Dec '10 TR:I Will Not Stop Stalking ADRs Until I Get To WDW!(MARCH TR LINK) 3/26

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

Loved reading about your December trip. And I really cannot wait to hear about your March trip! When do you get back from that one? I'm leaving on the 26th and I'm hoping I can get read about some of your trip.

Ooooh, CM surprises! Any guesses what they are?

I'll get back on the 21st (Mar 17-21st). It's a super short trip (IMO) but I only have one vacation day left until the end of May and I was there 4x last year so it's not like I'm hurting. It will for sure be a pool/fav rides type of trip. Between my AP and my mom having free tix from our POP room issues, we won't feel bad coming and going and not doing everything. I'm not sure when I'll start the TR but I will be off for 2 weeks in mid April so there will be a lot of updates in that time I'm sure!

If you have FB, send me a PM. Mine is blocked..as far as I know so I can friend you if you send me your info or I can send you mine. I try and do WDW updates with my phone! My mom said she would be willing to give me her Verizon upgrade so I can get an iphone but I'm still thinking about it, even though she did say she would take my BB which is only 6 months old!

 

[creativeamanda]

Boo tot he POP issues, but yay to no family feuds!

I miss that view of the castle, with the lights. Gotta do Christmas again someday!

 

[Nermel9]

Wow, can't believe this TR is over already! But at least you have another trip right around the corner!

That view of the fireworks looks interesting, I might have to try that sometime!

I've noticed that whatever time you get to MCO lately, the lines are super long now. It's so annoying, we used to have so much time to hang out, eat, shop, whatever, before our flight and now, we barely make it to the plane!

I had no idea there was a Chick Fil A in the airport...I just discovered Chick Fil A on the drive home from North Carolina last year and ever since, I've wanted to go back! I'll have to look for it!

 

[PirateKate]

I saw that the sprayers had been turned off on Splash one cold night we were there. We still didn't have the nerve to ride, but I'm glad you all didn't get wet.

Let's see, around a week and a half til you leave to go back! That's exciting. I bet your CM friend has a great surprise ready for you.

 

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

Boo tot he POP issues, but yay to no family feuds!

I miss that view of the castle, with the lights. Gotta do Christmas again someday!

Yes for sure!!

Wow, can't believe this TR is over already! But at least you have another trip right around the corner!

That view of the fireworks looks interesting, I might have to try that sometime!

I've noticed that whatever time you get to MCO lately, the lines are super long now. It's so annoying, we used to have so much time to hang out, eat, shop, whatever, before our flight and now, we barely make it to the plane!

I had no idea there was a Chick Fil A in the airport...I just discovered Chick Fil A on the drive home from North Carolina last year and ever since, I've wanted to go back! I'll have to look for it!

Chick Fil A is in the middle food court area!! It's pretty much across from the Mcds!! It's not open on Sundays though so if you are flying in or out on Sunday, it won't be open!

I saw that the sprayers had been turned off on Splash one cold night we were there. We still didn't have the nerve to ride, but I'm glad you all didn't get wet.

Let's see, around a week and a half til you leave to go back! That's exciting. I bet your CM friend has a great surprise ready for you.

I can't wait to see what she has done or not done haha. In Aug, she magically turned our standard room at YC into a garden room CL so I guess anything is possible!!! I guess they upgrade people all the time when some resorts/room categories are sold out/oversold and others are not which works out in my case!

 

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

MOUSEKEEPING ENVELOPES + SHOPPING

HAPPY SUNDAY DIS FRIENDS!!!

I hope everyone had a great weekend! Mine seemed jam packed with shopping and fun + studying of course!

I was able to call and get an appt for Island Braids. Another diser posted pics of her girls getting them at BC and they looked great! It's $55 plus tip. I can't do it at CR but I can at GF so I'm going at 9am on the 19th (my bday!) Our CM ADR is 10:35 so we should be great on time!

Still no updates on Cirque. As of last night, they were still giving me 204, row LL so we'll see I guess.

Now for weekend updates!

FRIDAY

Mom got me an early bday gift!! I wanted to enter the world of VB mini hipster and some patterns went on sale on Friday so I came home from work with a surprise!

They aren't 100% the colors I would have picked but it was on sale and the other color was like a greenish/brownish tone which is yuck to me!

After looking at it, I decided to count and see how many pieces of VB I actually owned..turns out I own a lot!

..that's my travel make-up bag!

I own a few more pieces that I wasn't able to find. I love love love VB! Coach comes to a close 2nd, especially their outlet store!

SATURDAY

Yesterday, mom and I went and got our hair cut. We tried a new place that was a "salon" not like a Great Clips type of place and loved the new place! I got 3 inches cut off. It's short but short enough to pull up with clips in the back! After hair cuts, we headed to the mall! I got a birthday gift card in the mail from VB so of course I had to use it!

I had my eye on one the travel toiletry bags. They just came out and I eyed them up before but they were super small but for a night or two they looked great! It was $35 with $20 off so I paid $16 tax included!

I loved it when I bought it! Then I got it home and started putting things into it and realized how small it really was I'm keeping it but I literally had to take out shampoo, conditioner and some other things to make it barely zip. I would not suggest buying it unless you really don't pack a lot of bathroom products! Good thing I have a separate make-up bag! Needless to say, my poof did not fit!!!!

After VB, we checked out the apple store and then headed to Cheesecake Factory! After lunch, we checked out the Hallmark store and the Crocs kiosk. I ended up with a new pair of crocs for work and mom got 2 pairs!
After the mall, we headed home. We ended up with a late dinner at a local pizza place and that was Sat!

SUNDAY/TODAY

Today was day 2 of shopping!

I got up and headed to the tanning salon and then went to get a full set of nails put on! We're going to go nxt Sunday for our Pedis and I'll go on the 15th for a fill. It feels great having nails back on since they've been off since Dec!

After that, mom and I went to Applebees for lunch and Kohls. I have 2 friends from work with bdays in March so I got them some cute frames on sale for $6.

After Kohls, we hit Target! What a downfall as usual. I got a new swimsuit and bottoms for a swim top that I've had for a few years. New suit:

Bottoms for old top:

We hit the dollar section of course and you won't believe what I found!!!

That little book was $2.50. I thought it would be a good read on the plane. It doesn't have pics or color but it will probably be a good read! I got the note pad to take notes on this trip and be a good Diser for once!

After Target, we went to Old Navy. I had to get pants for work since they instilled a dress code now and mom got me a shirt to wear on the plane!

Mom took the disney one from disney.com since I wasn't a fan of it.

After ON, we headed home! I figured I would take pics of my Disney "box" as it is now:

FINALLY...

MOUSEKEEPING ENVELOPES

I got all the designs from Dis, put them into word, printed them, cut, and pasted them onto envelopes.

That's it for now! I can't believe next weekend is the last weekend before the trip! Mom told me, NO PACKING LIST/PACKING UNTIL AFTER YOUR TEST...I'm a little OCD about the list hehe.

I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT WEEK!!! I'LL BE BACK SAT NIGHT/SUNDAY TO UPDATE YOU ON THE TEST AND MORE TRIP DETAILS!!!!

UP NEXT:

*WHAT TO BUY AT WDW
*PACKING LIST
*PACKING PICS
*LAST MIN DETALS

 

[IheartDDuck]

Love the mousekeeping envelopes! I keep meaning to do that when we go.

You're too funny with your Vera Bradley obsession! If I took pictures of all of my purses......well, it would take me forever! But it's so easy to get obsessed with them!

 

[wdwgirl03]

hahaha I love all your VB purchases/pictures. I have quite a bit myself, probably more than that sadly... I just bought a piece in the new canvas collection as a bday present to myself and ended up paying nothing.

Nice job on the mousekeeping envelopes. Very cute!

 

[DisneyDreamerMN]

You had a fun and busy weekend! I am so jealous of all your VB bags. Can you believe I live about 15 minutes from the Mall of America and there isn't even a VB store in it?! Actually there isn't even a store in the state. I am leaving for Vegas in less than a month and I really need a new bag, perferably a cross body one. I have one from Target that I have used at DW, but I feel it is too small. I am thinking of looking at the VB website, but I really have no idea how to judge the size, oh well I guess.

I love your envelopes, I will have to look for some for the next time we go.

 

[Trentmom]

wow...what a fun weekend of shopping

Love all your bags

Cute envelopes

 

[Queenofallthings]

Jasmine absolutely loves the black and white travel make up bag and was wondering if you didn't mind letting her know how much that was. We don't have a VB store anywhere near us, so I'm guessing she's thinking of ordering online....the shopping never ends here either!!

Hope you've have a great weekend hon!

 

[exwdwcm]

great ending for your Dec trip, but so sorry your mom got sick! I can't wait to hear about the spring break trip, it won't be long now! So you are off two weeks in April from work- cool! is that your spring break?

what cute mousekeeping envelopes! love it!

great time shopping too. love all the VB bags!

 

[Nermel9]

Wow you do have a lot of VB stuff! Your new mini hipster is cute! I don't know what to do with the one I bought, it's too small for Disney! What size cosmetic case do you have? I want one, but I'm not sure which size to get! I'm not sure if I need the biggest size they have, or medium!

Ugh, I hate bathing suit shopping! Hopefully by my trip I won't but as of now, I can't stand it!

Love the Mouskeeping envelopes!

 

[PirateKate]

Wow, that's a lot of VB bags! It sounds like you had a great weekend. I would love to spend a weekend shopping and going out to eat with my mom, but my boys would never stand for it.

Love the Mousekeeping envelopes. I had never considered cutting and pasting. I always thought it would be difficult to get the designs to print properly on the envelops, but I am an expert at cutting and pasting.

 

[creativeamanda]

What a fun, yet busy weekend! I really, really like the Vera Bradley bags, but I have never gotten one for myself.

 

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

Love the mousekeeping envelopes! I keep meaning to do that when we go.

You're too funny with your Vera Bradley obsession! If I took pictures of all of my purses......well, it would take me forever! But it's so easy to get obsessed with them!

Haha well between VB and Coach those are the only 2 I carry and that's probably a good thing!

hahaha I love all your VB purchases/pictures. I have quite a bit myself, probably more than that sadly... I just bought a piece in the new canvas collection as a bday present to myself and ended up paying nothing.

Nice job on the mousekeeping envelopes. Very cute!

Oh wow and I thought I had a ton!!!!!

You had a fun and busy weekend! I am so jealous of all your VB bags. Can you believe I live about 15 minutes from the Mall of America and there isn't even a VB store in it?! Actually there isn't even a store in the state. I am leaving for Vegas in less than a month and I really need a new bag, perferably a cross body one. I have one from Target that I have used at DW, but I feel it is too small. I am thinking of looking at the VB website, but I really have no idea how to judge the size, oh well I guess.

I love your envelopes, I will have to look for some for the next time we go.

I love VB!! My mom has the other hipster too which is a bigger one than the mini. I looked at hipster but it was just as big as my drawstring backpack so I opted for the smaller one.

wow...what a fun weekend of shopping

Love all your bags

Cute envelopes

Thanks!

Jasmine absolutely loves the black and white travel make up bag and was wondering if you didn't mind letting her know how much that was. We don't have a VB store anywhere near us, so I'm guessing she's thinking of ordering online....the shopping never ends here either!!

Hope you've have a great weekend hon!

Here's the site. It looks like mine was $23 but they do have some other colors on sale for $19. Go for the medium one. My mom got small and med and I chose med after I started putting stuff into it. If Jas takes a ton of make-up, it probably won't all fit. I have the basics in mine: foundation, powder, 2 mascaras, eye liner, one eye shadow (mix of colors) eye shadow brush, some lip glosses, lip stick, and some Qtips and it's a pretty good fit!

http://www.verabradley.com/product/.../Night+and+Day/pc/640/c/0/sc/683/p/154807.uts

Here is the page with all the make-up bags and they do have a larger one which might suit Jas if she tends to take a ton of make-up. Like I said that's pretty much is what's in mine. My cousin works for Lancome make-up so I get free samples all the time and the eye shadows are awesome bc they usually come with like a brown, black, gray, and pink which is all you really need!

http://www.verabradley.com/catalog/search.cmd?form_state=searchForm&keyword=cosmetic+&x=0&y=0

great ending for your Dec trip, but so sorry your mom got sick! I can't wait to hear about the spring break trip, it won't be long now! So you are off two weeks in April from work- cool! is that your spring break?

what cute mousekeeping envelopes! love it!

great time shopping too. love all the VB bags!

I wish!! I'm having surgery (tonsils and adenoids). I was told since I'm a teacher, lift the kids, and lift their cots, that I need to be off 2 weeks to not strain and end up back in surgery. It will be a much needed break even though I won't be paid!!

Wow you do have a lot of VB stuff! Your new mini hipster is cute! I don't know what to do with the one I bought, it's too small for Disney! What size cosmetic case do you have? I want one, but I'm not sure which size to get! I'm not sure if I need the biggest size they have, or medium!

Ugh, I hate bathing suit shopping! Hopefully by my trip I won't but as of now, I can't stand it!

Love the Mouskeeping envelopes!

I have the medium VB bag. Like I said to Queen, the small did not fit my things and I would consider what I have to be the basics in terms of make-up! I'm not sure if they have bigger or not???

Wow, that's a lot of VB bags! It sounds like you had a great weekend. I would love to spend a weekend shopping and going out to eat with my mom, but my boys would never stand for it.

Love the Mousekeeping envelopes. I had never considered cutting and pasting. I always thought it would be difficult to get the designs to print properly on the envelops, but I am an expert at cutting and pasting.

I've never tried to print onto the envelopes They try to teach you that in high school computer classes but it never works for me so I just print, cut, and paste!

What a fun, yet busy weekend! I really, really like the Vera Bradley bags, but I have never gotten one for myself.

You should but then you become addicted!!! I guess there could be other worse things such as Coach or DB

 

[Queenofallthings]

Thanks hon! Jasmine takes almost the exact same makeup with her as you do!! She's going to go on and check out the website....it all depends how much duty is!

 

[Wonders10]

Awesome update! I just love the pre-trip shopping!

Your Vera collection rivals mine! I never met a Vera I didn't like - did you hear they are opening an outlet in Orlando?!?!?

When is your test again?

 

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

Thanks hon! Jasmine takes almost the exact same makeup with her as you do!! She's going to go on and check out the website....it all depends how much duty is!

NO PROBLEM $23 or $19 didn't seem that horrible to me compared to some of their prices but I don't have to pay duty!

Awesome update! I just love the pre-trip shopping!

Your Vera collection rivals mine! I never met a Vera I didn't like - did you hear they are opening an outlet in Orlando?!?!?

When is your test again?

Thanks!!

It's on Sat

 

[TinkerbellLuvr7]

ONE WEEK TO GO!!!!!!

ONE WEEK TO GO DIS FRIENDS CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!!!!

I always want my Disney trips to come quickly but today we have snow..a dusting had turned into an inch or so and the fact that the weather is nuts outside right, I'm glad we're not flying down today! By the end of the weekend, it's going to be back in the 50s/60s and the snow will melt for good I hope!

I gave in and went to Urgent Care after work It turns out that the meds I was put on a few weeks ago did pretty much nothing, my doctor couldn't get me in till either 7am tomorrow at their Cincinnati office = 5:30am wake-up or 7:15am on Monday morning. UC said it's still a sinus infection and that I'm probably counting down the days till my surgery so I don't have to deal with this anymore I'm now on a Zpak and some kind of other meds that will dry up everything so we'll hope that + 5 days in FL next week will do the trick!!!!

No other updates since I'm supposed to be studying right now Mom is concerned that they might cancel the test because over in Pittsburgh they are supposed to get 6-8 inches of snow by tomorrow sometime I am going to call ETS tomorrow morning to find out what their cancellation policy is if they school has to cancel it. Needless to say, the flip flops that I've been wearing around Cincinnati the past few weeks will be left in Cincinnati till we get back Sat night!

TAKE CARE, HAVE A GREAT START TO THE WEEKEND!!!!!!!