Coastal Living

I treated myself to a new magazine subscription.  Ahh, Coastal Living.  I pretend that someday I will live near the ocean, or at least in warm locale.  I really just want a palm tree in my yard.  Can we make that happen in the midwest?

I love the magazine so far. It is just fun to thumb through and see cottages, vacation spots, beach decor and fun recipes.  I stack the magazines on the shelf in the bottom of my bedside table in my beachy bedroom.  Fits perfectly and makes me smile when I see them!

MouseWorld Radio

So, you know when you have to have some background noise playing?  For cleaning or projects or folding laundry or cooking, etc.  I love tuning into this app!  And bonus...It's free!

I suppose if you aren't a Disney park fan, it wouldn't mean to much to you, but for us Disney lovers, it brings some magic right into your home/car!  The music they play is from soundtracks that you might hear as you are strolling through the parks or ride queues or eating a meal somewhere.  We just love it around here!  When you can't be on vacation, this brings back some memories!  Tons of fun!

5% off Disney Gift Cards

Here is my running stack of Disney gift cards!

Using my Target Red Card to buy my Disney gift cards at 5% off.  No, it may not seem like a lot, but what we save will pay for our gas for the trip down to Florida and back for our Thanksgiving Disney cruise.  In my mind, that is totally worth it!  Plus it makes me so happy doing two things at once that I love...saving a buck and planning a Disney trip!  I have a few more to buy before the cruise, but it's fun to order them online and run into the store and get some.  Addie and I just bought some tonight after her ortho appt. 

It may seem like a lot of work, but I actually enjoy getting onto Dreams Unlimited (travel agency) and logging into my reservation and applying these one by one.  I'm actually really fast at it now, clicking and typing in just all the right places.  Then seeing the "total due" drop. 

Ahhh palm trees and flip flops!

***Update:  We canceled our cruise!  But, in it's place is a summer trip to Walt Disney World with my in laws!  Shannon and I will be celebrating our 20th anniversary and his parents will be celebrating their 50th!  We thought it would be great to spend 9 nights/10 days at the happiest place on Earth.  But financial wisdom required that we cancel this cruise.  I am posting this update on November 23...the day we were supposed to be boarding the ship.  :(

Retro Wallet

So, I love Disney and I love Retro.  I had my eye on a wallet for some time.  When we took our girls Fall trip to WDW, I basically knew what souvenir I was going to buy...

Love the Retro Disney signage!

Once I bought it, I couldn't stop looking at it and rubbing my hands all over it.  No buyers remorse whatsoever.  I will love whipping this out of my purse whenever I need it!

There is even a purse to match, actually a couple different styles, but I wasn't in the market for a purse. 

I will love whipping this out of my purse whenever I need it!

Mickey Meeting Memories

It's no secret that our family loves Disney vacations.  We had a very special time at WDW last summer with our good friends, The Lopshires.  In anticipation of our trip, we had monthly Mickey Meetings to plan our days and just have fun talking about what we would do. 

In June we tried our hands at making matching shirts.  The process was the most fun.  Check out this link: http://scrapinspired.com/2012/11/diy-disney-shirts-magic-kingdom-day-2/

We used our popcorn bowls as the hard, round surface we needed.  The markers bled through onto the bottom, and without even knowing it at the time, left a lasting memory of that meeting and the trip itself. We use the bowls tons so I wash them often and get that tingly feeling. Every. Time.

Cruise wear

I found the cutest pair of shoes at New and Again Resale Shop.  I LOVE resale shops.  Resale shops in of themselves are palm trees for me.  It just makes me feel good to save money and reuse something.  I wouldn't call myself a "green" person at all, but as far as shoes and clothes go, I just don't see spending a lot of money on new stuff if you can get super cute, cheaper used stuff! 


So cute and so my size!

So then if you have the shoes you of course have to find something to go with them.  The shoes although cute, weren't necessarily a blog worthy palm tree and flip flop moment.  It was the next thing I found....

I just happened to see this in Kohls one day.  I saw it and knew right away it would match the shoes perfectly and together they would make the cutest outfit for supper one night on our upcoming summer Disney cruise!  Imagine my disappointment when I ran to the rack to see they didn't have my size.  It is a very flowy, billowy shirt so I really needed a small so my chest would not be swallowed.  I was so sad because it was just perfect with the exact colors and a little bling like the shoes had.  I happened around the corner to petites and there was the shirt in my size in the petite section! There was heavenly music playing in my head and I'm pretty sure there was a light shining down on the shirt.  I don't usually wear a petite anything because my torso is long and I'm not exactly short.  But, I tried it on and it worked! 

Doesn't this scream "Cruise!" Ahhh, palm trees and flip flops, here I come!