Well.... After going on a shopping spree during our trip in July of this year, you would think that I would be done. Then we up and decided that we would go back during October. I reasoned with DH that we could make it a much cheaper trip since we wouldn't need to buy any souvenirs. Wouldn't ya know that as soon as we arrived I started finding all kinds of things that "I just had to have!" So, we're done right, we don't need any more? Then the Holidays in Walt Disney World came on the Food Network... So now we are going back the first week of January. Once again I reason, this will be a cheap trip because we have our annual pass, our room is covered by our DVC points, and we don't need any souvenirs. Right?
Well, my best friend called today. She is in Destin, FL on a business trip. Her meeting got out early and she found some outlet stores. Guess what she had found? A Disney outlet store, now this was not an ordinary outlet store, no no. It was a liqudation center for park merchandise! Everything there was from the parks, not the "
Disney Store!" So, she starts walking through the store and describing everything to me. You wouldn't believe how much stuff (that I couldn't even see, mind you) that I just had to have! I realize that I need some sort of Disney support group, you know first admit that you have a problem!
The worst part was that last week I decided that we needed the Train Station at the front of Magic Kingdom to complete our Hotel/Monorail set. So I looked and found one with shipping on eBay for $25. She found it in that store for $6.99!! They also had the Grand Floridian for $20 (if any of you live in the area!).
Anyway my point is, it doesn't matter how much we have, we always seem to want more. But, I think that my desire for this stuff is so that I can feel like I have a part of the Disney magic at home with me! I think that if I lived closer and could go more often that I would be able to do without much easier.
Merry Christmas!
Jana