I'm baaaack!!! Hi honey!!!
Man, I take one little week off and look how much I've missed!!
Where to begin, where to begin??
First of all - LOVE the haircut!! Mine is about that same length now and I've been
STRESSING about what to do with it with the humidity and
FREAKING OUT about what to do with it in August! Yep. Me too.
I tend to look like a french poodle if I don't dry my hair and when I do dry it, the humidity makes me a giant frizz-head. I've been getting it straightened for the last several years - BIG HUGE CHI fan here. Yes, I admit that the good folks at CHI have gotten more money out of me in the last 5 years than Mickey Mouse has.

Totally worth it though, totally worth it. Well, I'm going on a year and a half since my last straightening and my "new growth" is curling like mad, while the ends are staying straight...not pretty my friend...So I cut it all off. Ok, not all of it, but every last straight piece of hair is gone...I'm jealous that you can use an iron that isn't CHI. I bought one and it was literally burning my hair!

The other 5 didn't straighten it a bit. So I took the plunge about a year ago and bought the CHI iron before I moved here and it's DA BOMB! Works great. Not a fan of the CHI hair dryers though...at nearly $200 they don't last more than 6 months or so...been thru 3 and finally gave up on those.
OMG - have I gotten off track here! Where was I? LOVE the hair...wanna see it curly too. And I'm freaking out about what to do with water rides and pools in August

. Hmmmm....what to do, what to do?

I read a lot of comments about how people don't do much with hair/makeup on vacation....but I just can't be like that. I don't put on my full "game face", but hey - pictures last a lifetime, right? And what if Mario and I run into each other again???? I can't scare the man off, right?? So there will be makeup. And hair. Besides...Photo Pass is everywhere my friend...
Ok, so now that my hair rant has gotten outta control, I'll focus on your pre-trip shopping!!

LOVE IT BAYYYBY!!!
Loved the pictures of the shoes! Too funny. Sadly, my closet doesn't look like that...

I have (GASP) one pair of "shoes" for work. Yep. Just one. And they're work boots. Dirty, beat up, dried-mud work boots.
I've been working in the construction field since I was 16 with summer jobs so I never did get into the girly-girl shoes...I know, what a loser I am, huh? Although it makes getting dressed in the morning easy. I know what shoes I'll wear and my toughest choice is what pair of jeans to wear that day.

I have been considering buying crocs though since everyone says they're so comfy...
Really enjoyed your breakdown of what you bought and totally agree with you on the Baggalini...not a big fan of mine either. I love the features...all the pockets, etc...but I swear the thing kills my back.

I figure I'll just use my mini-backpack again and load up the DH with the big backpack like a pack mule. There! Problem solved.
Ok, ok...enough of my senseless ramblings...something tells me I've had enough coffee already. Been up since 3:30...UGH...WHY???? Going to catch up on Tracy's pre-trip now...then Jo's....OH THAT's RIGHT...JO HASN'T STARTED ONE YET!!! Hint hint Jo...LOVE YOU, Mean it!!
Good to be back...can't believe how many pages I've had to catch up on! Can't believe I haven't gotten my pre-trip even started yet.

I've got a lot of work to do! Maybe I should take a couple of vacation days to catch up on my Dis'ing!
See ya later Alligator!!!