it!! We are planning to just use uber or take a taxi to get there from Portofino Bay. This way, we can just settle in at USF for Sunday and Monday!!. We like this plan better than running back and forth and I think it will work.
Also, I got e-mails yesterday from both USF and Sea World but no Christmas updates yet.
On the Disney front, Muffin and I were reading all about the Rivers of Light show, last night, which doesn't sound like it will be ready even by the time we go, but it sure does look cool!! On the off chance that it is available, we would definitely be interested in that dinner package deal!
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