Shop shop shop till you drop!

My oh my, today was a busy day. We started off early (for me at least) at 8:00 in the morning for our free breakfast buffet at the hotel. Now normally this wouldn't be anything special of note, but I mention it only because of how nice it was to see the other families starting their day and felling their infectious energy as they set out to wherever the day took them. It was especially nice to see the runners taking part in the Disney Marathon. To see such energy and excitement in one place made me even more excited then I already was to start working and do my best so that I too could be a part of the atmosphere! 

After breakfast we decided to stop at the Orlando Premium Outlets, one of the premiere shopping destinations in the city, and let me tell you, that place was swanky! Prada, Burberry, Fendi, Armani, if you can name it they had it! And at great prices too (though most was waaaayyyy out of my college graduate price range)! I was able to find a Prada tie for only thirty bucks, as well as a Disney pin to start of my collection! 

For lunch we headed to Downtown Disney, and ate at perhaps my favorite restaurant on Disney property, T-Rex Cafe. Any place with full sized animatronic dinosaurs is already tops in my book, and the large portions of yummy food didn't hurt at all! 

 

(Posing with mom and flowers at Downtown Disney)

(We survived a "meteor shower"!!!!) 

After lunch we continued to do what we do best, and shop. In the process I ended up with four more Disney pins, two of which are limited edition! I can definitely see pin purchasing being a reoccurring theme in this blog. They're just so fun and collectible, which is right up my alley coming from a family of collectors. They also make a better souvenir than a t-shirt, which is what I'd probably buy instead if I didn't have a million ready. 

(My pins) 

We ended the night with a nice relaxing dinner at Bahama Breeze, sitting outside and enjoying the calypso music. The food was good and the company was excellent as always! 

(I look dumb here) 

(And here) 

(I promise this isn't mine..... More of a martini man myself) 

And now I'm in bed watching the Simpsons. I'm not going to lie, I'm nervous about moving in tomorrow and starting my journey proper. I feel like I'm a freshman in college all over again, without the almost dying part. But at the same time I'm so so excited too. I feel ready for this, like this is something I'm meant to do. I'm ready to prove myself and to start the next leg of my life's journey, wherever it takes me!