Lets try this again....a Sept 10 PTR - UPDATED 11/18 - NEW Trip Review POSTED

[Leeanne]

Oh Leeanne, I'm sorry you've been having some rough times. Sounds like you need a But at least you have free dining to perk you up! That's great news! And yay for joining the gym! I started going to a gym pretty regularly last October and I'm actually starting to enjoy it I remember getting ready for my January trip and I was dieting (well, still am) and all I could think about was all the yummy food I was going to eat at Disney! Surprisingly I only gained 2 pounds on vacation, which I thought was pretty good for the massive amount of food I ate in the World!

Thanks for the hug. It has been rough but we are working through it. And FD did help! See more about the gym below.

Send me a message with your email addy, if you'd like!! Do you happen to have GMail? I'll send you an email once I get yours; I'm all about work-out buddies. It makes it a lot more fun to keep up with it!

I would love to have a work out buddy. I am in a meeting and can't email you right now, but I will try to do that afterwards!



I am enjoying the gym...if I could get to it! My sister just broke her ankel in 3-5 places and ripped ever ligament and muscle in her ankle. Wouldn't be a problem but she is catering our cousins wedding. Well now she has to stay off it, so now my mom and I have to step up to do the food! So this week has been running around trying to get everything ready to go and make sure Brian and I both have clean clothes to wear. Right now my only option for the gym would be so late at night, that I would be too worn out to go. And more about what else has happened in my next post!

 

[Leeanne]

We are now firmly in the waiting stage!! We have park hours, ADRs, promos, and now we are just waiting on Sept to roll around. I am trying to figure out what I can do to make the time pass by a little faster. So I decided to do a Picture of the Day email. I have decided to pull some different pictures about places we are going to be, eat, and see. I don’t want to take away the initial seeing of the parks, however I do want them to know what WDW looks like! So I have been sending a couple of pictures a day to my BFF account. She is so excited!

Now my question is what else can I do to keep the excitement going? I only have a couple more days of pictures that I can use and I really don’t want to show all the wonderful suprises!

Also her little boy graduated Kindergarten this week. I can’t believe he is finished with Kindergarten! So what to give him for a gift….why a Disney gift card of course!

In my earlier comments, I made a comment about life getting super crazy. I hope this isn’t against the rules but I have decided to become a travel agent. I love travel (especially Disney!) and went to a travel agent in town and asked some questions. This past week I have started my training to become a Disney authorized travel agent and let me tell you, I have a whole new respect for anybody who is authorized! They have a 7 hr course! They cover each park (Disneyland & WDW), Adventures by Disney, and Disney Cruise Line. And it is very involved! Of course, I get nervous when I take tests so I get stressed out when I know that is coming, which is at the end of each section. But I am super excited about it! Where else could I work and get to talk about Disney!

 

[SOUTHERNtinkerBELLE]

How exciting you're becoming a TA! I would love to do that - I have so much fun planning my own vacations I think it would be so neat to do it for others - and get paid! Are you going to be doing this full-time, or will it just be on the side? Good luck on all of the tests!

 

[HeatherBelle614]

What fun!!!

I'd love to hear how it goes!

 

[Leeanne]

How exciting you're becoming a TA! I would love to do that - I have so much fun planning my own vacations I think it would be so neat to do it for others - and get paid! Are you going to be doing this full-time, or will it just be on the side? Good luck on all of the tests!

What fun!!!

I'd love to hear how it goes!

I am official a TA for Disney and I have my first booking! I will be only be doing on the side for now (can't quit my job as I need insurance). However, I have to say that yet again I am impressed with Disney. TAs have a special number that they call and I could just imagaine that the people working the lines could not be as nice as the ones that we all call. I was super impressed at how polite and helpful they were. I had alot of questions and they answered each one and helped me out. When I didn't have the information or I messed something up, they acted like it was not a problem! More kudos for Disney!

 

[Leeanne]

Well today is our 99th day! Wahoo! We have hit double digits!! What do you do when you hit double digits and how do you start increasing the magic?

 

[SOUTHERNtinkerBELLE]

Wow! Congrats on your first booking - that's great! And yay for double digits!

 

[HeatherBelle614]

We do a Disney movie theme night every week - Lady & the Trap with spaghetti for dinner, 101 Dalmations with biscuits that we shape like dog bones as a side, Pirates with some sort of rum drink. We'll watch the movie and eat our special meal weekly until the trip. Gives you something little to plan and look forward to doing!

 

[Leeanne]

Wow! Congrats on your first booking - that's great! And yay for double digits!

Thank you! And I love the double digits dance!

We do a Disney movie theme night every week - Lady & the Trap with spaghetti for dinner, 101 Dalmations with biscuits that we shape like dog bones as a side, Pirates with some sort of rum drink. We'll watch the movie and eat our special meal weekly until the trip. Gives you something little to plan and look forward to doing!

This is an awesome idea! I love it!

 

[Leeanne]

Well we are now back from our wonderful trip to St. Augustine Beach! How sad am I that I spend 7 days on the beach and my favorite day was when I found out St. A has a Disney outlet! It could be because that same day is the day Brian fed my addiction and took me to Orlando to the Disney outlet and stores there in addition to Downtown Disney! That’s right….less than 90 days out and I am sitting outside of “Once Upon a Toy” eating the best frozen lemonade a person can find (which by the way is only in Disney!), and shopping at the discount outlets. And boy did I rack up. I am just happy that they ship stuff home for you! I found garden statues for $9 each. They looked like they were from the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival and they were gorgeous! We finally got them yesterday and when I looked at the original price……$40! I couldn’t believe that they were so cheap! I also got magnets for less than a dollar and a coloring book for $2. Those outlet stores are so cheap!

But then the time had come…….we went to Downtown Disney. And it was everything I remembered and more! Even Brian said “shhhhh, do you smell that?” Of course my first thought was ‘why are you wanting us to be quiet if we are smelling something?” But he continued on to say “it’s the pixie dust!” Yah!!! He is officially a convert! We went through all the shops and got a couple of items but mainly just walked around and soaked up the Disneyness. I am super excited to get back in Sept and have already told Brian that he better get ready cause he will probably have a carry on to bring back on the plane. Of course then his response is……”but baby, Disney ships!!!” I adore the new ‘add on’ they have. This is where you buy so many dollars worth of stuff and can get a bag or watch or whatever for ten or fifteen bucks. It is a perfect red rolling suitcase with a bag, that I think would be perfect for my new carry on (as my old one is looking rough….right….thats it!).

And so the countdown continues………and the excitement spins upward!!! Until next time……have a Disney day!

 

[HeatherBelle614]

I'm glad you love my idea!!!

Will you PAH-LEASE post pictures of what you bought??

 

[Leeanne]

I'm glad you love my idea!!!

Will you PAH-LEASE post pictures of what you bought??

I would be happy to post pictures! Always like to help another Disney addict get a fix! Just bear with me for a little bit though, if I don't get them loaded today. The flood we had a month ago that I thought just took out my landscaping, didn't just take out landscaping. Apparently water got into my compressor and shorted it out. So we are in the process of trying to find a new unit. Also, I kept my dad's dog for him to go on a trip right before we left for FL and when I got home my house was infested with fleas! Apparently, the heat makes them breed. I have never had fleas before so this is a whole new ballgame for me! So between doing a weeks worth of dirty and rewashing everything that I had thrown around, as well as the pots and lids on my pot rack, I am running around like crazy!!! But I got some super cute stuff and can't wait to show it off!!! Almost makes me want to rent a car, just so I can go check out the outlet stores while I am there in Sept!

 

[SOUTHERNtinkerBELLE]

I agree! I want to see pictures! I'm definitely looking forward to them when you have the time to get them posted!

 

[Leeanne]

Okay I am going to try to pull the pictures from a facebook album. For some reason I am having a lot of issues uploading pictures to this site. But hopefully here we go!!!
This picture is actually of us last October when we went. Why did I include it? Well we did a cruise and a show aboard a pirate ship called the Black Raven and as we like to think....The Black Raven is probably a sister ship to The Black Pearl!

This is us on the beach....I love the beach! This is also taken on Brian's birthday and we got some serious waves on the body board!

And what is a birthday without a cake! My sister is a pastry chef so this is a vanilla bean cake, with a peach compote filling, with marshmallow cream frosting, topped with strawberries. Yeah, I can't make it either....but it was wonderful....and a great sugar buzz!!

Now it on to the purchases.....but if you all want to see pictures of the beach and the pier, let me know...I would be happy to post them!

First up for bid....I mean first purchase shown is...
what I think is probably a pencil jar. I actually bought this a Goodwill. We left with a ton of time to spare so we decided to stop by a couple of Goodwill's in Jacksonville. You never know what you will find! This is a non-slip bottom and the way it is shaped makes me think its a pencil jar and from the Mickey's on the front probably an older one.

Total cost $0.59

Next we have this beautiful Minnie coffee mug

Total cost $0.89. Apparently Minnie is worth more than Mickey! lol

Next a couple of magnets

Mom loves to garden and I figured this was from the Flower and Garden Festival. I never saw these last year when we were there, but I have started to realize that we didn’t spend much time in the gift shops so I probably missed a lot of the items. Total cost $0.99. (After giving it to her, I would have paid $20 bucks for the same reaction. She loves it!)

Again, didn’t see this last year but I love it. The characters spin around the center and our first trip was in 2009, so I thought this was a must have! Cost $.99.

Front

Back
This is a 2009 character ornament. I thought it was too cute and very reasonable priced. Cost $.99.

Another Disney magnet. I forgot I bought this one and had it shipped to my house and then bought the other one! Gotta love brain hiccups! Cost $1.99

I thought this would be cute at our Halloween party. That and I like popcorn! Cost $1.00

I saw these on here from a MNSSHP thread and showed them to Brian. I love candles and really wanted a set of these. He found them in the store and brought them to me. They are too cute and I love them! Cost $6.99

We bought this for my mom. One of her friends keeps buying her page kits, so Brian decided that we needed to find her a scrapbook. I figured since it is her first trip, and we will be there for 10 park days, with 11 total, she needed her own scrapbook. I really didn’t like the ones with characters all over it and thought she would like something a little nicer. We found this almost on accident. They had 2 of them and we grabbed this one! Cost $19.99

My best friend who is going with us, loves Pirates! So when I found this I thought it was perfect! I have been buying little scrapbooking things, so about a month before the trip I am going to give her a Christmas stocking! Nothing like Christmas in August! Cost $0.99

Her little boy loves Cars. I actually found these at Michaels but I thought since they were driving down (at least 12 hours!) he might need a new set of crayons and coloring books. Cost $1.00

This is a WDW coloring book they had. I thought it might be a great way to get him in the mood! Cost $1.99
Both the coloring book and crayons will be around 3 days before the trip along with some other treats!

This is a make your own T-shirt. It says “Thrills on Wheels” and comes with glitter paint and an iron-on transfer. Hobby Lobby $1.79

Another make your own T-shirt, but this time a Pirate iron-on. I plan on giving both iron-on sets around a month before the trip. That way, if they want to make them and take them they can, and if they don’t then he still has something before the trip to play with. Hobby Lobby $1.79

This didn’t come from a Disney store but rather a flea market. Brian knows I have a hat similar to this one from when I was a kid, that is Daisy Duck. He decided I needed Minnie Mouse as well! Cost $3.00

I will have to post a part 2....apparently you can only have so many links in one post! So to be continued ......................

 

[Leeanne]

These are the only things I actually have picture of right now, but there will be more to come. I just have to unpack them from the boxes!


All of the below were from Michael’s.

I think these were $1.00. I got my best friend one and myself as well. These actually match the Buzz stickers I had bought previously. Brian has made me promise we get to see more characters this time, so we are hoping to get Buzz and Woody!

Eyeore was $1.74. I can never find any stickers of him so when I found this, I grabbed it! Toy Story stickers were also $1.74. I am hoping for some good pictures in the line and outside TSMM!

Gotta have the princesses!! The head sticker was $1.49 and the other was $1.74.

This was from Wal-Mart. They had it on sale for $1.00 This is going for my best friend. Her little boy is so excited about seeing Mater and Lighting McQueen!

This was from Michael’s again. I couldn’t believe this whole kit was $4.31!

More pictures to come, I just wanted to feed the addict a little bit! Hope ya'll enjoyed these! Stay tuned more more a couple of days!

 

[SOUTHERNtinkerBELLE]

Wow! You got a ton of stuff!!! And what amazing prices! How sweet that you got some things for your friend's son!

 

[HeatherBelle614]

What great finds!!!!

Thank you for sharing.

 

[Nermel9]

Hi, I'm joining in, I just read through your whole PTR so I'm all caught up! I went in September in 08 and it was so much fun, so I love reading about other people's plans for that time!

I LOVE your Mickey ring, it's adorable! And so cute that you got pictures from when he gave it to you!

Your ADR's look great, congrats on becoming a travel agent, that sounds like so much fun! And I love all the stuff you bought at the Disney outlet!

Stop by my PTR if you get a chance, the link is in my signature!

 

[SOUTHERNtinkerBELLE]

Hey, Leeanne! Haven't seen you around in a while - hope all is well!

 

[Leeanne]

Wow! You got a ton of stuff!!! And what amazing prices! How sweet that you got some things for your friend's son!

I know and I still haven't unpacked the bigger items to take pictures with! I love giving him things that I think he will enjoy. I am planning on doing a coloring/activity set for the driving to FL. I figure any new things will be a welcome activity.

What great finds!!!!

Thank you for sharing.

Why you are very welcome!

Hi, I'm joining in, I just read through your whole PTR so I'm all caught up! I went in September in 08 and it was so much fun, so I love reading about other people's plans for that time!

I LOVE your Mickey ring, it's adorable! And so cute that you got pictures from when he gave it to you!

Your ADR's look great, congrats on becoming a travel agent, that sounds like so much fun! And I love all the stuff you bought at the Disney outlet!

Stop by my PTR if you get a chance, the link is in my signature!

Welcome aboard the crazy train! lol I haven't been on here recently, except to do a quick search/post but hopefully things are starting to slow down enough to let me be back on here a bit more!

Hey, Leeanne! Haven't seen you around in a while - hope all is well!

Hey I am hopefully back! Check out my next post!