So.....an update:
I spend a great deal of today on cruise activities!! As I just stated, I got the old phone unlocked. I know there has been discussion about pre-purchasing SIM cards, and if I have the chance, I'll read up on it and get one, otherwise I'll fly by the seat of my pants and buy one on our arrival. Or...I'll just go phone-less. Don't really need it....and I can find wi-fi just about anywhere...
I FINALLY finished the last embarkation day shirt!!! I finished it today, washed it, ironed it and our 3, and will send it out to it's recipient on Wednesday. Rather, DH will, he just doesn't know it yet
. I am so glad to be done with that project. In the last year (or however long ago it was I started it), I've made 8 embarkations day shirts, 1 pirate night shirt (for dad), 2 formal dresses and 2 semi-formal dresses for DD and I, as well as some other sundry alterations and projects for others. I. Am. Done. I also ironed all the Pirate Night stuff and neatly folded them together into tidy little bundles.
I started what I affectionately refer to as "the pile". The spare room bed is as clear as it's going to get for a while, so the laundry stuff, the TSA locks, the pirate stuff, embarkations shirts, and the money belts are on the bed. The formal wear for DD and I are in the adjoining closet, but I need to fold up my dress and place it in a ziplock bag. Otherwise there will be red sparkles on EVERYTHING!
We shopped this weekend. Well, Sunday, anyway, after a trip to Great Wolf Lodge for Ashleigh's b-day celebration! It's not Disney, but it did the trick
! Believe it or not...Nordstroms failed me. I usually buy Ashleigh's shoes there...not because I enjoy spending a ton on her shoes, but because the kid has the world's narrowest feet and they seem to have the best selection. Well.....they had none, zip, zero, zilch in the way of silver dress shoes. So, we figured out her size and trusty old
Amazon had the same make in stock and should arrive on Friday!!! I got new heels to go with my dresses as well, and we all got a few new items of clothing to round out our selection of outfits. I wasn't as successful as I'd like, but ultimately I need to lay out stuff and really see what I lack.
Magnets: Started printing, and am on a hold until more magnet paper arrives this Wednesday (a la Amazon, again). The only place in town that carried it was Office Max at a tune of $15/5 sheets. Yeah...I just waited and added it on to another order that got me free shipping and a $9-something/5 sheet cost.
Money: Ordered and picked up some Euros at
AAA. My new fear is that were I to leave it to getting all my cash from an ATM that I'd be unable to get the $1k/transaction that my card allows. Just cause the card says so doesn't mean the ATM will. So now I have some leeway.....I'm good with that. The nice thing is that when I went into the office they let me choose the breakdown of denomination. Very helpful in reducing bulk!
Tickets: Pisa, precisely. More on that later this week. The date looms.....
Mail hold placed, parking garage reservation made and coupon printed out. Got a notification from the airline that we could pre-select our meals for our outgoing flights, so we did that!!! Not very kid-friendly selections, but we can figure out something at the airport. Dad's job is to find/arrange transport from his house to the airport the day we depart from his place. Called one credit card to day to place an out-of country notification, but need to do the other one during a weekday that is not a holiday, apparently.
2 weeks 2 days.....I suppose I should email the school and let them know DD will be missing the last 2.5 days of school?
Why would an iPhone 5 be better than 4? Can you tell I am not an iPhone user?
