TarzansKat
Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate.
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I know, right?
That which I cannot discuss. It's just so funny, but I spent all morning working on something. That I can't talk about. But really excites me. Let's just say there will be some surprises in store for some people. And that's ALL I have to say about that. Except that I'm really excited. Because it's all coming together now. Mwa-ha-ha.
My evil pirate plans.
Anyhoo, things that I can actually talk about. I was really inspired by MegansMom and one of her recent posts. For those who don't read her PTR (and why aren't you????), she has a signature scent for every trip. That way, when she's home and uses that scent, she gets all those wonderful memories from the trip.
I actually do this to a certain degree. When I went to Disney in May with Tink, I wanted a specific scent because we were staying at the Caribbean Beach Resort. It had to say islands and tropical and fun to me. So I ended up with this great Calgon (TAKE ME AWAY!!!!) scent that was pineapple and coconut and smelled divine. I'm still using it, and I think about that trip every time I put it on in the morning.
Now I didn't really think I'd have a specific scent for this trip, but I'm using a soap from Basin right now that has a lovely citrus undertone to it. Yesterday, Mom, Nana, DH, DS, and I all went to a Farm Fest in a neighboring town. Oh my goodness did we have a lot of fun! They had some local vendors with homemade products, a huge area for the kids to play in including a sand pile, a puppet theater, oh the list is endless. It was so great. They even had a display of children's books and for a small donation (you got to pick what you wanted to donate), you could take one with you. DS was so thrilled to pick out a new Disney and friends book, and it's an older one, all about your health and your body. Very, very interesting!
Anyway, little did I think I would spend any money there! But one of the vendors had homemade soaps, lip balm, and lotion. And so Mom, Nana, and I used our whiffers and took a little scent journey.
And do you know what? I actually fell in love with this particular lotion. I was all set to buy it for myself, and Mom decided to treat me. So, not only do I have my coconut pineapple body spray, and my citrusy Basin soap, I now have a lovely Coconut Lemongrass lotion. Oh, does it smell DIVINE!!! It's hard for me to describe it, it's a very light sort of sweet coconut scent with a tang of lemon to it. Very light and refreshing and summery. And it doesn't make me sneeze! I have allergies.
So that's a huge deal.
Since this is already a girlie sort of chapter, I figured we might as well include some more fashion type stuff in here.
For example, some of you may want to know, what did TK actually settle on for bags...for footwear...for tie dye. And to that I say, here....
These are pretty much the final word on my bags/purses. Obviously, this will vary slighlty, because I'm not sure if I'm going to carry my Vera cargo sling (the red one from December) on the plane, or if we'll just use the backpack and wing it. I'll be able to tell once it gets closer and I see what we're carrying on.
In the top left is the fleece blue Old Navy bag I used in December. This was great for just putting extra things in the bottom of the stroller, or when I gave up on carrying the big red Vera, just putting wipes and DS' extra outfits in there.
To its immediate right is our new backpack. I'm hoping to pack this lightly for the parks. A spare outfit for DS, his pjs, wipes, our first aid kit, a few of his race cars, and that's pretty much it. Why you may ask? Well, I'll tell you. Because we have the stroller and because we carry bags like this, inevitably EVERYONE asks us to carry their stuff for them. I'm hoping if the bag is lighter with our stuff, it won't be as bad. Also, we'll most likely be the carrier of the ponchos, etc.
In the middle is my new Blue Rhapsody hipster. This will be my park bag the majority of the time. It'll mostly be a purse for me, and hold my sunglasses, wallet, photopass, autograph book, pen, camera, things like that. Things that I want to have readily acessible on my person, so that I don't have to make DH take the backpack out of the stroller or off his back every time we stop to greet a character.
On the bottom left is my black bag from Kohl's. I never returned it. I thought about it and then I discovered something. It goes really, really, really well with my Halloween costume. And that's all I have to say about that.
Due to technical difficulties, I accidentally posted this before I was done. Continued in the next post!!! :lmao
That which I cannot discuss. It's just so funny, but I spent all morning working on something. That I can't talk about. But really excites me. Let's just say there will be some surprises in store for some people. And that's ALL I have to say about that. Except that I'm really excited. Because it's all coming together now. Mwa-ha-ha.
My evil pirate plans.
Anyhoo, things that I can actually talk about. I was really inspired by MegansMom and one of her recent posts. For those who don't read her PTR (and why aren't you????
), she has a signature scent for every trip. That way, when she's home and uses that scent, she gets all those wonderful memories from the trip.I actually do this to a certain degree. When I went to Disney in May with Tink, I wanted a specific scent because we were staying at the Caribbean Beach Resort. It had to say islands and tropical and fun to me. So I ended up with this great Calgon (TAKE ME AWAY!!!!) scent that was pineapple and coconut and smelled divine. I'm still using it, and I think about that trip every time I put it on in the morning.
Now I didn't really think I'd have a specific scent for this trip, but I'm using a soap from Basin right now that has a lovely citrus undertone to it. Yesterday, Mom, Nana, DH, DS, and I all went to a Farm Fest in a neighboring town. Oh my goodness did we have a lot of fun! They had some local vendors with homemade products, a huge area for the kids to play in including a sand pile, a puppet theater, oh the list is endless. It was so great. They even had a display of children's books and for a small donation (you got to pick what you wanted to donate), you could take one with you. DS was so thrilled to pick out a new Disney and friends book, and it's an older one, all about your health and your body. Very, very interesting!
Anyway, little did I think I would spend any money there! But one of the vendors had homemade soaps, lip balm, and lotion. And so Mom, Nana, and I used our whiffers and took a little scent journey.
And do you know what? I actually fell in love with this particular lotion. I was all set to buy it for myself, and Mom decided to treat me. So, not only do I have my coconut pineapple body spray, and my citrusy Basin soap, I now have a lovely Coconut Lemongrass lotion. Oh, does it smell DIVINE!!! It's hard for me to describe it, it's a very light sort of sweet coconut scent with a tang of lemon to it. Very light and refreshing and summery. And it doesn't make me sneeze! I have allergies.
So that's a huge deal.Since this is already a girlie sort of chapter, I figured we might as well include some more fashion type stuff in here.
For example, some of you may want to know, what did TK actually settle on for bags...for footwear...for tie dye. And to that I say, here....
These are pretty much the final word on my bags/purses. Obviously, this will vary slighlty, because I'm not sure if I'm going to carry my Vera cargo sling (the red one from December) on the plane, or if we'll just use the backpack and wing it. I'll be able to tell once it gets closer and I see what we're carrying on.
In the top left is the fleece blue Old Navy bag I used in December. This was great for just putting extra things in the bottom of the stroller, or when I gave up on carrying the big red Vera, just putting wipes and DS' extra outfits in there.
To its immediate right is our new backpack. I'm hoping to pack this lightly for the parks. A spare outfit for DS, his pjs, wipes, our first aid kit, a few of his race cars, and that's pretty much it. Why you may ask? Well, I'll tell you. Because we have the stroller and because we carry bags like this, inevitably EVERYONE asks us to carry their stuff for them. I'm hoping if the bag is lighter with our stuff, it won't be as bad. Also, we'll most likely be the carrier of the ponchos, etc.
In the middle is my new Blue Rhapsody hipster. This will be my park bag the majority of the time. It'll mostly be a purse for me, and hold my sunglasses, wallet, photopass, autograph book, pen, camera, things like that. Things that I want to have readily acessible on my person, so that I don't have to make DH take the backpack out of the stroller or off his back every time we stop to greet a character.
On the bottom left is my black bag from Kohl's. I never returned it. I thought about it and then I discovered something. It goes really, really, really well with my Halloween costume. And that's all I have to say about that.
Due to technical difficulties, I accidentally posted this before I was done. Continued in the next post!!! :lmao
