My first attempt at a Pre-Trip Report, we are back, see last page for link to TR

Someone needs to take my debit card away because I can't stop shopping ugh!!!! At least our room is paid off and we have AP so those expenses are a non-issue, but if I don't stop buying "stuff" for the trip, we will be eating pbj for every meal in our room. :scared1:
i can totally relate!!! today, i purchased another 2 dresses! no control! ahhhh lol....
 
No control is right!!! I just returned a bunch of stuff to Target. I narrowed down what I am going to wear and said to heck with all the other stuff, YOU ARE OUTTA HERE!!!! I am done shopping!!! NO MORE!!

On the bright side, I have been walking quite a bit and feel really good. Only exception is my knees and feet are in pain. I think it is just gonna take a while for them to build up their stamina. I also bought insoles for my sneakers so those might help.

I did find this shirt, on 50% off clearance. Woot, woot!!! It is gonna be my MK day shirt!! http://www.target.com/License-Junio...om_size-bin,target_com_brand-bin&frombrowse=0

I bought dbf this shirt for our EPCOT day!!! He loves EPCOT and is totally willing to wear it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310331233270&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

I bought this tink shirt for probably AK day. If I haven't already said it, I am a Tink fanatic!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330588920320&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

I bought dbf another Hawaiian Mickey shirt!!! So cute!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300576033318#shId


And I made my window decor for the trip. DBF will not allow me to do more than this. What a turd!!
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Made it for about 5 bucks and a trip to Home Depot!!
 
We are gonna be going to WDW for our 2 yr anniversary at the end of Jan. Probably 20-22nd. or 27-29th. We just want a nice weekend getaway. We specifically want to have a nice steak dinner.

Does anyone have an opinion about what the best steak is and where it can be found? Yachtmans, Shula's??? Anywhere else?? We have Seasonal AP, TIW, and might get DP for this meal depending on the cost vs value differential. We are more than 180 days out from these weekends so we can take time to decide with your input.

Also considering renting DVC villa? Hopefully in EPCOT resort area. Boardwalk or Beach Club? How does this work? I looked at a website about renting points but I am really confused?
 

No control is right!!! I just returned a bunch of stuff to Target. I narrowed down what I am going to wear and said to heck with all the other stuff, YOU ARE OUTTA HERE!!!! I am done shopping!!! NO MORE!!

On the bright side, I have been walking quite a bit and feel really good. Only exception is my knees and feet are in pain. I think it is just gonna take a while for them to build up their stamina. I also bought insoles for my sneakers so those might help.

I did find this shirt, on 50% off clearance. Woot, woot!!! It is gonna be my MK day shirt!! http://www.target.com/License-Junio...om_size-bin,target_com_brand-bin&frombrowse=0

I bought dbf this shirt for our EPCOT day!!! He loves EPCOT and is totally willing to wear it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310331233270&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

I bought this tink shirt for probably AK day. If I haven't already said it, I am a Tink fanatic!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330588920320&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

I bought dbf another Hawaiian Mickey shirt!!! So cute!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300576033318#shId


And I made my window decor for the trip. DBF will not allow me to do more than this. What a turd!!
DIS.jpg


Made it for about 5 bucks and a trip to Home Depot!!

LOVE the shirts!!! ESP the hawaiian one!!!! Adorable wall decor as well! xo
 
We are gonna be going to WDW for our 2 yr anniversary at the end of Jan. Probably 20-22nd. or 27-29th. We just want a nice weekend getaway. We specifically want to have a nice steak dinner.

Does anyone have an opinion about what the best steak is and where it can be found? Yachtmans, Shula's??? Anywhere else?? We have Seasonal AP, TIW, and might get DP for this meal depending on the cost vs value differential. We are more than 180 days out from these weekends so we can take time to decide with your input.

Also considering renting DVC villa? Hopefully in EPCOT resort area. Boardwalk or Beach Club? How does this work? I looked at a website about renting points but I am really confused?

We went to Flying Fish and my brother had the steak and said it was AMAZING. I did not have the steak but it was on of the best meals i have had! I am no hope when it comes to renting points but i have stayed at both BW and BC and i LOVE LOVE LOVE the BW! To me, you get more then just the hotel itself, you get an entire environment!
hth!
Yay for another trip! so exciting! xo
 
We went to Flying Fish and my brother had the steak and said it was AMAZING. I did not have the steak but it was on of the best meals i have had! I am no hope when it comes to renting points but i have stayed at both BW and BC and i LOVE LOVE LOVE the BW! To me, you get more then just the hotel itself, you get an entire environment!
hth!
Yay for another trip! so exciting! xo

Thanks for the info. I put a msg out on the restaurant forum and have gotten lots of Shula's, FF, & Yachtmans. Dbf doesn't want anything to do with Le Cellier or Coral Reef for dinners, probably because you can get the same food for lunch for 1 ts credit instead of 2 for dinner.

We will probably end up at the POP or one of the value's again. I am going to book there, I guess and possibly upgrade later. DBf loves the vibe of POFQ, so we might upgrade there?? Or the Swolphin??

Dbf is hesitant of renting points from people because he doesn't want to get taken. We shall see, we shall see. I think I am gonna wait til we go on our trip to see if we get any bouceback offers or what the AP discounts will be. :confused3
 
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School starts in less than a month, so it is about that time to clothes shop for the boys..... :scared:

So not fun at all!!! The oldest is going into middle school, 7th grade, and is worried if he will be accepted and if he will have friends, and if people will make fun of his clothes.... teen angst, etc, etc, etc
I know how he felt, though. I remember being 13 going to a new school and being SCARED OUT OF MY MIND!!!:scared1:

The younger one is going into 3rd grade, and could really care less what he is wearing, as long as he has clean underwear and shoes on. If he could, he would go nekked. :lmao:

I am planning on hitting up Wal-Mart & Target for the basics. Underoos, socks, shorts. The t-shirts are gonna be what they have opinions on. They love Star Wars stuff and Legos too. I know JCP has a nice clearance selection so I will hit that up. I got a 15% off coupon for doing a survey, so that will help out. :banana:

Oh and shoes...... those are pain in the @$$!!! The oldest is wearing mens 9.5 to 10. The same size as his dad. The youngest is wearing a 6 youth/young mens. Just about an inch shorter than mine.

I will need patience!!! and an angelic outlook on this, right? LOL :laughing:
 
So I have started walking, right, and I bought tennis shoes from Macys for the occasion, and wanted to break them in for Disney. Well they hurt, alot. So I decided to buy insoles and walked in them 2 times, remember that for the end of this little rant. That didn't help. Made it worse. So I bought another pair of shoes from Payless and decided to return the original pair. I cleaned em up, found the box, and took em back to Macys. I didn't have the receipt but I had the customer return label on the box (remember to keep those puppies just in case). I had the shoes for almost 3 months but only started using them about 3 weeks ago.

Well Macys was great, sales guy was helpful. Easy return. I decided to walk around shoes and found that Clarks makes tennis shoes. I have black Clarks sandals and love them so much. So I decided to try out the tennis shoes. Well holy moly are they comfy. So I decided to splurge (only paid $36 w/my Macy's card discount and the sale Macy's was already having on them) on good shoes again and bought em. Wow just wow soft and light.

http://www.clarksusa.com/eng/product/bingle/37909

I took the Payless shoes back with no problem.

Returning the insoles were the problem. I took them back to Finish Line. The girl asked me point blank if I had worn them. I said yes 2 times but they didn't work and actually made the shoes worse. Well ma'am (in a snide condescending tone) our policy is to only take back unworn items. Well ma'am (she is about 12 years my junior, btw) how was I supposed to know if they would work without wearing them??? That is our policy sorry. You can exchange them for another pair. Why do I want to exchange them for another pair that is just dumb. Well that is our policy.
By this point I was heated.:headache::mad: I was hungry and I didn't come looking for a fight. But I also know the girl was just doing her job and following the policy. Although her attitude was uncalled for, I didn't want to cause a scene.
I had bought the insoles 4 days before this and had a receipt. It wasn't like I had them for 29 days and worn them to the point of breaking down. So I said to her that if she would be willing to give me store credit I would buy something else. She accepted my offer. So I bought a UCF t-shirt (I am alumni and we can never find UCF shirts over in my area only Orlando).
After my transactions were done I told her that I thought the company policies were unreasonable and because of this the company just lost a potential future customer. I would be taking my business elsewhere. She shrugged and rolled her eyes. I should have lied and said I had not worn them?? (BTW, I wanted to slap the snide right out of her, but I didn't.)

Well I went into Dillards to wander and went to the shoe section, like I always do. You NEVER know what deals are around. I found a cute pair of bronzey beige pewter flip flops and bought em. I am a Clarks convert!!!!
http://www.clarksusa.com/eng/product/seymour_haven/36329

I found a cute white eyelet skirt to wear to dinner for Cape May. There was a stain on it but I figured it was white and they make bleach pens, so why not. I bought it. I THOUGHT bleach could get out anything, but apparently not. I have no idea what that stain is but it is not coming out. I did two rounds of bleach, not budging. So 10 bucks wasted. At least it was on clearance and not full price. Dang it was soooo cute too. BLARG!!!!

Why does bra shopping suck so hard?? Maybe I am being unreasonable in thinking I could find a comfortable black wireless bra in my size that does not look old lady. I found a beige one, no problem from Playtex, but no black :(


Oh well...... Off to go finish the laundry!!!!:laundy:
 
Well I went into Dillards to wander and went to the shoe section, like I always do. You NEVER know what deals are around. I found a cute pair of bronzey beige pewter flip flops and bought em. I am a Clarks convert!!!!
http://www.clarksusa.com/eng/product/seymour_haven/36329

Found cute Pewter beigy Nine West crossbody bag at Ross!!! :banana:They go so well together!!!

Why does bra shopping suck so hard?? Maybe I am being unreasonable in thinking I could find a comfortable black wireless bra in my size that does not look old lady. I found a beige one, no problem from Playtex, but no black :(

Through some internet research, I found that Playtex makes the beige bra I found in black. So I found out if was being offered 1/2 price and found a promo code for $1.99 shipping!!!! Heck yeah!! :woohoo: Comfy "girls"!!

Also got two cute dresses from Kohls. Will be for trip and summer wear. I am amazed that it is hotter in Boston and DC, then it is here in Florida. Dear God. We are used to it being hot here but up North, ya'll are not, and your a/c units and power plants can't keep up.
 
I was in shock when I saw the coverage of the bombings and shooting in Oslo. A really good friend of mine lives and works in the Oslo area. Thank God she wasn't in the city today and neither was her husband, or any of my other friends that live in Norway. I was kinda freaking out til I saw all of their updates on Facebook, and that they were all ok.

Please pray for the people who died and were injured in this senseless tragedy.
 
First and Foremost, i am so happy to hear your friends are okay!
I will keep them in my prayers, its so beyond tragic hat happened :-(

I am also sorry that you had those issues while shopping, a snotty teenager never helps the situation!

Also, Qvc.com has an entire Clarks collection, and I thought of you!
xo
 
I watched an hour of Clark's on QVC the other day. I had to control myself not to buy anything!! :lmao:
 
So I think I am done planning everything:confused:

-clothes & shoes - check
-hotel paid off - check
-ADR's made - check
-know where to get ponchos- $1 each at Walmart

Just have to put $$$$ away for our food. And that is already planned in the budget.

WHAT ELSE DO I NEED??

SIDE NOT: I am not buying any more clothes for the trip!! I am not buying any more clothes for the trip!! Repeat, repeat, repeat!!

I have gotten myself in such a tissy over the clothing....!! :eek:
 
So I think I am done planning everything:confused:

-clothes & shoes - check
-hotel paid off - check
-ADR's made - check
-know where to get ponchos- $1 each at Walmart

Just have to put $$$$ away for our food. And that is already planned in the budget.

WHAT ELSE DO I NEED??

SIDE NOT: I am not buying any more clothes for the trip!! I am not buying any more clothes for the trip!! Repeat, repeat, repeat!!

I have gotten myself in such a tissy over the clothing....!! :eek:
your turn for the jedi mind trick! you will not buy more clothing, you will not buy more clothing! :rotfl:
how about tolietry items?
 
your turn for the jedi mind trick! you will not buy more clothing, you will not buy more clothing! :rotfl:
how about tolietry items?

I am just gonna bring that kinda stuff from home. Since I am driving, I do not have to worry about bottle size or weight. And I do not wear too much make up or use a lot of hair products so that will be a little bag. DBF lives out of his valet case and no razor needed because he has a full beard.

I know for sure I need a mani/pedi before I go. I have a hair cut scheduled the day before we leave, so I will get those done after my hair cut. We are leaving on thursday and I am starting my vacation tuesday, so I will have enough time to get all the last minute stuff.

My stuff:
-fructis shampoo/conditioner/curly hair creme/ hair spray
-brush/comb/ponytail holders/ flowers for dinner
-white dial soap
-caress body wash
-toothpaste/brush
-odorant (spray for under the girls/ stick for the pits)
-tinted moisturizer
-mascara
-eye shadow
-facial sunscreen
-blush for dinner
-lady products in case (ya never know)
-moleskin
-first aid kit
--one of the meds i am on deters hair growth so i only have to shave about once a week, so i wont need a razor either

His stuff:
-head and shoulders
-irish spring body wash
-toothpast/brush
-odorant
-pomade (i bought it for him, he MIGHT use it :lmao:)

(his list is way shorter than mine :rolleyes1)

-sunscreen for both of us, we are both pale like ghosts

I am sure there is more, Oh yeah my meds!!! :thumbsup2 That would be horrific I forgot those.

Food stuff:
-a case of water
-a 12 pack of beer
-I am buying a refillable mug, dbf is not. he doesnt drink soda or coffee. only beer and water (wierdo :rolleyes1). I need coffee and coke.
-bread
-pb
-bananas
-a cooler
-granola bars

Most of our food will be at either the POP food court or at our ADRs.

Oh yeah, need my pillows and snuggie too. I know the hotel has these but I need mine to sleep.

Well my mind is blank for anything else.
 
Just curious how to block a user so I never have to read another post from that person again. I have seen their posts on here a few times with no problems but I read a post that really upset and disgusted me. Instead of responding or flaming that person, I would prefer just to block them.
 
Nothing to update really. Getting super excited about my trip though. Counting the days! :cool1:
 














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