Fort Lauderdale shop shop shop

Well, yesterday was the day I had been waiting for – Finally I had the day off in Fort Lauderdale! Finally the chance to shop shop shop!

The thing is, when you start this job there is no way you can know what to take with you.. especially when, like me, you had no idea where you were going to be in the world until after you left.

Shopping on the islands is shit. Unless you want tacky shirts and trinkets or $20000 diamonds. Then it’s great. But I need things like a kettle, paper an pens, band aids, no-doz, boxes for organising all my junk, candy – all of which are in short supply on the islands. I also need more clothes. I regret not taking certain items – and mum, get ready for an email detailing all the things I need you to send me from home!!

When you disembark the ship in fort Lauderdale, there are little mini busses outside that will run you to various shopping centres around Fort Lauderdale and Miami. Because I was on disembarks form 6:30 am – 10am (een though it was my day off), I missed the busses going to Galleria and Aventura mall ( the best places), however I was able to catch the “cow bus” to Sawgrass Mills, the largest mall in Florida.

My god.

The largeness.

The awesomeness.

The sheer novelty of seeing all the shops you’ve only read about or seen on TV in real life.. and buying shit from them!!
Saks 5th avenue, Walgreens, Windixie, taco bell, chuck.e.cheeze, J.C Penney, dollar tree (which is literally the greatest dollar shop I have ever experienced)… and like 8 million others – I was a little excited. I BOUghT A BRA FROM VICTORIA’S SECRET.. it is the greatest bra ever. Out of control.

I had taco bell for lunch. Yuk. I hate it. Bleugh. Next time, subway.
I sshoppeed and shopped and shopped, but still only ended up with half the stuff I needed. For example I got the kettle and the milk, but no instant coffee… oh well, there’s always next week.

Next week is very exciting as well, as we are changing itineraries from eastern to western Caribbean – then alternating for the rest of my contract. It will be nice to have a change of scenery.

In our meeting last night, we found out that the cruise staff team on board the emerald is blowing the other 16 ships in the fleet out of the water in terms of ratings and feedback. Woo we are the best.