just found out that disney ticket prices are increasing as of TODAY!
nice they gave us some warning, huh? i usually buy from undercovertourist.com, but they've already raised their prices accordingly and mapleleaftickets.com is honoring the old prices through tuesday. so i called anna this morning and we're gonna buy tickets for the december trip when she gets home later today so we can save $40! i don't have to buy one for me because i'm just upgrading the one day i bought to qualify for free dining when i get there in september to a 4-day base and using my AP to get into the parks. i think tickets increased about $8-10. i'm still fuzzy on my math but that's what it's figuring out to be when i do the figuring. but that's based on a 4-day base ticket so it depends on what kind of ticket you buy and how many days you want to get as to how much the price increase is.
Great Job on the countdown,and a Vandy theme is perfect for the trip.
thanks!!! yes, it's the perfect theme since that's kinda what brought us together.
Yeah, we are okay money wise as well, but if we put money into a big wedding right now then we totatly wouldn't be. We also have an opportunity to move into a bigger apartment (we live in a studio right now) and we would rather put some money into doing that right now because we really want to have a baby and a studio apartment would make it a little crammed. Wish us luck...hopefully the honeymoon with produce a little magical baby
Your count down is great! what did you use to make those pieces? Mine is just thrown together and all corny...lol
wow.......you guys aren't wasting time, huh?

ray and i have been married 6 years and it'll probably be another year before we have a baby. we're kinda slow!
are the pieces you're referring to the mickey heads? if so, i didn't make them. i "borrowed" them from the home depot paint samples. they have disney paint there and the samples are on mickey head shaped pieces. i usually pick a few up every time i go in there so i don't have to swipe like 30 at a time!
Awesome calendar...well except the Vandy themed part.
A hint of things to come??????
well, things to come, but it'll be awhile!
LOVE your countdown! You are pretty crafty!!

I'd like to bring a countdown into work to hang in my office but I fear I'd take too much teasing. As it is I just have the # of days written on a white board -whenever someone asks about it and I tell them where I'm going they look at me like I'm nuts for being excited about it!
Picture of Ray and Eli is adorable. My dog likes to sit in my lap too... she's 80+ lbs! But she's so cute how can you not love it?
i'm actually not crafty at all! luckily i work at home so the only teasing i have endure is from my husband!

our roommate used to have a HUGE dog and he'd always jump either in our laps or in the bed with us. it was hilarious because he was SO HUGE and thought he was a lap dog!
tell me again what this means. i can't remember! and i don't know how to respond!
Love the calendar! (was wondering why you said you were running out to pick up black & yellow MHs from Home Depot - get it now) I may have to start a countdown calendar for our Nov. trip. I'm not the arts & craft-y type; but if it has to do with Disney, I somehow find the inspiration!
Adorable pic. of Ray and Eli! You got yourself a sweet man there, Dawn!
i'm not crafty either......at all! but disney does seem to inspire me a bit.

thanks...i'm kind of fond of him, too!
Way way WAY too CUTE!!!!
Wow I'm going to be out done tremendously!!!!!
I'm going to use my countertop again. I don't really have a good place to hang a poster board anyway. My neighbor has the side of her fridge, you have your office door (which is awesome by the way

) I just don't have a very good 'extra' spot. If I do mine the way I'm thinking it will look pretty boring at the beginning but will look really cool towards the end. I've got to get moving on that I turn my first one over TOMORROW!!!!!
i WISH i could use my countertop instead of worrying with buying a poster board, etc. but i just don't have enough room! i can't wait to see yours.....i bet it'll be VERY cute!
Such a cute pic of Eli and Ray and yes it looks like he's looking at his new baby!! I'm sure if everyone took pics of me with my dogs they could say that too
what in the world would we do without our dogs???????
You have a great countdown. So much better then mine, which is just crossing off days on the calendar.
thank you!!!
Great countdown! You're always so creative with all the Disney stuff you make, I love it. I'm jealous of how many times you're going this year!

Have fun planning!
thanks! i know i'm a very lucky girl this year! i'm also lucky that i can drive there. if i had to fly there's no way i'd be able to afford to go back three times in one year!
Cute calendar.
thanks!
Love the photo of Ray and Eli.
i love that picture! i may eventually print it out and frame it.
I can't believe you are going back to Disney so soon!!!!!
i'm very lucky this year! our april/may trip was a full-fledged vacation. this september trip i couldn't pass up though! i have an AP that doesn't expire until late september and with free dining basically all i had to pay for was the hotel and gas to get there!

i did have to buy a 1-day ticket to qualify for free dining but i knew we were going back in december and so i'm just going to upgrade it to a 4-day to use then. and our december trip is a budgeted trip just to see the christmas shows/decorations. we're staying off site to save money and just getting base tickets. and i have my DDE card that's good until may so we can get 20% off food while we're there. i'm getting all the disney i can before i know i will have to take a break to be pregnant and have a newborn....why can't i just skip to the toddler years?
Great job! Love the themed colors too.
thanks!
ACKKKK!
He is necked!
Don't look.
No, look the other way!
We have to find his...
HAT!

too funny! i showed this to ray and he just smiled and shook his head.
What are the dates you are going in Sept and Dec again??
september is 9/3 - 9/8 and december is 12/10 - 12/15.