amymahon.com » fish http://www.amymahon.com Personal portfolio and blog of Amy Mahon, a web designer from London, Ontario Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:54:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 I am a princess (or so it seems) http://www.amymahon.com/i-am-a-princess-or-so-it-seems/ http://www.amymahon.com/i-am-a-princess-or-so-it-seems/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:55:57 +0000 Amy http://www.amymahon.com/?p=74 You’re going to hate me. I feel the need to brag…

Chris and I just booked an all-inclusive vacation to Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt! We’re staying in a 5-star hotel with its own private beach.

How did we afford this?  We used www.lastminute.com coupled with www.tripadvisor.com and www.vibeagent.com to read reviews and check prices. We used www.kayak.com to see if we could get a cheaper flight than the deal offered.

The last-minute deal was £499 each, which was quite a steal but we decided to sleep on it and make sure we really wanted to go. The next morning we woke to find that an extra £100 each had been knocked off the price. We booked right away!

Soon after, we got a phone call from the travel agent saying that there were no more available seats in Standard Economy so we had to upgrade if we wanted the holiday (an extra £69 each — ouch, but still less than the original trip price).

We went ahead with this and we leave on Sunday!  That, my friends is how you score a sweet sweet deal.  Now look at these photos and weep:

One of 4 Restaurants There are 4 in total I think this one has a swim up bar The Red Sea at our fingertips

Our deal includes:

  • meals, drinks, snacks, the mini-bar fridge in our room
  • sauna
  • jacuzzi
  • anti-stress massage
  • tennis court
  • fitness centre
  • beach volley
  • 4 pools
  • 4 restaurants
  • dive centre
]]> http://www.amymahon.com/i-am-a-princess-or-so-it-seems/feed/ 2 This would only happen to Mr. Bean http://www.amymahon.com/this-would-only-happen-to-mr-bean/ http://www.amymahon.com/this-would-only-happen-to-mr-bean/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:06:06 +0000 Amy http://www.amymahon.com/new/?p=11 I had to take my fish to the aquarium store today, since I was giving away my fishtank. The fish were in a bucket that was at least 1.5 feet deep, and not very full of water.

As I was approaching probably the busiest intersection in London, one of the big tinfoil barbs jumped out of the bucket onto the floor of my backseat!! I had to grab him as he was flip flopping around on the ground and throw him back in the bucket!

How did he freaking jump so high?! It must have been at least a foot!

This little guy attempted suicide while I was driving

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