Part 2:
Today is Friday, New Years Eve and all is well in the world. We're up and ready to roll by 9ish, our plan was to go back to Forum shops and return the defective bra but on the way through the casino hubby decides to stay (since he hit again on the way out!!) so I went by myself. Caught the shuttle again to
Harrahs and went directly to Cesears. Finally found a sales girl who knew exactly what I needed, D cup and all. A quick try on and voila I am lifted and happy. There was a $ 10.00 differance so I had to buy some red panties (for good luck) I then walked to
Bellagio to see the conservatory all the while using my new little sony camcorder. This is the greatest little recorder, so light and easy to use! Hubby was smart not going with me, I filmed so much-stopping and getting every angle-he hates waiting for me to do this.
Bellagio was super pretty as usual. The Conservatory had the coolest decorations. I dropped $ 20 in a blazing 7's and guess what???
Nothing of course! Oh well I am loving this time, alone - roaming around doing what I want and no one to tell me to hurry up. I cross over the street and hit Margaritaville. Have a top shelf and watch the volcano erupt. More fun.
Walk to
Harrahs and sit at a lucky star .25 cent machine (playing 3) and stay for a few hours on my $20.00. Lots of fun and finally got some play time for my money. Take the shuttle back to Rio and meet hubby for a snack/drinks at DL again. Let me tell you this place is awesome. They always have great snacky food, great drinks and service. We play for a few hours and then up to the room to get ready for our party. Good thing I gave myself 2 hours.. I freaking hate hot rollers and kept burning my fingers on the little buggers. I was so mad. We are almost ready and I forgot my mascara and hair spray, you know the kind of hair spray that will hold in a hurricane. So off hubby goes for me.
$ 12.00 bucks for a cover girl mascara - geesh.
Now thats mark up. Finally all gussied up, he in his tux and me in my super awesome Ralph Lauren (which I got here at home on a major major discount- hehe)We head to the Rio party. The line is sooooo long, the room is huge and we are next to the dance floor!! Yahooo, we only dance once a year and now we don't have to walk a mile.
Our table mates are a nice young lady and her mom from Montana, a very young lady and her older hubby from Fl another couple who I didn't talk to but they kept taking our picture and another couple from TX. Now the TX lady was a hoot. She wore the silly mask and just loved to drink,dance and smoke!! At one point Fl girl,TX lady and I did a "girl dance only" I think the guys were suprised but this is something girls do all the time. The guys did grab their camera's and I guess they enjoyed it after all.
Dinner was pretty good: started with the shrimp,crab claw and scallop appitizer. Soup: a very odd cream of butternut squash w/toasted pumplin seeds(not my favorite)Entree: lobster tail w/filet mignon-asperagus and a horseradish whipped potatoes. Desert: some funky chocolate mousse made into a peacock. We were too full for desert so I just took a picture of it. They really did a good job with the table though. They had little menus printed up like little picture frames, party favors and real picture frames for each guest in the shape of an urn or something. Funny how free booze and food gets people in the "I'll take anything I can get my hands on" mode. We look over after dinner and there are these people dressed to the nines crawling on their table to retrieve the centerpieces!!! Holy crap guys, go to the freaking gift store. Finally security comes and starts taking them away from them as they try to leave the ballroom. What a site.
The band was really good, too by the way. We went out to the veranda to watch the fireworks which were really good but it was super cold out there. They did provide those tall propane heater thingies you all stand under. Midnight came and I got to kiss my number one guy! After 6 years he still makes me feel special. I am very blessed...
Then the lights went out..
Not a few minutes back in the casino and bam
half the place is dark. We look over to one section and people are streaming outta there, all over each other. The area where the tables were still had power and some of the slots.Those people didn't even flinch. I don't think they ever KNEW the lights were off. Poor waiters/waitresses were running their butts off tryiing to apease the crazy ones. One word here about those bevertainers: Turn the gosh darn volume down!! I don;t mind you standing up there dancing and what not but the noise level is way way too high. ok nuff said.
Well the lights come back on and we go up to our room to change into our comfy clothes. There was a bottle of champagne and chocolate dipped strawberries from our host "Happy Anniversary" hmmm that was yesterday. Ok better late than never. Change and back down we hit the slots with a vengence. Return back to the room at 5:00 am, I have not won - not at all. Hubby is on a loosing streak also.
Saturday a:m we decide to go to
GVR. We shuttle to
Harrahs, take the monorail to MGM. A tram up to
Mandalay Bay and ask for the
GVR shuttle. Huh, I dunno... every where we asked. Finally someone tells us to go to valet and wait but they have no idea how long a wait... hmmm doesn't sound like
MB wants us to go to
GVR. We end up taking a cab for $20 something bucks.
Boy this is a very pretty area. The casino has a southwestern hacienda type feel. Pretty nice. The slots were good too and hubby twice hit on the random fortunado deal. We got our players cards in case we return and wandered around looking for the TV people. Guess everyone slept in today!! We decide to head back to Rio and wait for the shuttle to
MB. We wait and wait and of course it won't be there until 5pm so we take another freaking cab, this time to Rio $ 30.00
So our little outing was kinda expensive.
We decide on Tilted Kilt for some grub and order the wings and salads. I wanted them a little crispy but they came out like they had been in the fryer for 30 minutes. Hardly any meat left on them and dry. The sauce was way way to hot and I only ate 6. We left and took a nap. Hubby slept till 8 and went back to the slots. I slept until 11pm until he got worried and got me back up. We catch a bite at the deli and gamble till 5:00 am. But at 2:00 am hubby hits for: $ 1795.00 and $ 4000.00 yahoooooo, me nothing..
Sunday is our last day, Hubby doesn't want to go with me on my trek to the
Stratosphere so I go alone. Shuttle over to Harrah's, monorail to the Sahara, walk to the
Strat. Took in a burger at McDonalds then the tower ride/observation deck. WOW ! I have never been up there and it was a clear day. Amazing view. I rode the roller coaster by myself which was pretty neat then went to the Top of the world lounge to have a drink and watch my Panthers loose. Sad, sad, sad.
Hoof it back to the Sahara,tram to
Harrahs, play a bit and shuttle back to Rio.
Dinner tonight was at Buzio's in the Rio. A nice atmosphere and good meal. The oysters rockafeller were awesome, I will order and eat them again every time now. Our entree's were a NY strip w/grilled prawns. The meal was a nice way to end our trip. We had a late check out 6pm and the bell hop took our bags to storage. At 8pm we left via the limo and got to the airport no problem. Flight home was full and I slept the entire way, all 3 1/2 hrs!! I fell asleep before we left the tarmac and awoke as we were pulling into the gate, missed seeing vegas at night by air which I was bummed about. Everthing else went smoothly and arrived home at 8:00 am. We were welcomed by our doggie and kitties ( we had a sitter) and opened up our stores. Oh my, we will never try that again. I was so wore out that we closed early and went to bed...
All in all we had a great trip. I did things I had never got to do in vegas:
Ride the roller coaster at the
strat
observation tower at
strat
ride the monorail: i thought it was great! and thank you for my pass fellow T2V friend!!
went to
GVR
saw the fountains and forum shops at cesears
saw the
bellagio conservatory
etc etc etc.
I am glad we are home but am looking forward to our trip back in July with family.
Sorry this was long and probably very boring compared to others but thanks for reading.!!
