She came, She conquered

  

     Well another Christmas season is here and that can only mean one thing, another full out assault on my Visa card from our beloved Kelsey.

    The week started out innocent enough as cold weather here in Florida kept everyone pretty well cooped up. The cold weather kind of cramped everybody's desire to shop so things were going pretty good. We did manage to get an air-boat trip in and thoroughly enjoyed the tour of the local wildlife refuge. After the tour we dined at the Crab House and enjoyed watching the activity on monkey island while we ate.

     Then things took a turn for the worse. We took off for Disney to see Cirque du Soleil at Downtown Disney. I thought it would be a good idea to stay at a Disney hotel and let them do the driving so we we stayed at the All Star Movies resort. A pretty good idea if I do say so myself. I did however forget that the room key is also a charge card. Kelsey of course was well aware of this.

     The first night wasn't too bad and we had a great dinner at Portobello's in Downtown Disney. The appetizer, baked sliced portobello mushroom on a bed of polenta was awesome. We did a little shopping that night but so far so good.

     The next day we again took off for Downtown Disney to finish our shopping and make dinner reservations. As I was strolling along Kelsey yelled  words no man ever wants top hear “Vera Bradly”. Now the serious pain was beginning. You can almost buy a car for what they get for a purse. Fortunately they didn't have a full sized purse that Kelsey liked so she settle on a little wallet looking thingy. That was the shot over the bow for my poor old Visa card. After that it just didn't stop.

     That night we went to Cirque Du Soleil and really enjoyed the show. If you get anywhere near Orlando put this show on your agenda. Awesome stuff. After the show it was time for dinner. This time we choose Raglan Road (Irish food) in Downtown Disney. Once again the food was truly outstanding. Kelsey says her new favorite desert is bread pudding and yes it was that good. By this time my Visa was gasping for breath and I wasn't sure it was going to survive. 

       To make things even worse at the resort we decided to check out the arcade room. BIG MISTAKE. I used to be good at that stuff but Kelsey absolutely kicked my butt at everything, even air hockey. I used to dominate an air hockey table. I even shifted to Nascar racing and of course she proceeded to kick my butt four times in a row.  Guess it’s time to start looking for my old folks home, the end must be near.

     She heads home tomorrow and we will certainly miss her but my Visa card will once again be safe. Just think, in a couple of years we can start this all over again with baby Ella.