Now, normally Im a Plato kinda girl, but its when Im shopping that I really start to appreciate Aristotle (lol...I can't get away from philosophy even outside my classes!). Aristotle talks a bunch about the actual versus the potential, and I still dont really get what he wants to say, but I do get the actuals and potentials of purchases!
At home over fall break we went shopping. A bunch. For the cruise. Yay!
Every purchase starts out potential, but then its fun to see which actually come to Disney World and which are just left at the store. (poor neglected purchases
)
Actually I dont feel so bad for the potential purchases, Im too happy with the actual ones! I found some really cute things over break. The first one was at Target. I saw a picture of it in a display first. A picture kinda like this:
And I thought Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Doesnt the blue kinda look like the sea?? So I browsed a little bit and found that they only had two left, one of which was my size!! Its so swirly too
I just love it!
At first I was thinking Tritons, but I have the navy dress for that, so now Im thinking that the blues arent so different from the blues on a parrot, so it might work at Parrot Cay!

Since Parrot Cay is a little less dressy, I might just do it with black shorts
BUT, I had a brain storm on a way to make this outfit more parrot-ish, and I decided that Im going to try to get some red/green/blue feathers and make them into a little fascinator-type thing to put in my hair!! Im pretty excited to make it
it should be pretty cute! (and if our Parrot Cay is on pirate night, that would work for that as well
all pirates have parrots, right?

)
Also over break, I stopped in one of those boutique-y stores in our outdoor mall (I think it was called Francesca's??) and found a few things, including a pair of GLASS SLIPPERS! For $2!!! Check it out:
Isnt it princess-y? I love the gold streaks in the shirt, I took a close-up
The reason the (plastic) glass slippers were so cheap is because they only had really small sizes and really big sizes. And I just happened to fit into the smaller size!
Like the pumpkins in the background? And I love that they were $2 which is practically as cheap as Cinderella got them for (except she got them for free, but still).
Here's another potential purchase of shoes that unfortunately was not actualized:
Somehow they look like cruise director shoes to me. Plus they're cute. But I already
want to bring more shoes than I
will bring, so I skipped it.
The next purchases of note were at White House Black Market. Now I normally dont do sleeveless/strapless
its just not my thing (I KNOW! The target purchase was kinda surprising!). But I saw several sleeveless/halter tops that just looked too cruise-y to pass up (plus they were on the SALE racks!!). There were many potential ones, such as this:
But only two actual, which of course arent on the website, so Ill have to post inferior pics taken by me.
This one is a halter top and (gasp!) has no back, but I have a black top Im going to wear under it. But I love the design and my favorite part is the gold chain and the little pearls at the end of the chain:
This one I really like
doesnt it kinda look Polynesian-y?? One of these will definitely be for Animators Palatte, but the other I could wear at the Poly! Theyre both pretty tropical!
There are a few purchases I was thinking about online that are actually still potential
I just cant decide....opinions welcome! Theyre on the Disney outlet/sale shopping site. Firstly:
lol
dont you love how snobby Snow looks? And I love how it says Still Waiting for My Prince. Problem was, when I first looked at it it was $35!!! For a T-Shirt??? And it was originally $80!! I dont know if there are gems on it or what, but that was too much. Then I looked again recently and it was $19
better, but Id still have to pay shipping. So Im still undecided.
This shirt I also like (it is long-sleeved, but it should be cooler in Disney in January
)
Front.
Back. I dont know
I hesitate b/c the back is pretty
flamboyant, I guess? And Ariel somehow doesn't look quite right. I think this might not even be on the site anymore, but the thing I really like is the text:
Princess of the Sea! Thats me on this trip! Plus I was born in 1989, so that part is perfect! Maybe I'll try to copy it on a shirt of my own? I don't know...havent' decided yet...
So there you have it. The potential and the actual. The purchases. lol...I think I'm pretty much completely outfitted for the cruise now! I've got my three restaurant ensembles and many other cute things to boot! I am soooo excited. Before I came back at the end of fall break, I organized all of my cruise things and put them all neatly in bags, so I'm pretty much ALL ready to leave...why can't the days just go quicker???
Speaking of which, I can't forget a count-up pic!
Next Time: Cruise Door Magnets!!!