We decided to go to Target this morning, a huge supermarket on the 192 and stock up with more essentials, bottled water being the most important. Before we got into the car I took some photos of the house and our car...
Target was amazing, as always, full of huge choices of everything and we had soon filled our trolley with a big pack of water, bread, pizzas, beer and wine, foods to have for lunch, an enormous pack of cherries and some ant spray as we have the little blighters all over our patio area. Sophie had to wait for her fried chicken but in the end it was ready and we went through the checkout having spent $140! However, we had decided to stay at the villa all day today so our only other expense would be dinner tonight.
The traffic on the 192 was already busy and it was bliss to get back to our villa, unload all the shopping and feast on the fried chicken! It was brunch! The rest of the day was very leisurely and we spent a lot of time in the pool or snoozing by the side of it. The weather is very hot (of course) with the usual Florida sky of big white fluffy clouds.
Towards the evening the sky clouded over and we could hear rumblings of thunder in the distance with occasional flashes of lightening. I took everything inside and arranged the chairs against the walls so they wouldn't get wet in the inevitable downpour.
Keith and I sat outside and watched nature's entertainment and we were amazed to see a small rabbit appear from the other side of the hedge and sit and nibble at the grass! We sat and listened to the thunder and watched the lightening flashes and then we got ready to go out for the evening. We'd all decided to eat at Chili's further along the 27 and when we left it was still raining although the sun was out as well.
As we were quite early, we were seated straight away and had a good look at the menu. I fancied a steak so I went for the 6oz Sirloin served with mashed potatoes and broccoli. I also ordered a side of asparagus and garlic roasted tomatoes. Sophie went for a lime chicken dish served with rice, Mike had a burger while Keith had a full rack of ribs. Sophie ordered a Margarita and as it was Happy Hour, she received two! She said they were delicious but I don't think they were as strong as we make at home! She was also pleased not to be asked for ID!
The restaurant started to fill up and we were glad we'd arrived early. Three of us had desserts - I chose the New York cheesecake, Sophie went for the griddled cookie served with ice-cream and Mike enjoyed an Oreo topped mountain cake, which was huge!
We paid the bill ($104) and returned home to sit outside with a glass of wine. Every night we've been here we could hear bangs and explosions in the distance and tonight it dawned on me what it was - Disney's Illuminations fireworks!
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