Two Delightfully Unfrugal Idiots sail our White Whale (Oasis OP, 9/24 -10/1/23)

[asquared17]

11 minutes ago, SweetPea said:

And I'm nearly giddy to report the number may actually be 0. We either have a casualty of being lost in the garbage bag/painter's tarp waterproofing fiasco or we just haven't found them yet. Depending how this plays out, i can assure you that he will not hear the end of it. 

wait. WAIT. 

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT YOUR BAGS?

ARE YOUR BAGS MISSING. 

…. or maybe batman’s underwear???

EITHER WAY THIS SEEMS DIRE 

[DDaley]

18 hours ago, SweetPea said:

This is the photo i used for the WhatsApp profile pic to comm with Sweet Leticia tmw. I should've photoshopped the garbage can out ... if only this vintage knew how to photoshop ... sadly, any mad skills end at changing from color to B&W.

Easy! I left in the pigeon because it just felt right. Happy cruise day!!

[SweetPea]

15 minutes ago, asquared17 said:

wait. WAIT. 

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT YOUR BAGS?

ARE YOUR BAGS MISSING. 

…. or maybe batman’s underwear???

EITHER WAY THIS SEEMS DIRE 

We have both bags. I've given up and am having that dirty martini in the lounge ...  will he find them? Unless there are underpants gnomes on the ship, i agree with your dire situation assessment!

[SweetPea]

6 minutes ago, DDaley said:

Easy! I left in the pigeon because it just felt right. Happy cruise day!!

It's perfect, thank you!

[asquared17]

8 minutes ago, SweetPea said:

Unless there are underpants gnomes on the ship, i agree with your dire situation assessment!

SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON’T BELIEVE IN FOLLOWING OUR FORMULA FOR THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF PAIRS OF UNDIES?????

ohhhhhh batman. 

however unwittingly, you have just proven our point so well. 

rip friend. 

good thing you get laundry in star class and can live in bathing suit trunks once it gets warmer

ps: ……. you DO get laundry in star class, right?????

pss: this is why i keep mine in my carryon

[SweetPea]

Just now, asquared17 said:

ps: ……. you DO get laundry in star class, right?????

Yes! Thank God!

[SweetPea]

I almost said tonight was Cagney's lol. It's easy to get cruise lines confused when you're not loyal. Here are the ones i can post from Chops. One was censored because Batman vetoes food porn.

The first one is the tuna tartare. I'd skip it next time. 

 

 

[OCSC Mike]

58 minutes ago, SweetPea said:

Batman vetoes food porn.

Pardon? My live blogs from here on out might be nothing BUT food porn.

You guys have to be tired of Star Class info & specialty restaurant pics by now.

Stay tuned for endless pics of kummelwecks, paninis, El Loco tacos, random WJ items… and slices from that fancy pizza joint on the promenade!

[SweetPea]

First of all, do any of you know the effort it takes to live blog while sailing with your better half and only one of you knows about said blog? I've literally absconded to the ladies room when i don't need to go

Aftermath of rack of lamb. I restrained myself from picking up the racks, ripping them apart, and eating them like the dog i am. 

Our Chops server asked us to sign.  I told Batman this was because i ordered an 85$ glass of chianti to go with my lamb and we had to pay for the overage. To his credit, he shrugged his shoulders and said ... when in Chops. Instead of giving us our bill, our waiter gave us the dessert menu. I asked if he wanted us to sign the menu like the famous people we are. 

 

Batman just asked what's taking so long in the ladies room. Back later. 

 

[SweetPea]

We're at the Globe & Atlas now where we've undoubtedly found our place. Batman's now in the men's room. 

There is amazing singer here. I'm going to ask him if he already knows or can learn my favorite Van Morrison song by the end of the week.  If you guessed Brown Eyed Girl, please hang your head in shame. Clearly that's his worst. 

Also, I'm not sure we're loving our cabin steward. He's efficient and practical. Not feeling the love like we did with Jesus on Anthem though. No towel animals for us old fogeys. Disappointing since i bought him glow in the dark eyes. 

[asquared17]

27 minutes ago, SweetPea said:

I've literally absconded to the ladies room when i don't need to go

i’m howling

28 minutes ago, SweetPea said:

Batman just asked what's taking so long in the ladies room. Back later. 

this is like some harriet the spy, young adult drama, princess diaries (the books, not the movies — though i LOVE the movies) stuff. 

im dying

16 minutes ago, SweetPea said:

Batman's now in the men's room. 

well and with only one pair of undies… let’s hope he takes care. 

(the indignity of this all, i swear!!! poor batman)

17 minutes ago, SweetPea said:

Disappointing since i bought him glow in the dark eyes. 

just when i think i’ve acclimated to the journey that is a sweepea post, i get a non sequitur gem like this. and i start laughing all over again!!!

 

[WAAAYTOOO]

Confused about the luggage.  Any missing or not ?  Underwear shortage is….planned ?  Accidental ?  Imagined ?

Jesus is the BEST.  He is a small towel animal virtuoso.  Sorry your current attendant is lacking.

[Ampurp85]

So you're on the ship, it crowded, and Batman did not help me win with 8 pairs?

Did you not keep your luggage with you ? @WAAAYTOOO stresses this when you sail Star. 

[Robert M]

I have never laughed so hard reading a blog, this should be pinned as a requirement to read when joining this forum...

[OCSC Mike]

9 hours ago, SweetPea said:

i ordered an 85$ glass of chianti to go with my lamb

And your fava beans?

$85? For one glass of a drink? My frugal brain is

[asquared17]

14 hours ago, SweetPea said:

We have both bags.

i feel like i may have created misinformation in my general fear and outrage but they have their bags.

batman just doesn’t have spare undies. or, well…. ANY. (except for whatever he may have worn on boarding day)

@SweetPea pls inform batman that i really never meant to discuss his undergarments in such detail and IN FACT tried to abort mission on it entirely…. he is never going to let us cruise together now  

[SweetPea]

I'm providing this disclaimer entirely too late. However, this blog will contain PUI (Posting under the influence). The later it is, the more inevitable it becomes. We'll just have to go with it, hope for the best, and sort out whatever doesn't make sense later ...

So i suppose we'll start with last night's clarifications, in no particular order. 

(BTW: Batman is still sleeping. I'm in the living room.  If this ends abruptly, you'll know why as I'm hearing a stir....)

Your luggage no longer stays with you. That was fine. We air tagged them and received all our luggage, in tact, in a reasonable amount of time. 

We are, however, still looking for Batman's under goodies. There's still a chance, albeit a small one, we'll still find them. You all remember the pic of the suitcase in the garbage bag? Like i said, i made fun of it. So Batman repacked that suitcase, waterproofing from the inside with a painter's tarp. We think that's when he forgot to transfer them back into the suitcase: when the waterproofing efforts changed. So of course if Batman has to go commando or live in swim trunks, it's my fault.

There was no 85$ glass of wine last night. I ordered a glass of Chianti without looking at a menu, so i had no idea what it cost. They don't even have Chianti at Chops. They had to go to Gio's to get it. So when our waiter Richard said he was going to get us the bill to sign, i told Batman the glass of Chianti cost $85 and we were paying the overage (whatever 85-14×1.18 is, it's too early to math). Only problem was that Richard didn't bring us the bill. He brought us the dessert menu with a pen, which he promptly dropped off at the table and left. Hence our joke about if he wanted us to autograph the menu. When we eventually did get the bill, it was $0.

Now let's talk Sugar Beach ... i somehow was looking forward to candies of my childhood but I'd have settled for jawbreakers. Batman wanted candied peanuts. Did they have any? No, but guess which 2 idiots bought 19.86$ worth of the quintessential old person's candy, Jordan Almonds? 

 

[SweetPea]

4 minutes ago, asquared17 said:

i feel like i may have created misinformation in my general fear and outrage but they have their bags.

batman just doesn’t have spare undies. or, well…. ANY. (except for whatever he may have worn on boarding day)

@SweetPea pls inform batman that i really never meant to discuss his undergarments in such detail and IN FACT tried to abort mission on it entirely…. he is never going to let us cruise together now  

We were cross posting and i appreciate your efforts to clarify. I may call on your talents further as the week goes on....

 

And since Batman has NO idea I've told the entire RC Blog community his current predicament, he will have no idea that you know.  

[SweetPea]

1 hour ago, OCSC Mike said:

And your fava beans?

$85? For one glass of a drink? My frugal brain is

Batman did try to Hannibal Lector when i ordered, but it really is a difficult move to simulate!

[Lovetocruise2002]

Question of the day?

Why does Batman not know about this blog? lol

[Ampurp85]

So, the packing situation was much worse than we thought or stay with me......Batman uses cruises to avoid wearing underwear. Some of us like to eat, gamble or people watch but Batman likes to be free..........

I have to say that Chops always underwhelms me, especially when it comes to drinks.

[LandstromCruise]

I'm trying to figure out why Batman does not know about the blog?  Does he not understand how important this blog is for the rest of us??  Forget him enjoying his cruise, we need to enjoy it 

[SweetPea]

16 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

Question of the day?

Why does Batman not know about this blog? lol

For one, every time he catches me typing and asks what I'm doing, i tell him I'm playing Wordle. He actually believes that. Let's not spoil that. 

For two, any time he tries to google something that will land him here, i google more quickly (or i already know the answer and pretend I've found it elsewhere. And i make it sound like I'm reading something back) 

I lived in fear for ages when i told the world about his pedicure story last blog. I got away with it then.  Clearly, my criminal efforts are becoming more bold and brazen ...  

[asquared17]

13 minutes ago, LandstromCruise said:

Does he not understand how important this blog is for the rest of us??  Forget him enjoying his cruise, we need to enjoy it 

to be fair, he lives with sweetpea so it's safe to say he lives our liveblog joy on the daily at least, this is how i comfort myself hahaha

19 minutes ago, Ampurp85 said:

or stay with me......Batman uses cruises to avoid wearing underwear. Some of us like to eat, gamble or people watch but Batman likes to be free..........

I AM WHEEZING LAUGHING DEAR GOD

46 minutes ago, SweetPea said:

So of course if Batman has to go commando or live in swim trunks, it's my fault.

this seems like the opposite of girl math and i do not think i like it.

ITS NOT YOUR FAULT THAT YOU ARE A LIVING DISTRACTION. (i say this as someone who is also a living distraction...) (sidebar is it possible that we are somehow related? this seems increasingly likely, given our crossover in other ways...)

43 minutes ago, SweetPea said:

We were cross posting and i appreciate your efforts to clarify. I may call on your talents further as the week goes on....

I AM HERE FOR THIS AND YOU!!!!!!!!

[SweetPea]

And if I'm not completely clear ... if this blog is to continue, Batman must never know about it. Like ever. 

He'll demand prior review and approval before i hit send on any post. Not to mention he'll be mortified i shared his 2:30am love note as well as his (lack of) under goodie situation. 

If I'm found out and the blog suddenly changes to a more formal course, the code word is PROMULGATED. You'll know I've been breached. 

[WAAAYTOOO]

14 minutes ago, SweetPea said:

I lived in fear for ages when i told the world about his pedicure story last blog. I got away with it then.  Clearly, my criminal efforts are becoming more bold and brazen ...  

....but nothing truly dies on the internet.  It is all there, preserved for eternity, to be used as evidence against you ONE of these days.  You never know who will betray you.  Be afraid....be very afraid.

[asquared17]

i understand i can't ACTUALLY be sipping mimosas with you right now but it certainly FEELS as though we are all doing just that, thanks to the liveblog...

[SweetPea]

3 hours ago, asquared17 said:

i understand i can't ACTUALLY be sipping mimosas with you right now but it certainly FEELS as though we are all doing just that, thanks to the liveblog...

We need to do a group cruise! Or at least live the Royal Loft dream at some point!

[SweetPea]

Ok helpful post of the day before this party gets restarted .... 

Batman was playing with our shades today. One of them is wonky and rolls down like a hot wrinkled mess.  One of them doesn't work at all. 

Note that you have 0 privacy in your BR and bath without these shades down.  I feel like i should've known that from other helpful bloggers. But i dodged a bullet changing into my swim top there. 

I'll report it to Leticia or Sherman shortly.

Here's the view from that unshaded panel. 

[asquared17]

wait the sun is out???? THANK GOD.

this trip is turning around!!!!

[SweetPea]

 

58 minutes ago, asquared17 said:

sidebar is it possible that we are somehow related? this seems increasingly likely, given our crossover in other ways

I meant to address this earlier because it sounds highly likely, doesn't it? If only i weren't afraid of DNA testing ....

If we're not related, we're at least kindred spirits. I have a full bag of Charcoal activated pills with me. 

 

[SweetPea]

7 minutes ago, asquared17 said:

wait the sun is out???? THANK GOD.

this trip is turning around!!!!

Yes, a complete 180 from yesterday! 

[SweetPea]

Also if you recall this was $599 a few days before the cruise. I thought it was a crazy bargain but apparently no one jumped at it at that price. We'd have done this if we had our niece and nephews with us, but that's an ENTIRELY different blog.  Then again, i do sign all my 15 year old nephew's birthday cards "i will always have bail money."

[Karannk]

1 hour ago, SweetPea said:

Also if you recall this was $599 a few days before the cruise. I thought it was a crazy bargain but apparently no one jumped at it at that price. We'd have done this if we had our niece and nephews with us, but that's an ENTIRELY different blog.  Then again, i do sign all my 15 year old nephew's birthday cards "i will always have bail money."

I just checked the app for our upcoming Oasis cruise on 10/15 and sure enough the thrill water park cabana is now $200 cheaper than what we paid. Did a little cancellation and rebooking and yay $200 less money spent. I probably wouldn’t have thought to check, assuming it just gets more expensive close to cruising. Thanks! Keeping a close eye on your adventures as we’ll be in the grand panoramic in a few weeks. 

[SweetPea]

We asked for a chicken sandwich from Playmakers. Keyword "a" meaning we'll share. I'll let you guess how that worked out. 

The Chicken sandwich was AMAZING. 

The rest is my "breakfast salad," if you will. Bloody Mary, shrimp, bacon, olives.  Both Bloody Marys promptly went into my Yeti.

 

[SweetPea]

And if you guessed that Batman removed the lettuce and tomato and added some bacon to his chicken sandwich, you should buy yourself a lottery ticket. 

[ScottD]

I'm looking at that picture from out of your window and all I can imagine is someone running up those steps at just the wrong moment.... OH hellllooo. 

[Lovetocruise2002]

2 hours ago, SweetPea said:

And if I'm not completely clear ... if this blog is to continue, Batman must never know about it. Like ever. 

He'll demand prior review and approval before i hit send on any post. Not to mention he'll be mortified i shared his 2:30am love note as well as his (lack of) under goodie situation. 

If I'm found out and the blog suddenly changes to a more formal course, the code word is PROMULGATED. You'll know I've been breached. 

OMG! You should have started with that! lol

Thank goodness I did not post a link to this in that other group that I know Batman belongs to  Can you imagine???

[FireFishII]

On 9/23/2023 at 12:26 PM, FireFishII said:

Since no one took the bet for UNDER 5 - I will take it. LOL!  Love the luggage cover. Very Frugal. 

I WON!!!  I WON!!!  What do I get?  A Walmark 12 underwear package? 

[SweetPea]

50 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

OMG! You should have started with that! lol

Thank goodness I did not post a link to this in that other group that I know Batman belongs to  Can you imagine???

I'd be divorced!