linda.s
25-10-2004, 16:06
Day 13
Penultimate day, and although we had a fabulous couple of days at the Keys etc, we are all in a state of disbelief that we go home tomorrow - Why does 2 weeks feel like a couple of days??? Weather was bright this morning, and our friends had decided to go to Blizzard Beach for a few hours. Neither of our younger 2 kids fancied going, and as you now know from previous reports, I don't like water parks, so my eldest decided to go and I agreed to meet them in the car park to drop my daughter off at 11.00am. BIG MISTAKE! Sky started looking overcast by about 10.15, and we left about 10.30. Just as we turned into the Disney entrance, the heavens opened, and you could barely see beyond the front of the car! Managed to get to BB car park, and waited for our friends to show. Still raining very heavily, but was due to clear in a couple of hours. They decided to come back about 2pm, so they took my daughter off my hands, and I drove back to the condo........ We were all very tired from the 2 day trip, and pottered around the condo for a bit, packing and finishing the washing, then we decided to head off to Florida Mall, as we hadn't been there so far this time. My son had his birthday money to spend, and we had heard that Best Buy on Sand Lake was a great place for anything electrical, so we called in there on the way to the mall to see if we could pick up a good portable CD player. What a great shop! Oh the TV's we saw! Huge screens, and amazing value! Quite a large choice of CD Players, and he eventually plumped for a Panasonic one at $48. Daughter also had some of her money to spend, and decided to buy the same CD player - Sigh, means marking them both with initials when we get back to stop the "It's mine" arguments! (We were pleased when we got back, as the same CD player is currently on sale at Comet for £59!) Great CD and DVD bargains to be had here too! Left Best Buy very happy, and headed off to Florida Mall. Weather had now improved, but it did seem to signify a change. Sun was out, but temp was down a few degrees. Not cold by any means, but just not as hot and humid as before. Off to Florida Mall, and the rain seemed to have bought everyone shopping! Car park was packed, we were just pleased that the rain had passed over now, as we had quite a walk to the entrance! Went straight into the music shop that we bought from last time, and picked up a few more CD's. Picked the suitcase we wanted from the suitcase stall - We'll be back on out way out! Raided the candy shop, as I am participating in a Haloween Sweet Swap on another website, so decided to pick up some Halloween themed sweeties for the swap. Much better choice than the UK for that type of product, and I hope the recipient enjoys them! Hubby and I always buy something to remember our holidays by, and this time, we had decided to push the boat out (well a little bit!) and buy ourselves a piece of jewellery each. We wandered in every shop there - several times, and he saw a lovely white gold and diamond ring, reduced in the sale from $300 to $199. It's a lovely ring, and not at all ostentatious, but he wasn't sure, so we wandered around again! I had spotted a blue pearl and diamond pendant, that would go really well with the ring I bought on our last trip to Florida. My middle daughter chose an oyster at the Pearl Factory in Seaworld, and the pearl was a beautiful large blue, which I had made into a ring there. I love it, and have always wanted a matching pendant and earrings, so this pendant really caught my eye. However, we then went into another shop, and I spotted a gorgeous Alexandrite and diamond white gold ring......... Dilemma! The ring won though, as I had never seen such an unusual stone, so many colours... So, ring tucked away in a box in my bag, and it was back to Zales for his ring. We were very lucky, as both rings on display were the correct sizes for us. We left the mall, after buying our case, very happy!
Off to pick up our eldest from Orange Lakes, then we ecided to have a really good dinner as it was our last night. I wanted to try Joe's C
Penultimate day, and although we had a fabulous couple of days at the Keys etc, we are all in a state of disbelief that we go home tomorrow - Why does 2 weeks feel like a couple of days??? Weather was bright this morning, and our friends had decided to go to Blizzard Beach for a few hours. Neither of our younger 2 kids fancied going, and as you now know from previous reports, I don't like water parks, so my eldest decided to go and I agreed to meet them in the car park to drop my daughter off at 11.00am. BIG MISTAKE! Sky started looking overcast by about 10.15, and we left about 10.30. Just as we turned into the Disney entrance, the heavens opened, and you could barely see beyond the front of the car! Managed to get to BB car park, and waited for our friends to show. Still raining very heavily, but was due to clear in a couple of hours. They decided to come back about 2pm, so they took my daughter off my hands, and I drove back to the condo........ We were all very tired from the 2 day trip, and pottered around the condo for a bit, packing and finishing the washing, then we decided to head off to Florida Mall, as we hadn't been there so far this time. My son had his birthday money to spend, and we had heard that Best Buy on Sand Lake was a great place for anything electrical, so we called in there on the way to the mall to see if we could pick up a good portable CD player. What a great shop! Oh the TV's we saw! Huge screens, and amazing value! Quite a large choice of CD Players, and he eventually plumped for a Panasonic one at $48. Daughter also had some of her money to spend, and decided to buy the same CD player - Sigh, means marking them both with initials when we get back to stop the "It's mine" arguments! (We were pleased when we got back, as the same CD player is currently on sale at Comet for £59!) Great CD and DVD bargains to be had here too! Left Best Buy very happy, and headed off to Florida Mall. Weather had now improved, but it did seem to signify a change. Sun was out, but temp was down a few degrees. Not cold by any means, but just not as hot and humid as before. Off to Florida Mall, and the rain seemed to have bought everyone shopping! Car park was packed, we were just pleased that the rain had passed over now, as we had quite a walk to the entrance! Went straight into the music shop that we bought from last time, and picked up a few more CD's. Picked the suitcase we wanted from the suitcase stall - We'll be back on out way out! Raided the candy shop, as I am participating in a Haloween Sweet Swap on another website, so decided to pick up some Halloween themed sweeties for the swap. Much better choice than the UK for that type of product, and I hope the recipient enjoys them! Hubby and I always buy something to remember our holidays by, and this time, we had decided to push the boat out (well a little bit!) and buy ourselves a piece of jewellery each. We wandered in every shop there - several times, and he saw a lovely white gold and diamond ring, reduced in the sale from $300 to $199. It's a lovely ring, and not at all ostentatious, but he wasn't sure, so we wandered around again! I had spotted a blue pearl and diamond pendant, that would go really well with the ring I bought on our last trip to Florida. My middle daughter chose an oyster at the Pearl Factory in Seaworld, and the pearl was a beautiful large blue, which I had made into a ring there. I love it, and have always wanted a matching pendant and earrings, so this pendant really caught my eye. However, we then went into another shop, and I spotted a gorgeous Alexandrite and diamond white gold ring......... Dilemma! The ring won though, as I had never seen such an unusual stone, so many colours... So, ring tucked away in a box in my bag, and it was back to Zales for his ring. We were very lucky, as both rings on display were the correct sizes for us. We left the mall, after buying our case, very happy!
Off to pick up our eldest from Orange Lakes, then we ecided to have a really good dinner as it was our last night. I wanted to try Joe's C