A Special Surprise

I was able to do more laundry today!! But I did not get to sorting through the boxes like I wanted because I had to watch children before I went to go hang out with Ilana! We went to the mall down the street from my mall (they are literally mile straight mile down the road from each other) where we gossiped and I was able to have my favorite Chinese food. We shopped for shoes and new scents and I was able to FINALLY give her back the two dresses she lent me for my sorority functions.

Then it was time to go :( I will hopefully see her again for a Disney World trip though!!

Work was busy and kind of obnoxious but...  THEN BRETT SURPRISED ME WITH GREG! They drove here from Orlando and we all went to Brett's mom's house to have a slumber party.

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I only titled this post after that Maroon Five song because it played so many times on the way to the day's adventures.

Given that it was my day off and the plans for today were made nearly a month ago, my day started at 8:00am. I had 50 minutes to get ready for a day at Busch Gardens for Christmastown shenanigans. 

Once we arrived to Busch Gardens and determined that said Christmastown shenanigans didn't start until 4:00pm, we decided to go find some rides and take the train to see animals which were super cute as usual. There was this one giraffe that I am not entirely sure was real because of how still it was and our train didn't get to have a sing along but it was fun regardless. After getting all up close and personal with one of  the tigers in Jungala as well as some adventures in Stanleyville, we eventually headed to this dinner thing which was a buffet style holiday dinner.THE MASHED POTATOES AND GRAVY WERE SO INCREDIBLY GOOD I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO TELL YOU ABOUT THEM!! And the whole no bad sugars thing kind of died at that dinner because there was pumpkin cheesecake that the specially went and found downstairs after I asked about it. I will say though that the sugar intake has been less than the last three months so I am still proud of my resolve. 

Christmastown and lights started once we finished dinner which put me on a mission to find hot chocolate in this collectible cup because it was cold. And because I know I will be back this season. This adventure proved to be very difficult! And when we did find hot chocolate they didn't give me my whipped cream, those hooligans. 

Overall though the lights were pretty and we had fun. Now to go on the Christmastown adventure with Alexis!!