What the Junk?!

I checked the iPad this morning as I did every day since I ordered my item and it actually said it was out for delivery! :D I was so happy and so shocked. I really didn't think it was ever coming!  It came.  I wanted to do a photoshoot of it, but I wasn't able to today. My friend had texted and wanted to know if I wanted to go a couple of places, but I said I couldn't because the package I've been waiting for years on (seems like it) was coming today and hadn't been delivered yet.  I had planned to do an unboxing video and everything!  Well, since we didn't go anywhere, he was nice enough to bring me some food from KFC. (that sammich is the bomb!) He was here when the mail came. I got my package in, but I didn't open it until after he left and by then, it wasn't light enough out to get a good photoshoot.  I did take a picture in my room in my crappy lighting though. :p So, what is the mystery goodie I ordered myself? A traveler's notebook.  I've been wanting a traditional A5 size TN that would hold some of my largersized notebooks. I saw this one and fell in love with the color and design.  I wasn't sure until it actually got here if the notebooks would work as the dimensions weren't lining up but they did fit! :)  I am also going to make a slip of paper to carry in my purse that I can compare to notebooks with I find them in stores. I do occasionally come across these little notebooks.  Right now, it has three in it and it's made to have four, but I think that will make it too chunky.  I have a charm on it. It's a keychain that I got from Myrtle Beach and modified and made into a charm. It's very cute!  The color of the TN in person was darker than the pictures on the website, but I like it. It's so soft and it smells sooooo good.  Here is the picture, remember, it's not the greatest as it's in poor lighting:

There it is without the charm. D'oh! Here it is with the charm. :p

The little star was filled with copper-colored glitter, I took it out and put pink and blue in there. I thought it was a nice addition.  Of course, the cork broke and I had to find a way to replace it.  The second picture is more what it looks like on the website and the color I wanted, it's more like the first picture in person, but again, I have crappy lighting, so...   The color is pink and grey according to the Etsy listing. The grey to me is more blue grey than grey so that makes me happy as I love blue.  It's a gorgeous TN!

Sorry about no afternoon post.  We went out for a bit.  We went to three Goodwill stores that we had already been to.  I got stuff in two of the three. :P My friend went to a pawn shop he'd visited already and come out with a camera. It was for ME! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  It was too late for me to really have fun with it outside tonight, but I'll share some pictures tomorrow.  I have a couple from the parking lot but nothing spectacular.  :P

I do have a few random pictures I took on my phone while we were out.  Enjoy and I'll see you tomorrow! 

Trees outside of one of the pawn shops

Giant milk carton :)

Inside the Starbucks at Murrell's Inlet, I got a Flat white and a gorgeous water bottle. I"m hoping by buying a water bottle, it will encourage me to start working out / walking again!

Hoo boy am I tired. I decided to walk to the Pavilion area today.  It's been a LONG time since I walked that much. I was hurting coming back, let me tell you! LOL I walked to the beginning of the boardwalk and walked it down to the Pavilion area. I went in the Gay Dolphin and bought a cute shirt and a few stickers/decals.  I then walked across the street to I love Sugar.  I wanted bulk nerds. Guess what they didn't have? WAH!!!!!!!! lol, I wanted my damn Nerds! I did get some of the little Cotton candy-flavored candies that I like a few random things to try. I love bulk candy. Goodness, gracious! :p

I went to the first Starbucks that I came to, the one in the Bay View Resort.  I got a caramel ribbon crunch frappuccino and it was delicious! I was able to pick up a few cards I didn't have, too.  I went to the Oceanfront Starbucks but I didn't get anything in there today.  I just wanted to visit. I saw a water bottle that I adored at the Bay View and was going to buy it at the Ocean Front one, but they didn't have it. Oh well, I'll get one or something else I love. :P

I walked back along the Boardwalk and then when I got to the end, I took off my shoes and gave my poor feets a break, and walked in the surf back to the hotel. That was nice and my feet were much happier with me! It was nice to walk in the daytime as so far, I've only been on the beach at night.  I still will go tonight, but you know how it is! :P I took a lot of pictures and I'll share some here. Maybe I'll do a complete Google photo album of the trip when I get home. For now, enjoy these pictures I took along the way.

I'm currently on the balcony with my laptop, iPad mini, phone, and other assorted goodies! I haven't left the room yet today.  I took a little nap earlier after that first post. I have eaten leftover pizza and we ordered some cheesesteaks and I finished mine a bit ago. I've been sitting out here enjoying the sounds and sights of the ocean. It's lovely again today.  I wrote. I got a good deal done and I plan to write some more. I did write yesterday, but it wasn't very much as I was so tired. I was glad to get more done today.  I took a nice bath today. Whoo-hoo! That was very nice as I can't do that at home.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do for the rest of tonight. I'm planning on staying out here for a while. I've been using my digital planner and having a great time making a memory book (digitally) of this trip. I love digital planning!  I will walk on the beach later as I did last night. Last night it was mainly walking out, put my feet in the ocean a bit and come in. I hope to stay out a bit longer tonight as I'm more rested after my nap. I needed that nap!  So, here are a few pictures for me to share with you and I'll be back either later tonight or tomorrow. :)

Sorry for no afternoon post.  We ate and then went out for a bit.  I took a few pictures of the sky and beach before it got dark to share. This is probably my last post until tomorrow evening.  If I don't post then, I'll try to post on Thursday with a Google photo gallery of all the pictures I took. We'll see how that goes. For now, enjoy the ones I'm sharing. I still need to get my nightly beach walk. I am mostly packed so I won't have so much to do in the morning.  I'm ready to stay here forever and I'm ready to be home. I miss my Goontz!

Well, I did it, I got P.F. Changs! It cost way too much but it was delicious!  I ordered it via UberEats and it was here way before the estimate.  That is awesome.  Here is a bad picture:

I ate that and I have spent a LOT of balcony time today.  I've been out there for hours.  My friend ordered us food from DoorDash a bit ago. It was from a place called Hwy 55 and it was pretty damn tasty! He got a huge burger and I got a Philly steak sammich. Yummy!  I ate on the balcony because it's just so nice out there.  We haven't gone out at all today. I went up one floor to get a Coke.  I have Dew but I wanted Coke with my lo mein.  We may or may not go out later, if so, I have two things to mail. I googled to see if there was a dropbox near here, but there aren't. BOO! When we stayed at the Northern end of Myrtle, there was a box at the shopping center on 17 not far from the hotel.

If we don't get out tonight, we definitely will tomorrow, so either way, it will get mailed.  I'm going to take my nightly beach walk at some point. I am not sure when. It's not really dark here yet but it's getting there fast. Here are a few pictures to share for this evening.

Until the next post, enjoy!

Well, I did it, I got P.F. Changs! It cost way too much but it was delicious!  I ordered it via UberEats and it was here way before the estimate.  That is awesome.  Here is a bad picture:

I ate that and I have spent a LOT of balcony time today.  I've been out there for hours.  My friend ordered us food from DoorDash a bit ago. It was from a place called Hwy 55 and it was pretty damn tasty! He got a huge burger and I got a Philly steak sammich. Yummy!  I ate on the balcony because it's just so nice out there.  We haven't gone out at all today. I went up one floor to get a Coke.  I have Dew but I wanted Coke with my lo mein.  We may or may not go out later, if so, I have two things to mail. I googled to see if there was a dropbox near here, but there aren't. BOO! When we stayed at the Northern end of Myrtle, there was a box at the shopping center on 17 not far from the hotel.

If we don't get out tonight, we definitely will tomorrow, so either way, it will get mailed.  I'm going to take my nightly beach walk at some point. I am not sure when. It's not really dark here yet but it's getting there fast. Here are a few pictures to share for this evening.

Until the next post, enjoy!

Ahhhhhh just took a shower and washed my hair and do I feel good. Whoo-hoo! lol  I am seriously considering getting P.F. Changs via UberEats.  We don't have them at home and I love them so much. It's so tempting!  I might do it. I'll let you know if I do. :P  I spent some nice balcony time before coming in to wash my hair. That way it will have all day to dry.  It takes forever with it as long as it is.  As soon as I'm vaccinated, I'm getting a much-needed haircut! It's so long and gross. :(

Here are some pictures I took on the balcony this afternoon. As you can see, it's pretty out today:

I was awoken about 5:40 to an alarm going off. It was the fire alarm on this floor.  I got up and looked out and all was clear.  I then opened the door to make sure and the alarms finally went off.  UGH. I did go out and get some pictures of the beach and ocean though to share.  It was so pretty.  

I was able to get back to sleep after a while but I'm so tired. Not sure what we are doing today. I'm happy to just hang out here and relax.  

So, we went out and were going to eat at Red Robin, but there was a wait because of low staffing.  Cracker Barrel is right across the lot, so we went there, still a wait but a shorter one and plenty of staff.  We looked in the gift shop while waiting and I found something to buy! :D  This is Stumpers:

Look at the wittle Corgo! <3 We went to a Goodwill and my friend went to a Pawnshop.  We also got Krispy Kreme donuts. YUM!!!!  I took a nice beach walk and now I'm back in the room trying to cool off. I'm roasting. It's rather humid out. I only planned to walk to the water and back, but I ended up walking down to the hotel we have stayed at before and came back.  I took a picture of a cute little Palm tree to share too!

This was in between the Krispy Kreme and the Cook out.  Baby Palm! :)

The sun peeked out for a bit and then went away again. It's gray out there.  We are heading out in a bit. Probably to eat and do a few things. I'll update what we do later.  Here are a few pictures for now.

It's grey and rainy today.  It looks like it might clear off a little later.  For now, it's not bad.  Here a few pictures I took earlier on the balcony.

My friend order IHOP for us and we went to get it. We ate and then I spent some balcony time and then he sat to relax a bit. While he did that, I changed and walked to 17. I only went to two beachwear stores and then came back.  Since I haven't been walking lately and it's really hot here, I figured a small walk would be okay and it was.  I got a keychain and a can koozie in one store. A bracelet and some decals in another. I'm sending one of the decals to my favorite pen pal! :)

I took a few pictures while I was out in case you wanted to see something other than the beach! :p Enjoy the randomness:

From top to bottom, a look back to 17 from the road I was on, I forgot the name, sorry. The next is a view ahead on that same road.  The third is a giant concrete seashell that is at a hotel on Ocean Boulevard.  The fourth picture is a pretty flower I stopped to take a photo of and look up in Google Lens. it's a West Indian Lantana.  I thought it was pretty so I stopped and checked it out. :)  Now I am going to relax a bit, probably eat a little something sit's been quite a while since we at IHOP, and relax. 

The sun has come out a bit.  I took a few pictures to share.  We ran out and got food and came back. I think today is going to be a relaxing one here. I might go out myself and walk to 17 but that is iffy. We'll see. Right now, I'm enjoying just relaxing in the room.  I've been in and out on the balcony quite a bit.