OK, folks! Update as promised!
DH and I have been pretty busy lately, and I don't even know why exactly! Agility classes have started up again after a 3 week break, so there goes our Tuesday nights, but it sure is cute to watch Jasper make those jumps!
On our to do list is giving her a bath on Sunday. She is STANKY! We don't want to leave my mom with a stanky puppy...even if she is adorable.
Of course, we've also had new episodes of all of our favorite shows to watch lately - Heroes, Lost, Grey's Anatomy, American Idol. And guess what? We are going to miss the season finales of all of those! That's right. They are ALL on the week that we're gone. SO, we will have lots of shows to watch on the DVR when we get home! What did we do before our DVR? I think there used to be this thing called a CVR, or CRV, or VRC, or VCR - yeah! VCR, that's it! What ever happened to those?
With the weather improving, DH has worked a lot of late nights lately. People just want to buy cars more when there isn't 14 inches of snow on the ground. Go figure!
And of course, I have been working out a lot. I wanna hit that goal in time for the trip!
DH has ordered and received some pins for the trip (Yes, there were a few in there that we needed!
) and organized some that he already had. He had to see what duplicates he had to trade. I think he has enough to last us through the next 2 trips now!
Here are a few of the ones he had already, before placing the order.
A couple of weeks ago, DH and I ventured over to the outlet mall about 45 minutes away to check out the new Old Navy that had just opened up there and see his sister and her DH. I picked up a few items there and learned about what would fit, so I could place my online order! All together, I believe I acquired about 5 shirts, 4 camis, a pair of roll-up cargo capris (a fave of mine, especially for WDW trips!), a pair of shorts, and a pair of camo cargo capris. You'll get to see those in the trip pictures. I also got 2 pairs of wedge flip flops that I LOVE and ordered a new pair of Chuck Taylor's! I have a pair of hot pink ones that I adore, but these are...well, let me show you...
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polka dots! And pink! Can't go wrong when you put them both on some Chuck's! No, I will not wear any of these shoes to the parks. I WILL wear them to DTD/PI though. I have a tennie collection for the parks that I have acquired over the past couple of years. I have pink Nike shocks, 2 pair of Nike Free tennies, and my most recent addition (for this trip) are some Adidas (can't remember what they're called) that DH recommended because he was buying the men's pair and has owned similar ones in the past. They rock! So comfy!
I will probably wear those the most.
Then, we had to go to the Coach outlet. I had acquired a Coach purse at the Orlando outlet last May on our trip, and I
it! But it had gotten some spots on the fabric part, and I wanted it clean for our trip. At the outlet store here, I was informed that they couldn't clean the particular type of leather on it, but I could buy the fabric cleaner and use it on the fabric. (The leather is like baseball glove leather and just has to age. I was more worried about the fabric anyway.) So, of course, I had to look around while we were there. And I fell in love with a little pink signature print purse. After leaving and dining with my sister-in-law and her DH (at one of my favorite pizza places
), my DH asked me if I wanted it as an early anniversary present!
Yeah! And when we got home, I successfully cleaned my current purse. So, here they both are...
You can see how the leather has aged on the older, striped one. But I still love it!
Last Saturday, I went to get my hair cut. I was going for something a little different. I had her take LOTS out of the back. It is shorter in the back than the front now, and she removed a lot of bulk back there. She also gave me more layers. Next week, I'll be getting it highlighted. But here's a picture of the cut.
So, last night DH and I went shopping at good ole Tarjay. Man, I LOVE that store! We have more to do, but we wanted to get started since we were there anyway for my mouth sore remedy. (These little Orajel discs that stick to the sore and allow it to heal while numbing it up a bit - slightly odd, but wonderful relief! Not much taste to them at all either!
) So, we picked up a few items in the travel size section. The regulars for DH - body wash, toothpaste, mouthwash, etc., etc. (I am a little high maintenance
and require my full size hair products and toothpaste for long-ish trips.
) But we did pick up a few good finds while there. Here are a few highlights...
Gotta have the gum for when we drive through the mountains! Band-aids are essential, and I love the multicolored anitbiotic kind, but wanted to have some waterproof ones as well, and why not fun ones? I know, I know, there are Disney waterproof tatoo ones. Why didn't I buy those, you might ask? I just HAD to have Strawberry Shortcake! I grew up on Strawberry Shortcake, and these were just too cute!
The sunblock stick for touch ups throughout the day!
Highly portable little Clorox wipe packs! We took a whole container last time and didn't use THAT many, so I thought we'd give this a try. And of course, Ace heat therapy patches in case of injuries (No!
No injuries this time, PLEASE!) or aches.
I also thought I'd show ya my new lens that I will be taking on it's first trip to The World. It will likely only be joining us on Animal Kingdom day because of it's size, but I am very excited about the pictures it will allow me to take on Kilamanjaro Safaris and at Festival of the Lion King!
I left one of my Chuck's in the picture to give you some perspective on just how big this lens is. It is almost as long as my size 9 shoe!
DH also placed an order yesterday for a couple of new things for Jasper, for Mom to give her while we're gone. Try to tell me our dog isn't spoiled!
Still on our to do list is to finish shopping, clean out the van, give the puppy a bath, do lots of laundry once the dryer is working, and pack! Less than 2 weeks to go!
i just had a mental image of this.......too funny!
And you know I need my Disney fix! 
Just kidding! 
I'm alive! I have been so busy! We moved in our new king sized mattress last weekend, and I've been trying to get the house in good shape. We started taking Jasper to agility class again. And I have been doing some writing other than the trip report! 
