Hello ladies!! (and gentlemen, if I have an gentlemen readers) Welcome to the beginning of the end, of the beginning. When I say beginning of the end, of the beginning I mean that its the beginning of the end of our waiting, but the beginning of more wonderfulness to come. I know that wonderfulness will come because Disney will mark the official end of our first year of marriage (well, first year and a few months) and it will be the culmination of all our hard work and the beginning of a new year and a fresh start: smarter, wiser, stronger.
Anyway, it is official; Greg and I have a Disney countdown! I am very excited about our count down, one because it came out really cute and two because Sunday will be the first day will pull off the first Santa Mickey head. But Im getting ahead of myself.
So I wanted to incorporate some Disney trivia as well as the whole Christmas/going in December theme. So I decided that would countdown would incorporate Santa Mickey heads. I cut out black circles and red triangles with some construction paper. I got a little better quality one so it would hold up better, but I was able to buy it by the sheet and they were only about 30 cents a piece. Then I used some cotton balls for the trim and the top.
Then I numbered each of the Santa Mickeys (1-60)
I really wanted to do some kind of trivia on the back on the Santa Mickeys. So I took even days for Disney Park trivia and Greg took odd days for Disney movie trivia. We printed our questions out in small font and tapped the questions on the back creative a little flap. Under the flap we wrote the answers to the questions.
Then came the how are we going to display the countdown question. I thought about a poster board Mickey head, but the Santas were a little big and there were going to be 60 of them that I had to fit and a piece of poster board that size was going to be hard to cut. Then I thought about a clothes line type layout, but I didnt have enough ribbon or room for it. Then I remembered that I had a mini fake Christmas tree in storage at my Moms house. Eureka!! I punched a hole at the top of each Santa right about the number and slid it on to the branches. That was Gregs idea. Also he was smart enough to remind me to put the lower numbers on the inside so that when I layer them I wouldnt be blocking any of the numbers that we would need to get to.
And here is my finished product:
I love that they are all on a mini Christmas tree. It looks kind of funny amongst my Halloween decorations, but I think also it gives it a little added something! Anyway, Greg wants to keep score on the trivia, Im so going to kill him on Disney trivia!! Im post the questions and answers everyday so you guys can play along too.
On a side note, this weekend is our anniversary. Disney is the gift but Im going to make us a fancy dinner. I love to cook and get the china and crystal out and set the table all nice. Ill let you all know how my kitchen adventures went next week.
To all a happy weekend! Thanks for reading and have a magical day!!
Cheap Chic tip: COUPONS!! I was never really a coupon clipper, and maybe its because of the economy, but I swear there are coupons everywhere for almost everything! I do look through the coupon circulars once a week to see if they have anything good that we can use, and if your grocery store doubles coupons you can really get some things for a steal. Also look for coupons for things you wouldnt really think of. When I shop online I always try to find a coupon code for free shipping, also I get coupons in the mail from Victorias Secret for a free panty and $10 off a bra and Ive gotten quite a few over the past several months. If youre in the position to be making big purchases, Couch send 20% off coupons in the mail. I just got one the other day, not in the position to be buying a new expensive bag, but Ive gotten them in the past and they come a few times a year, maybe 4. Anyway coupons, even on things you would have never thought of before are a great money saver.
I have another tip that goes sort of on the conservation theme. Im big into conservation, saving the planet, recycling, making sure our Grandchildren have a planet to live on. Anyway I was totally sold on the energy efficient light bulbs. So the other day I was thinking about the last time I changed a light bulb. April 2007. These light bulbs have been going strong ever sense!! Thats amazing!! Im pretty sure they are more than regular light bulbs but I havent bought any new light bulbs in almost a year and a half!! Im not sure how much they save on the electric bill because weve been using them ever since we had our apartment and started paying for electric. But Greg and I have a 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment which has 1200 square feet. It is just the two of us and we shut the lights off and whatnot when were not using them and our bill is only like $50 a month. I thought that was pretty good, in the summer it is a little more with the AC but not more that $80 (and thats a little high). So go green and save yourself some cash and use energy efficient light bulbs!!
More money for Disney
I do get to bring a suitcase too.I guess I'll just have to rough it huh? at Disney right!!!
I know this sound crazy but I can't wait to pack, I guess it will make it more real. I have a savings tip I got 5% back on my whole trip by charging it on my discover card and then paying that off . It Came out to like $200 back free money. It paid for our La NOUBA tickets.
I plan to pick up some fun stuff to take to the word. Silly eye glasses and what not for the serious pictures. Maybe some bubba teeth.
You are forgiven, but you should definitely watch it!! I love the Muppets. When I was growing up I used to watch Fraggle Rock (my mom would tape if from HBO and we would watch the same episode like a million times - ah the days because children's networks.) It's a good one and Michael Cane is an awesome Scrooge!
I love it, love it, love it 
Love Bette Midler in it, she makes me laugh sooo much. I walk around the house for days after I've watched it saying random lines 
) I love it when she walks out of the oven speaking french and says 'Hello, I want my book' cracks me up every time 
