{"id":200,"date":"2010-12-02T13:55:09","date_gmt":"2010-12-02T18:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlecote.com\/blog\/?p=200"},"modified":"2010-12-02T13:55:09","modified_gmt":"2010-12-02T18:55:09","slug":"orlando-november-2010-day-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/littlecote.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/orlando-november-2010-day-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando November 2010 – Day 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s Thursday lunchtime and it\u2019s a cool one here (though nothing compared to good ole blighty right now). It\u2019s our penultimate day and we don\u2019t want to come home – we\u2019ve had a great time. Today we are off for some lunch and then onto Stein Mart, a store that\u2019s been advertised a lot on TV so we thought we\u2019d check it out. We only want something quick and easy to do this afternoon as at about 6pm we are off to Magic Kingdom for Mickey\u2019s Christmas Party \u2013 yippppeeeeee!!<\/p>\n

I think I left you at the end of Tuesday after a really tiring but fab day at Universal so you need to hear about yesterday. We were up and out by about 1pm and got to Altemonte quite quickly down I4 though the Altemonte area itself was heaving with traffic. The mall car park was pretty full too but we managed to park outside Dillards. We headed straight to the food court as we\u2019d not had brekky. Paul opted for Mandarin Express, the chinese and I had a good old-fashioned big mac meal.<\/p>\n

After this we made our way into Dillards on the upper floor, which was menswear. Nothing was on offer much anymore and we don\u2019t pay full prices \ud83d\ude09 so we moved on. We did look at the suitcases in there as there was a sale on. The assistant told us that all were discounted so we looked at a $300 dollar spinner that was coming in at just $150. We thought about it and said we would come back.<\/p>\n

This mall is quite small but we looked in the Apple store, a few shoe shops and got the remainder of our crimbo prezzies, which was the objective. I also got a really nifty limited edition Coach make up case with cosmetics included that was on offer at Estee Lauder.<\/p>\n

We made our way around ending up back in Dillards. I looked at a DKNY watch but it was plastic and not real ceramic so I passed. We decided we would get the case so went and bought that. As it happens we\u2019ve been emailed this morning that we have $175 form Virgin so at least it\u2019s covered but it show there is no way we would have got the $300 Samsonite paid for. It\u2019s appalling customer service.<\/p>\n

We left Altemonte and decided to go to the Florida Mall as Paul needed to get a new pre-paid Visa card (he needs this to buy from US I-tunes). We started by looking in Saks and Nordstrom at the ceramic watches. In Nordstrom they had the perfect DKNY one that came in cheaper than some of the other brands so Paul bought it for me as my crimble prezzie. That means I can\u2019t wear it yet as it has to go off to Santa \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Paul then got his credit card \u2013 after a good 15 minute wait as the folks in front were trying to get tickets via Ticketmaster and we all know rubbish they are. We then went to Starbucks and sat upstairs watching the world go by.<\/p>\n

Paul still needed some work shirts. He\u2019s been unable to find them discounted in Dillards so was wondering where to go. He looked at H&M and Old Navy but I had the bright idea of going to JC Penny. We made our way round and they had just what he needed. Long armed cotton work shirts at 20 bucks each \u2013 perfick! He got a few in white and blue and we looked at some other fab clothing items\u2026you\u2019ll see a particularly fetching white linen jacket below \ud83d\ude42 This is Paul\u2019s Miami Vice look and at just 60 bucks was a bargain don\u2019t you think ?<\/p>\n

We left the mall at about 7pm and wanted to go to the Polynesian resort hotel to see the Wishes fireworks as we had not done this all holiday. It was a chilly night and we\u2019d not come prepared for this so were not sure if we\u2019d freeze to death. I had \u00be sleeves and sandals on!! When we got out of the car it felt cold, especially when the wind blew. Then Paul had a bright idea \u2013 we\u2019d wear his new work shirts. For him this was ok, he had a white shirt on with jeans that looked good but for me\u2026can you imagine? I looked like some kind of mad scientist in an oversized lab coat!! Still, it actually did the trick as I wrapped up in it. We got a hot choc from the caf\u00e9 to hold and sip and made our way out at 5 to 8. We got a beach bed to sit on and kept ourselves back in a secluded place so the wind didn\u2019t really get to us. It was a clear night so the show was great and we could hear the accompanying music too.<\/p>\n

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Paul 'Don Johnson'<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We came home after a quick stop at Wallgreens for some Hawaiian sweet rolls for tea!! We were not overly hungry so munched on these and crisps. We watched more Family Guy, including a special that Paul had downloaded, which was particularly funny (it was the Quantum Leap, parallel universe one) and then the Apprentice. We were both happy to see Laura leave and Lord Shugs made the right decision.<\/p>\n

There you are then, all up to date again\u2026 only one more posting to go probably \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s Thursday lunchtime and it\u2019s a cool one here (though nothing compared to good ole blighty right now). It\u2019s our penultimate day and we don\u2019t want to come home – we\u2019ve had a great time. Today we are off for some lunch and then onto Stein Mart, a store that\u2019s been advertised a lot on … <\/p>\n

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