Rest day required..!

A slower paced day was in order today. A spot of shopping at the local outlet Mall, where Jack bought some more shirts for his collection! J Jackson refuses to get his haircut and a few bargains were obtained.

It still bemuses me as to how much we pay for stuff in Australia!! I know in the long it all evens up with regards to our higher taxed items in exchange for our medicare system, but in the short term it's hard to process.....

For example;

An average style of Nike Runners in Australia – nothing less than $110. Over here in the Mall $40.

Revlon Foundation Make Up = In Australia $38. Over here in the U.S - $8.90.

Chicken breast fillets = In Australia $9 per kg (or 2.2pounds for our US readers). In the U.S $4 per kg.

The sun has gone down and we are off to the NBA – basketball! Orlando Magic V’s Houston Rockets at the Amway Centre. Best value seats in the house – great views of the entire center! Because we were up on the ROOF!! This was all we could afford but none the less the experience was really enjoyable. Before we came across we searched for a lot of games of interest to us say - New York Knicks playing the Cav’s at Maddison Square Gardens (in NYC) – lowest priced seats $200 each!! Ok, so let’s try less popular teams in lower profile area’s only $45 each. That’s more like it…!!

The next day we said ‘Good Bye’ to Jack for a few days and “Hello” to Victoria – Charlie’s other daughter. Off to Disney Hollywood Studio’s we go. A very cold and wet 13 degree Celsius (55 Fahrenheit). I didn’t think Orlando could get this cold in winter. It didn’t stop the Theme Park junkies though. A lovely day at Disney – magical, absolutely magical!! To watch our 15 year old teenager daughter who is either your best friend or the devil (with no in between of late), wait in line to meet Olaf (from Frozen) and to watch the ‘Frozen’ Disney Production with Ana and Elsa was a priceless parenting moment..!!

Sunday – a quiet day for the Connor family. A colder day to stay inside and catch up on some blogging, washing etc. A trip to the gym, pool and the spa to get rid of some accumulated kg’s/pounds. 

Next stop – The lovely “Jack’s house” in Saint Augustine Florida (approx. 1.5 hours north from Orlando).