Tower of Terror Ten Miler Disney World Vacation Ending

I'm baaaack...from vacation that is!  Disney World was so fantastic and I crossed the finish line for the Tower of Terror Ten Miler and couldn't be more excited about that...but lore on that later.  Many things were going through my mind during the trip, hings I wanted to share with others. Sobinwill try to do a series of posts that include tips and tricks that I found helpful.  Some of these ,ay be we'll known others might be something that can help my friends traveling in the future, and some you will probably just think at baloney.  There is no rhyme or reason for the order in which these tips pop up, just what is on my mind at the time.

Tip #1 - know your luggage.  This was timely today because it seems to be an age old topic for me and Sweetie Pie.  We are on the frugal sidebar times and when it comes to travel we feel that it is smart to save some cash and bring one big suitcase instead of paying the bag fee for two.  Typically that will save about 50 smackers.  50 I can spend somewhere other than luggage...seat upgrade anybody?  Our large suitcase is starting to show some major signs of wear and tear because we often underestimate the amount of stuff coming with us and going home with us.  This time was no different.

I am the type of person that likes to have every single thing with me for any type of event that might occur...but then will forget my hair brush.  Sweetie Pie likes to pack as little as possible and then ask me if I remembered to bring this or that item.  This time was no different.  Before we left I asked if we should take the smaller rolling bag that way we could evenly distribute on our way there and then have room for souvenirs on the way back (we had already received a request to bring back 7 pairs of mouse ears).  I was told "no, there is tons of room in this bag".  The bag was already filled to capacity in my estimation, but it was late and I agreed to just roll with it.

Fast forward to yesterday, we are packing like crazy and zippers about ready to pop and we are sitting on it to get it to close.  We load it into the shuttle and we are off to the airport.  In the middle of the ride Sweetie Pie says "i really hope we aren't over 50 pounds."  I just look at him and tells me that coming here we were at 48 pounds, but that we really didn't have anything new in the suitcase.  This is not true we had a few tiny new items....but we had wet swimming suits and some damp running gear (I was a sweaty mess at the race...I know, gross).  We get to the bag check and lo and behold...55 pounds. I didn't think this was a huge deal because we were on frontier and our tickets included a free checked bag per person.  I thought we might have to pay a $25 fee maybe.  That's when the lady tells us to find stuff to come out because the fee is $75.

That is NOT a typo $75, seven-five U.S. Dollars. So we hurriedly tried to find items to stuff in our already overstuffed carryons. All is well and ends well...the nice lady let us slide by with with a 51 pound bag and we were off to catch our flight.

Lesson learned: no more trying to over stuff bags and I think we will be investing in another medium sized bags and not trying to play system and get out of bag fees.  Just pay for two and avoid the hassle!

Do you have any crazy luggage stories? 

June BarkBox Review

This is quickly becoming an addiction that is goi g to have some repercussions on my bank account shortly.  I am in love with these subscription boxes and getting some serious razzing from Sweetie Pie since he sees all the random boxes I receive every week or so.  Well I also have a small Groupon problem as well, I was delighted when they were offing a discount. On the BarkBox subscription boxes.  It's only fair that my little fur babies get in on the action, right.

As a side note I encountered a small issue when redeeming my Groupon and customer service was top notch they fixed it and offered helpful advice.  Good job guys!

Here Otis in all of its glory.  The dogs would not give me a moments peace while I was opening it and also i have some random dog parks in my shots...they might be a little blurry since I was pushing away dogs while trying to take pictures.

The first item in the box is pretty interesting...Bowser Beer! I don't think they can drunk on this stuff but maybe just sip it on the porch while making snarky comments about the neighbors.