TarzansKat
Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate.
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Well, perhaps not London...but Walt Disney World!
Last night, whilst DH was working at his second job, I had some time on my hands. The little peanut had a bath, was read to, rocked, and all nestled into his bed for a good night's sleep.
TK, however, was fixin' to cruise the Internet. I was on the prowl, and began my travels at my favorite site, the DIS. Well, after checking all my subscribed threads, I like to peruse the various boards and see what's doing. And one of my favorite boards is the Budget Board.
Do you all remember the blessing/curse that is the budget board? If not, refer to the previous chapter about online shopping, and how the local Kohls knows me by how many items I've returned.
So I was just toolin' around, minding my own business, doing a little internal
since the stimulus check was deposited, and feeling pretty 
that I knew the money for the trip was in the bag...or the vacation savings so to speak.
Suffice it to say, I had my frugal pants on. NODiscretionarySpending! A-pa-ha!
What to my wondering eyes did appear? A post about Disney Shopping. With codes. Oh, special codes. Bane of my existence. How they mock me in all their sale/free shipping/price reduction glory. What tempted me so much I could not resist a perusal of the site?
Free shipping with a $50 purchase and 25% off.
You had me at hello.
So, what did I purchase, my Disney-crazed friends?
Truthfully, I looked all over that site. I said, let me see if there's anything for DH or DS I can purchase in advance for Christmas, but alas, no dice. I was swayed by the power of the DIS side and various threads about families matching outfits and cute Disney clothes. Swayed over to boys apparel! Where the quality of the clothing is so good, and covered in liscensed character heaven!!!!
So what did I buy?
Everything for the little peanut.
And with good reason, I may add.
Now this is not one of those I need to write about it on the DIS in order to justify it in my mind jaunts....cough, cough...ahem...WildernessLodge...cough.... These to me, were necessary purchases. I'll explain why since I've drifted so much you're probably screaming "get to the point!"
DS has oodles of Disney tees. As a matter of fact, that's pretty much what we own. Every now and then we venture off to some other characters, like his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles shirt, to which DH has a matching one, but pretty much its Disney. And usually revolving around few central themes, with a couple of deviations, Pooh & Friends, Mickey & Friends, Cars, & Toy Story. His Nemo shirts are too small...::sniff, sniff:: Well, the boy is well-outfitted, what can I say. He also has plenty of shorts for the summer, thanks to my mom. We hunted through three different Targets in the vicinity and finally found size 4t in the Circo brand. These fit him best and they're such good quality. Summer/vacation clothing shopping done, right? WRONG!
I don't know if you're aware that September in Disney can be just a bit on the hot side...
Well, I adore the way DS looks in sleeveless tees or tanks. I think he's cute, and for the parks, you can't beat well-ventilated arms. Slather him with sunblock and he's cooler and ready to go. Who would believe that two sleeves would make such a difference in how warm a child is, but they do! Well I moseyed over to that disney shopping website with a mission. Find tanks for DS! And I did. Some were two for $20, some two for $15, and all worked with my 25% off code. When I had picked out four I really, really liked, I took a look at the total. Then I added in what shipping would have cost. It came to about $46...to which I said, self, if you're willing to spend $46 with shipping, why not just add more product to get to $50 and get free shipping! How brilliant says I!
And that is how four tanks quickly turned into four tanks, two t-shirts, and a windbreaker. Now, I'm pretty impressed with myself here. I managed to get the boy seven articles of clothing for about $53 when all was said and done. Thank you 25% off, and thank you free shipping.
So here's what my little cutie will be sporting on our vacation. A new medium blue Mickey basketball themed Tank, a white & green Buzz Tank, a navy blue Cars Tank, and a Power Rangers Tank. Now we don't actually watch Power Rangers. This is a shout out to DH who every day on our last vacation would find the old school Power Rangers shows on tv and flip them on as we were getting ready in the morning/getting ready for bed. Plus I thought it would be cute if we're in MGM and are lucky enough to meet one.
Now we also ended up with two tees. The force was strong with one. It was full price. But it lured me. I love how DS looks in ringer tees. This one is light blue, with chocolate brown as the accent color and a chocolate brown Mickey on it with his arms folded that is just adorable. I don't know, something about my little auburn-haired boy in light blue just makes me melt. The other tee is paying homage to a classic. 101 Dalmations. Like I said earlier...see, there are tie-ins...we very rarely deviate from the core characters. DS loves dogs right now...his favorite book du jour is Go Dogs Go...and he loves 101 Dalmations. It's also a nice yellow tee, which will look just adorable.
And he really needed a lightweight jacket, his again, are too small. So I bought everything in a size small. I know, I know, but my DS is very tall, and over the weight limit for the xs, and I really would love it if these clothes would last more than one season. So If I get them and they're horrendously big, we'll try and exchange. C'est la vie!
This lead me to another course of action. Regardez-vous (wow, I'm so French today), TK + lack of sleep = what fun and new ways can I obsess about my vacation?
Ah, matching/slightly corresponding family outfits!!!
So I went and looked at my new non-itinerary of ADRs and kept in mind what I had just purchased for DS and came up with some basic ideas of how I can get us all to sort of match either by color or thematically. Granted, I'd like to keep certain outfits for certain days, but alas! I am but a slave to a three year old mini tyrant who will look at me in the morning and say, no Buzz shirt Mama, I wear Mickey Mouse!
So we'll see how that goes. At least I have an idea of how to get us somewhat coordinated (which I've never done before, only matching shirts for the boys), and hopefully that'll translate to some nice family photos!
So for once, I don't feel guilty about spending money online. I think I made some wise choices, and I'm very excited about my purchases!
Drinks all around! Savvy?
Last night, whilst DH was working at his second job, I had some time on my hands. The little peanut had a bath, was read to, rocked, and all nestled into his bed for a good night's sleep.
TK, however, was fixin' to cruise the Internet. I was on the prowl, and began my travels at my favorite site, the DIS. Well, after checking all my subscribed threads, I like to peruse the various boards and see what's doing. And one of my favorite boards is the Budget Board.
Do you all remember the blessing/curse that is the budget board? If not, refer to the previous chapter about online shopping, and how the local Kohls knows me by how many items I've returned.
So I was just toolin' around, minding my own business, doing a little internal
since the stimulus check was deposited, and feeling pretty that I knew the money for the trip was in the bag...or the vacation savings so to speak.Suffice it to say, I had my frugal pants on. NODiscretionarySpending! A-pa-ha!
What to my wondering eyes did appear? A post about Disney Shopping. With codes. Oh, special codes. Bane of my existence. How they mock me in all their sale/free shipping/price reduction glory. What tempted me so much I could not resist a perusal of the site?
Free shipping with a $50 purchase and 25% off.
You had me at hello.
So, what did I purchase, my Disney-crazed friends?
Truthfully, I looked all over that site. I said, let me see if there's anything for DH or DS I can purchase in advance for Christmas, but alas, no dice. I was swayed by the power of the DIS side and various threads about families matching outfits and cute Disney clothes. Swayed over to boys apparel! Where the quality of the clothing is so good, and covered in liscensed character heaven!!!!
So what did I buy?
Everything for the little peanut.
And with good reason, I may add.
Now this is not one of those I need to write about it on the DIS in order to justify it in my mind jaunts....cough, cough...ahem...WildernessLodge...cough.... These to me, were necessary purchases. I'll explain why since I've drifted so much you're probably screaming "get to the point!"
DS has oodles of Disney tees. As a matter of fact, that's pretty much what we own. Every now and then we venture off to some other characters, like his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles shirt, to which DH has a matching one, but pretty much its Disney. And usually revolving around few central themes, with a couple of deviations, Pooh & Friends, Mickey & Friends, Cars, & Toy Story. His Nemo shirts are too small...::sniff, sniff:: Well, the boy is well-outfitted, what can I say. He also has plenty of shorts for the summer, thanks to my mom. We hunted through three different Targets in the vicinity and finally found size 4t in the Circo brand. These fit him best and they're such good quality. Summer/vacation clothing shopping done, right? WRONG!
I don't know if you're aware that September in Disney can be just a bit on the hot side...
Well, I adore the way DS looks in sleeveless tees or tanks. I think he's cute, and for the parks, you can't beat well-ventilated arms. Slather him with sunblock and he's cooler and ready to go. Who would believe that two sleeves would make such a difference in how warm a child is, but they do! Well I moseyed over to that disney shopping website with a mission. Find tanks for DS! And I did. Some were two for $20, some two for $15, and all worked with my 25% off code. When I had picked out four I really, really liked, I took a look at the total. Then I added in what shipping would have cost. It came to about $46...to which I said, self, if you're willing to spend $46 with shipping, why not just add more product to get to $50 and get free shipping! How brilliant says I!
And that is how four tanks quickly turned into four tanks, two t-shirts, and a windbreaker. Now, I'm pretty impressed with myself here. I managed to get the boy seven articles of clothing for about $53 when all was said and done. Thank you 25% off, and thank you free shipping.
So here's what my little cutie will be sporting on our vacation. A new medium blue Mickey basketball themed Tank, a white & green Buzz Tank, a navy blue Cars Tank, and a Power Rangers Tank. Now we don't actually watch Power Rangers. This is a shout out to DH who every day on our last vacation would find the old school Power Rangers shows on tv and flip them on as we were getting ready in the morning/getting ready for bed. Plus I thought it would be cute if we're in MGM and are lucky enough to meet one.
Now we also ended up with two tees. The force was strong with one. It was full price. But it lured me. I love how DS looks in ringer tees. This one is light blue, with chocolate brown as the accent color and a chocolate brown Mickey on it with his arms folded that is just adorable. I don't know, something about my little auburn-haired boy in light blue just makes me melt. The other tee is paying homage to a classic. 101 Dalmations. Like I said earlier...see, there are tie-ins...we very rarely deviate from the core characters. DS loves dogs right now...his favorite book du jour is Go Dogs Go...and he loves 101 Dalmations. It's also a nice yellow tee, which will look just adorable.
And he really needed a lightweight jacket, his again, are too small. So I bought everything in a size small. I know, I know, but my DS is very tall, and over the weight limit for the xs, and I really would love it if these clothes would last more than one season. So If I get them and they're horrendously big, we'll try and exchange. C'est la vie!
This lead me to another course of action. Regardez-vous (wow, I'm so French today), TK + lack of sleep = what fun and new ways can I obsess about my vacation?
Ah, matching/slightly corresponding family outfits!!!
So I went and looked at my new non-itinerary of ADRs and kept in mind what I had just purchased for DS and came up with some basic ideas of how I can get us all to sort of match either by color or thematically. Granted, I'd like to keep certain outfits for certain days, but alas! I am but a slave to a three year old mini tyrant who will look at me in the morning and say, no Buzz shirt Mama, I wear Mickey Mouse!
So we'll see how that goes. At least I have an idea of how to get us somewhat coordinated (which I've never done before, only matching shirts for the boys), and hopefully that'll translate to some nice family photos!
So for once, I don't feel guilty about spending money online. I think I made some wise choices, and I'm very excited about my purchases!
Drinks all around! Savvy?
Aw, my mommy. So, they got their pic taken with the Captain. I am so excited, because if I don't get the opportunity at least someone in my gene pool has!!! Now, that calls for some 
Anyone around tonight?
