Summer Vacation Part 6: Downtown Disney and the Days Between

Well, although my Disney World stuff is pretty much done, I did forget to talk about Downtown Disney. It is basically tons of stores, restaurants, and some entertainment (House of Blues, Cirque du Soleil, Disney Quest). The neat part about it for me is that we usually end up taking a boat ride from our hotel to Downtown. It is relaxing, I get to talk to the hubs a bit, and there is plenty of nature to see on the way.

I really need to take a better picture of downtown next time we are there.

What we usually do at Downtown is look at the shops (and maybe buy a little something).

I had  a hard time deciding between this hat and figment, but this one is my favorite colors and a little bit funnier.

As a side note, I didn't buy either of these items from downtown. I'm sure that you could find them there though.

We also get a treat from Ghirardelli Chocolate Shop. They have wonderful ice cream and other treats there. My hubby usually gets a chocolate chip cookie (they are huge) and some chocolate covered strawberries. I, on the other hand, have to get something that involves chocolate and ice cream. I like trying different things as well. I've gotten many different kinds of sundaes there. This time I got the Haight Ashberry which is strawberries, blueberries, vanilla ice cream, and a waffle cone stick that is chocolate covered. Yummy!

We got home on a Tuesday afternoon, but I had my mini vacation to Chicago with my aunt on Friday. In the meantime, my mom, sister, and I were combining forces to have a garage sale with the town garage sales where my parents live. I had quite a bit of clothes that were too big, so I let go of the ones I didn't care for much and wouldn't wear again because they just look silly big. I spent Wednesday pricing and bagging them up along with some unpacking and laundry (yay for the sun being out and line drying).

Thursday I went out to my parents house and helped my sister set up for the garage sale. I know I'm a little too particular, but I hung all my clothes up and by size (with labels) and tried to make it look really nice. It didn't matter much in the long run, because my sister said there were very few people out. I only ended up making $35 which is better than nothing. The last time I sold clothes there I made $70. My mom knew someone who could wear some of my old clothes, so I bagged them up and let her take them. The ones that didn't fit she takes to church for women who don't have much money to buy new clothes. At least I know someone else will appreciate them.

This is the hairstyle I wore to go shopping and set up a garage sale. I thought that my hair looked cute and I'm showing off my new earrings.

The back view of the ponytail.

On the way to my parents house I did some shopping to look for a Pink Floyd shirt for the concert. I went to all my usual stores in my nearest big town, and only found one in a men's size large which I didn't buy. I prefer a medium when it comes to men's shirts. On the way back home I stopped in the next biggest town to them and tried some stores. I was about ready to give up and decided to give Wal-Mart a try. I found a shirt in my size for only $7.50, so I got it. You'll get to see it when I do my post about the concert...