Finally met my Prince Charming after 11 months!

Idiot of the week:

Guest: What is this perfume?
Me: That's Victoria Beckhams perfume.
Guest: Oh, so is she excepted now?
Me: I'm not sure what you mean?
Guest: She married Prince Philip right?
Me: Er no, she's married to David Beckham.
Guest: Oh right, the Tennis player.
Me: (Clutching the counter with sheer frustration) No he's a football player. I think you are referring to Camilla Parker Bowles who is married to Prince Charles!


So first off a few weeks ago I had possibly the best night of my life, I met Tyler Hilton! Ok, no one knows who he is. He starred in a few episodes of 'One Tree Hill' but he's actually a musician and I freaking adore his music, he has the sexiest voice I've ever heard, I love him and have his albums etc. Now there is no way he will ever tour England because he is just not well known enough (he's not even that known in the States) so when I saw that he was doing a gig in Orlando I knew I HAD to get tickets!

A few of my friends who watch OTH and I bought tickets and we headed to The Social in Downtown Orlando where he was playing. The first band was on at 6pm but we were only bothered about seeing Tyler and we found out he was on at 8ish so we arrived around 6 but headed somewhere for dinner. We walked around for abit but came back to this place near The Social. Dinner was really nice and after we finished, there was some time to kill so we sat talking for a while. All of a sudden Kirstie looked up and said 'Oh my God' and Sian was like 'It's him'. I looked behind Sian and my heart actually stopped! Tyler had walked into the restaurant with his band! I nearly fell off my chair. Even though Sian was trying to encourage us to 'act cool' we were like a group of giggling teenagers. As he walked by our table we must have made it so obvious we recognised him as he turned and said 'Hi girls'. I only managed a tiny 'Hi' before I nearly had a heart attack lol. He only sat around the corner from us but being typical British we were far too polite to go up and ask for a photo!

After this we decided to go over to The Social so we could get a good place near the front! The Social was a tiny place that probably fit around 100 people which was great because it was so intimate. We managed to squeeze through to stand near the front and a band called AMTaxi were on before Tyler which were quite good. Tyler came on around 8.30 to a chorus of screaming girls myself included lol. He was fantastic and sang some old songs as well as a few of his new ones. He sang my two favourites 'Missing You' and 'Kiss on' and he also made all of us sing the first line to his new song 'I believe in you' which he said was going to feature in the video for the song. He even chatted a little and mentioned the 'nice restaurant down the street!' Haha!

After the performance Tyler said he would be signing autographs and having pictures so we headed over there. I bought his EP and he signed it for me, I also had my photo taken with him. I wish I had the guts to have a convo with him but I was like a nervous wreck lol. I was on cloud 9 after though and for the next few days I was the happiest girl lol. I've definitely found my Prince Charming!


The scariest thing has happened, I have reached my 11 month mark! How did that happen so quickly?? The girls and I celebrated at the weekend by having dinner at Le Cellier which is the Canadian steak house in Epcot. Out of all the countries in the world showcase it's the best restaurant and is extremely had to book into so Kirstie and Rach pulled some strings for us! It's also very expensive but fortunately we had a cast 50% coupon! The food was delicious. I had cheddar cheese soup for starter, a coffee glazed steak with roast potatoes for main and s'mores for dessert! I even sqeezed in a Magical Star cocktail! It was really nice to catch up with the girls and we reminiced about the year and our fave bits! It's gone so fast!

It was also my friend Carly's last day this week so on Tuesday we went to Jellyrolls for her last night out with us. I think I have written about Jellyrolls before, it's a bar on Disney's Boardwalk Resort. During the night they have two guys who sit opposite eachother with a piano each and people can request songs for them to play and they can sing and play anything! I mean literally anything you ask, we had everything from Hakuna Matata to Lady Gaga to Elton John to Rock! They are flippin' amazing and we had such a good time. Everyone was pretty wasted and we even requested they play the traditional Florida last song which is Greenday's 'Time of your life' which they did. It's really sad to be losing Carly from Merch, she's only been here 8 months but she's made a real impact. Beth and I are next- yikes!

I also went to see 'Sex and the City 2' last night. They had a special midnight showing and I think most of the UK was there, we took up nearly two full rows in the cinema. I was really looking forward to it but I have to say I was quite disappointed. I don't want to spoil it for anyone but I thought it started off really well and just kind of went down hill. There were still some great laughs and Samantha was on top form but it got abit silly at the end and to be honest nothing much happened in the two and a half hours it was on! Sorry SATC, you should have left it at the last movie!

As I write this I will be flying home 3 weeks tomorrow- OH MY GOD! I have to say the closer it's getting the more I am looking forward to coming home. I feel like I shouldn't be but I'm counting the days now. I'm very anxious to see everyone back home but also quite nervous about settling back into reality. It feels very surreal to be going home after a whole year, I can't really remember my life before this as I feel like I've been here forever! Kirstie is on the same flight as me which is great and Beth and Rach are flying back to Manchester and their flight is only an hour after ours so it's going to be really nice to all be at the airport together. The saying goodbye to everyone here is not going to be fun.

Beth and I have 'The List' which is basically a list of things we want to do before we leave, we've managed to cross quite a few things off but there is still lots to do! Next Tuesday I'm also off to see the Backstreet Boys at Hard Rock Live, Jealous much? I'm so excited for that! I can't believe I've managed to see Tyler Hilton and the Backstreet Boys while I've been here- amazing. Hopefully the next time I write I would have crossed off some more stuff on The List and started packing! Here's hoping...