Oooooo, an update about shoes! I love shoes! I may, or may not, have had a suitcase completely devoted to shoes on past trips
I've been there too! I've been really good about shoes at Disney, but on trips where we don't walk so much...
There's sooooooo much! Truly, it's potential mind blogging!!!
Several people commented about Teva Mush sandals and how wonderful they were. I have a good rotation of park shoes between my Keens and my Crocs and my feet generally stay pretty happy while at WDW, but this girl is ALWAYS looking for new shoes! So, a quick Google search later and I found the Mushies, as I like to call them, came in several cute patterns and colors. Plus, they were not badly priced for as high praised as they were on the DIS! 
This was a type of gift certificate where I could choose what it would be for from a variety of places. At first I wanted Disney Dollars. Duh! But, they didn't have that option. Then, I was leaning toward something computer related for Joe-he really wants a laptop. However, there was not an option for this either. Then I was thinking Dec trip-possibly for a rental car, or airline. But, then Joe said the magic words, 
I wore them around the house for a bit, Henry even test drove them. 
They are keepers and will enter the rotation of Brooks Disney Shoes. Keens, Crocs, Mushies.
A Disney cruise is on my list of things to do, but I promised DH that if we went to WDW in December that I wouldn't mention another Disney trip of any kind for awhile, so that is a dream that is going to have to stay on the back burner for now. BUT, I can live vicariously through you! 
That will be so much fun for you! Yayayayaya! 
On a side note, Shoebuy is like my favorite shoe website! It is has the best customer service and super fast shipping!
) on this PTR!! A cruise... how awesome is that! And how fun to plan something totally new! Exciting stuff!
Teva Mush sandals. A whole lot of love for them! Never wore flip flops before I tried them and I brought them along last year on our trip along with my Chacos. The Mush never left my feet! So comfy during all those miles of walking. I've made converts of my whole family and a bunch of friends and their kids! I think all the women and girls going on our August trip have at least one pair!
Sometime ago now, while reading LLs PTR there was some shoe discussion...naturally.
I figured I would wait, possibly ask Joe and purchase them in the future.
Then because I did a good deed at work I was entered into a raffle and I won a $100 gift certificate!
Just get whatever you want.
Ah yes. What does a girl need more than SHOES and BAGS?
Shoebuy.com and bagsbuy.com, $50 each please!
And even better yet, these were insta-gift certificates. They literally emailed me the gift certificate code within minutes. And a few minutes later, I had some fancy Teva Mushies in my online cart and was happily hitting submit!
A few days later (yesterday), these beauties arrived:
I put them on, and oh ya, these were good.
Now, for the bagsbuy.com gift certificate. Im still up in the air on that one. I LOVE my Baggalini, so I dont need/want a new park bag, but wouldnt mind another, different colored Baggalini to up the wardrobe factor. However, do I want to use my free $50 on that? They are great bags, I even use my current one for my regular purse quite often. But with $50 I could get something unique and cute and not from Target!
I looked to see if they had Vera Bradley bags since they are just adorable; however, they dont.
Ive browsed through many bags on their site, and just havent decided. Thankfully the gift certificate doesnt expire for another year or more, so Ive got some time to decide.
And onto some very fun and exciting news.
As some of you know, Joe and I have been kicking around the idea of a cruise for our 2010 vacation namely the Podcast Cruise, December 12-16, 2010 OR maybe joining a few other DISers in June 2010. For the Podcast Cruise the cost is right around $1500 for Joe, Henry and I, and the June cruise would be about $1000 more. The more we thought about it, timing and dollar-wise, the Podcast Cruise would be the best deal for us.
We knew a cruise was something we wanted to do, but the budget has been tight lately, so putting in a deposit was the problem. We feared them running out of room (there are over 500 people already signed up!) and/or the prices going up before we were able to put down the deposit.
Then, as I was lurking on the Podcast Cruise boards, dreaming and hoping, I noticed a post from the TA arranging the cruise she said you could put in a deposit for ONE person, then add the rest of your party at a later date.
I told this to Joe and 15 minutes later I was putting in our request, and yesterday I put down the deposit!
WE ARE GOING ON A DISNEY CRUISE! The DIS PODCAST CRUISE! Im so stinkin excited! I need lots of dancing smilies!
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Neither Joe or I have ever cruised before, so I pretty much know NOTHING about it. Ive been lurking and reading on the Cruise boards and already learning so much. Its 15 months away, but I think it will take me that long to feel confident in understanding it all.
And meanwhile I have this PTR, a September TR, a December TR, and then the Cruise PTR to keep me busy!
WE ARE GOING ON A DISNEY CRUISE! The DIS PODCAST CRUISE! Im so stinkin excited! I need lots of dancing smilies!
