We ran away from Animal Kingdom and the crowd who was now staring at trash-can-talking Grumpy.
And then we waited for a bus. And waited. And waited. Finally a CM came to us and asked us where we were going (I guess to him we had been sitting on the floor under a "POLYNESIAN RESORT" sign for fun). He collected us, and a few other people at the CR and GF bus stops, and put the 6 or 7 of us on a minivan. Apparently with the gas costs being so crazy, Disney can't afford to have empty buses going back & forth to the resorts. It makes sense.
Our driver was nice and told us a lot about Disney employees.. unfortunately I've forgotten most of it but I think he said there is something like 1300 bus drivers!!
The weather was beautiful today so Grumpy went straight to the pool for about an hour, then we got dressed and took a cab to the Florida Mall.
We knew it'd cost a lot but we hoped it'd be worth it. We loved that mall but hadn't been there since 2004. First disappointment when we entered : it was mobbed. My fault entirely for planning Mall Day on a Saturday
Disappointment number 2 : I had wanted to go to the "Turkeywear" shop Lane Bryant, and it was gone.
We found the rest of what we wanted (aka : Sephora and Bath & Body Works) and had a good surprise when we found Build a Bear. Last year for her birthday I bought Granny a Build a Bear. Her name is Kristie Ann (Granny's Christiane).
We had been trying to find some present for her that was non-Disney and a bit different from what we usually bring her. That was it ! We got her a cute outfit for her bear, Hello Kitty PJs with matching slippers. Grumpy bought a silver and zebra print outfit for her own bear, Kassidee O'Cagney.
I almost bought myself one - they had Hannah Montana PJs - but resisted. Tough Turkey.
We walked around trying to find a store we were interested in but didn't find anything. I had money burning my pocket so I went into FYE and bought us seasons 4,5, and 6 of the Golden Girls, two Webkinz (geicko and a baby lion)and got suckered into buying their discount card. When am I ever gonna use that again ?? But I just wanted to leave and besides I have "sucker" tatooed on my forehead.
Then we got a cab and left. $100 round trip to buy Philosophy cream, bubble bath, DVDs and bear clothing. What a waste of time and money!
We had planned on going straight from the mall to Downtown Disney and Fulton's, but it was only 5pm and our ADR was for 9. So we went back to the Poly instead, and Grumpy went back to the pool while I put away our stuff.
At 7, Grumpy came back and found me on my bed, sleeping. She forced me up and declared we were going to Downtown Disney NOW, because there was no way she was sleeping through her lobster !!
The DTD bus was waiting for us, and soon we were enjoying the sights.
This is now my screen saver
"Grumpy, check out the snake!"
"What snake ? I don't see a snake?"
THAT ONE!
"Oh, look, bunnies!!!!"
OK so I'd spent the last couple days saying "Oh, look, bunny!" at the Poly (they're everywhere). I was confused, alright ???
There we are. Fulton's Crab House. That is one big boat.
We checked in, hoping that they could seat us early, but that wasn't gonna happen. The place was packed. We had an hour to wait so we went to the bar where Grumpy got a Bloody Mary. I had no ID on me so rather than face humiliation, I got a Sprite.
You should never, ever, give a Grumpy a Bloody Mary on an empty stomach.
That's like feeding a mogwai after midnight. Not good.
When they finally seated us - an hour later, at least, Grumpy was hammered. And starving, which had me a little worried since tonight's dinner was my treat to her.
Our server came to our table, took our drink order.
"May I suggest the lobster or king crab claws ? We also have amazing jumbo shrimp tonight."
"Hm, thanks, but I'm allergic to shellfish."
He had nothing to say after that.
Remembering Buzz's TR, I knew that there was a "bread guy". A guy whose sole job is to bring bread and butter. Grumpy was slowly slipping into her coma when the server was talking to us, but when I told her some guy would bring us bread and butter soon, she slightly awoke.
"Did he talk to you about bread?"
This came out like a sort of moan from deep inside her. Bread. Food !!!
No, he didn't
talk to me about bread. I explained about the bread guy. And yes, there was Bread Guy !! We barely saw him, he only stopped long enough to drop the bread basket, but Grumpy was thrilled.
"Wow, you know people in high places."
She thought Buzz knew the bread guy personally or something.
I ordered mahi mahi and a side of mushrooms. Grumpy got the lobster and king crab claws combo. My mahi was just okay, Grumpy loved her shellfish, saying it was "dietetic", as she dipped every piece in melted butter.
The highlight of dinner, however, were the lemon panties. The half-lemon that came with my fish was "dressed" in matching yellow cloth aka: lemon panties. Now that's what I call fancy. Except "fancy" with us doesn't stay "fancy" long. I soon had the panties off (the lemon's, you sickos) and was trying them on Grumpy's lobster tail. And on her claws. Then back on my lemon (we had company, after all). I played with those things until Grumpy finally pointed out what they looked like.
This is how it happened. I was "walking" the panties in my plate, talking panty talk, when Grumpy told me to cut it out, take the darn thing if I wanted but cut it out.
"I can't take it in my purse. It's all soaked."
She choked on her food.
"Don't you realize what that thing looks like???"
Yeah, it looks like lemon panties.
Like a little pouch thing. I held the thing up to take a better look.
And saw what Grumpy was seeing.
I had been playing with a lemon condom all through dinner.
Sweet !
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I hate my job.
