Weekend in Orlando

John and I had a great weekend in Orlando!  I hadn't been feeling well at all on Thursday, so I was thankful to be feeling better by Friday evening.  I'm not a big medicine taker, but the Advil Cold & Sinus that Elise gave me worked wonders.  I knew it would only mask my symptoms and not cure whatever was wrong with me, but I was thankful for the relief nonetheless.  We enjoyed some delicious Indian food at a hole-in-the-wall restaurant by Westshore Mall on the way to Orlando Friday night.  We were pretty exhausted when we checked into our hotel, but we weren't too tired for dessert.  That said, we enjoyed a really yummy chocolate brownie with ice cream at one of the restaurants in the hotel and then went to bed.  We tried to watch the tail end of My Cousin Vinny, but couldn't stay awake much past 10:30.  Go ahead and call us old.  We slept in till about 9am on Saturday, ate breakfast at Dunkin' Donuts, and spent the majority of the day at the Outlet Malls.  The first few hours were rainy, but it didn't take long for it to slack off and warm up a little.  We didn't buy all that much, but it was fun just to walk around and see what some people deem fashionable.  We played putt putt before dinner, and I actually beat John; that was the highlight of my day.  Kristin highly recommended Cafe Tu Tu Tango, so we walked next door (after playing putt putt) and had a delicious tapas style dinner - hummus, mahi tacos, ahi tuna, chicken & shrimp potstickers, and one of the best desserts I've ever had, a chocolate calzone.  After dinner, we killed about 45 minutes at a different outlet mall before going to the Gaylord Palms for the ICE exhibit.  It was pretty incredible to see the ice sculptures, knowing they were done by human hands.  After ICE, we walked around the hotel to look at the pretty Christmas decorations and also had a few drinks before heading back to the hotel

We had Sunday planned out... We were going to park at Epcot, get our park hopper, take the tram to Magic Kingdom, then to Animal Kingdom, then to Hollywood Studios, then to Epcot for the Candlelight Processional.  However, Sunday morning was a little rainy, just enough to be enough, and it was considerably colder than the day before.  We didn't really mind the rain, but not knowing if it would get worse and not knowing if certain rides would be closed, we decide against the Disney parks.  I'm a big fan of World Market (a really cool store,) so we drove to Winter Garden and went to World Market, Barnes & Noble, Ross, Marshall's, Home Goods, Sports Authority, JoAnn's, Old Navy, and Staples.  We almost went into JoS. A. Bank since we have an ongoing joke about the one-day sales that they advertise about 10 times each morning on the Fox News Channel.  It seems as though they're always having a one-day sale.  We went to Millenia Mall, and neither of us was impressed at all - too fancy and way too crowded for us.  We went back to the hotel, napped, and then had a big, delicious meal at Outback.  We had planned to stay in Orlando till this morning, but we decided it would be easier getting up and driving to work from Dunedin rather than from Orlando.  We got home around 10pm last night after a wonderful weekend together.  It almost felt like our honeymoon all over again - no work, no cooking, no cleaning, no agenda - it was great!