Vacation: Part Two

After an exhausting but extremely fun three days in Disney World we headed from Orlando to Miami. The drive was interesting...there were no speed limit signs and the flow of traffic was about 85/90 mph. Definitely different than Washington. Anyway we drove through Miami to meet Michael's Parents and his little brother at their hotel. We kind of just had a relaxing evening, went to dinner and then checked into our hotel for the night.

The next morning was very interesting, we had to be to the port between noon and 2 so we had a little bit of time to get some stuff done. we returned the rental car and ran a few erants. Unfortunately we were taking our time and returning the rental car was easy but getting a shuttle back to the hotel was a nightmare, me and Michael lost each other and I about lost it. It all turned out okay but it wasn't the relaxing morning I was hoping for. We eventually made it to the port of Miami and got all checked in to get on the boat.

It was so fun to finally be starting the second part of our vacation and my sister just happened to be standing right at the entrance of the boat when we walked on. I hadn't seen her for over 6 months so that was an awesome way to be greeted! we found our rooms, bought our drinks and excursions and enjoyed our day on the ship, casinos, bars, pool decks. Even though she kept telling me how small the ship was I still think it was beautiful and full of fun things to do!

The next 4 days were full of adventures, bonding, delicious food, alcohol, shopping sun and so much more.

Picture Overload headed your way...

I went on the cruise to visit my sister and honestly didn't think I was going to like it that much. I was completely wrong, I LOVE cruising! Its such a great way to visit multiple places and you don't have to figure out booking hotels, cars adventures etc. The were so many excursions we could sign up for at each port and if we didn't book an excursions each town was so different and fun. I will definitely be doing a cruise vacation again in the future.

Vacation Part One

Me and Michael planned on visiting my sister at work this year. She got a job with Royal Caribbean as a dancer on a cruise ship Port out of Miami. Fortunatly for us, Michael has a bazollion Delta airline miles so our flight was free. The cruise she is on is port out of Miami, and travels to Nassau Bahamas, Coco Cay Bahamas, Key West then back to Miami. I was sad because we were going to be traveling across the entire country for such a short cruise so I suggested we fit Disney in there as well. Michael was all for it since he also has a ton of Holiday Inn points, and free rental cars with Hertz.

We had three days in Disneyworld, then drove from Orlando to Miami to get on the boat the next days. If you haven't figured out by now I'm a HUGE Disney fan, and it had been awhile since either of us had been to DisneyWorld.

We had tons of fun, and were completely exhausted at the end of each day. I thik we fit everything in we wanted, and managed to do our favorite rides a few times each even with the Spring Break Crowds.

And here comes the traditional Disney Picture Overload...

There are plenty more but you get the idea....we had alot of fun! 

GlassyBaby Seconds Sale

Who doesn't love a good candle, well a glassbaby is the definition of a good candle. My roommate in college loved them as does one of my best friends from high school. I just couldn't really fall in love with them because they are so expensive. But of course as I was planning/thinking about decorations for my house I knew I couldn't find anything more perfect then a few glassbabys in the center of my dining room table. I waited till the house was ours and along with my dining room table and chairs I purchased my first three glassybabys. Let me tell you...they are gorgeous...and addictive. As soon as I got them in the mail I immediately wanted to get online and order more. But I was quickly reminded of the price and stopped myself.

If you don't know what a Glassbaby  is then look them up. Short explanation they are hand blown glass votive holders made locally in Seattle and the profits go to many different great causes. Im all about buying local beautiful things where my money also goes to do some good in the world.

Anyway, its safe to say I one day want a house full of glassybabys. In January was the glasybaby seconds sale where people line up like its black Friday to get discounted glassybabys. Its called the seconds sale because the glassybabys are all 'imperfectly perfect' meaning there is a small blemish, a discoloration, or maybe the shape isn't perfect, etc, etc.

I knew this event was popular so me and my mom got there at about 6:45 and the doors opened at 8. The line was crazy long before we got there and just kept getting longer and longer. I couldn't believe the thousands and thousands of people that had lined up for the event.

The line started moving at about 7:45 and we didn't end up getting into the building until probably 9:00.

This was the little line in the hallway right before going in. Everybody had their bags and were ready to pounce.

^ The white table, each table had different color glassybabys on it. 

This is a view from the entrance to the room where all the glassybabys were. You can't really see anything because there were so many people in the tiniest room ever.

It was basically pure madness the second I got in the door. I made the mistake of piling glassybabys in front of me on the table instead of immediately putting them in my bag. People started to grab my little pile, I learned my lesson pretty quick. I could only handle being in there for what felt like 10 minutes but it was probably about a half hour. I got a variety of colors I wanted and left the room to stand in line to pay. I regret not grabbing anything I halfway liked because other poeple were going through their colors as they stood in line to pay. It was less chaotic and nice to be able to take a breather and see what I actually grabbed. I got a good variety and obviously a little more than I needed but oh well.  

Boxes full of glassybabys!

We got out of there at about 10:30 and the line was still insanely long. I was following glassybaby on instagram and they posted that they sold out about 20 min after we left. We basically timed everything perfectly. They were supposed to be open till about 4pm that day but obviously sold out way faster then expected. 

Im not sure how I feel about going to a seconds sale again. It was very closterfobic and gave me anxiety but also fun to hangout with my mom and do something kinda crazy.

I am the proud owner of 13 glassybabys that i love to enjoy everyday!

Below are the colors my mom got.