Day One: Cruising at Sea

Our first day at sea was exactly what the doctor ordered.

We woke up late and enjoyed a delicious seated breakfast

in the grand dining room.

While the service was good, there were not

as many selections as we expected

so we decided from then on out to try the breakfast buffet.

The plan was to eat breakfast and then lay on the deck

to read and get some sun.

Well, the weather didn't quite work out for sunning unfortunately,

but we made the most of it.

We walked around, read our Kindle's drank some drinks and just chilled.

Earlier in the day I had seen something about an art auction

which offered free champagne,

and immediately thought "champagne and pictures, I'm in".

I draaaaaaaaaaaagged C along with me promising we could leave

 once I was done drinking.

Well, wouldn't you know, after about 15 minutes I was soooo ready to leave

and Mr. C was totally into auction.

An hour and five paintings later we were finally leaving.

Yup, C bought 5 Andrew Chen paintings that are absolutely breathtaking.

I'll try and attach a picture later this week.

Have I mentioned the 2304830 opportunities to take

a nap when on a cruise?!?!

BEST.THING.EVER!

Our second night's dinner was formal attire so

after our nap it was time to get ready.

Y'all, when I say formal, I mean formal.

There were so many floor length gowns,

men in tuxes or their military uniforms

and pretty much every other kind

of formal attire you could imagine.

Carnival also provides free photo shoot opportunities

throughout the ship.

They had different backdrops every day,

depending on each day's theme.

 For formal night, there were pianos to pose with, prom-esque backdrops

and they used their main staircase, a la Titanic.

The photo shoots were free and then the next day

they had proofs you could view and then decided

whether or not to purchase them.

C was quite taken with the photos shoots,

so we participated in pretty much

every single one on formal night.

Y'ALL, I don't know HOW I'm going to do engagement or wedding pictures.

 I get a SERIOUSLY case of the giggles trying to be all romantic

or googly eyed in pictures.

C was a pro, but I couldn't STOP laughing, Lawd have mercy.

I wish I had pictures to share, but they were uber expensive and

of course we weren't allowed to take a picture of a picture, wah!

 Dinner that night was very upscale and delicious,

including lobster, steak and foi gras.

 I was so full I almost didn't have room for the amazing lava cake dessert,

but I don't worry, I found room! ;)

 Once dinner was over, we walked around on deck,

grabbed a couple drinks at the piano bar

 and then called it a night.

We had to be up early for our excursion in

Progreso, Mexico the next morning.

Enjoy our day one slide show!

Tomorrow, Progreso Mexico Excursion recap!