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My work week was crazy busy and I ended up working Friday to cover for another girl. That will be nice for my paycheck. On Thursday evening after work, my Aunt and I went to Epcot to get our complimentary magnet. It's the first week of Flower & Garden Festival so, I should have realized how busy it would be. Silly me thought, "It won't be busy on a week night." oh how wrong I was. Had a hard time finding parking and then dealing with all the rude tourist in the park. I swear I'm invisible. People walk right at me and don't move. The rudeness of people really has kept me from going to the Disney parks as often. I use to go weekly now months go by.
We went right to Mouse Gears to get our free passholder magnet. This month it's Pluto. In April they will have Daisy. I love that they have started doing this. Now if they could just change on the magnet they send when you renew your annual pass. I have like 5 Mickey Mouse magnets. Now if it was different Mickey's I'd be happy but it's the same magnet each time. Anywho getting our magnets was super easy. No line. We then searched for the one t-shirt I wanted to get. But it ended up being in another location in the park. All the cast members I stopped while in Mouse Gears was very kind and helpful. It was nice to find that, because I've run into too many grumpy cast members in the last few months. When I worked there that would have never been allowed. I knew when the changes that were happening at the end of my time as a cast member it was going to change how Disney as a whole would no longer be that Magical place I grew up on. Money has become way too much the focus for them now. Anywho, off track here. After getting the magnet we wandered to find the shirt I wanted. It was a Donald and Spike the bee shirt for the Festival. I was very upset with how expensive all the merchandise has gotten. I'm not paying 35 bucks for a shirt. So luckily I can fit into youth shirts so I got me one of those that still has Spike on it. For 20 bucks plus I get 20% off with my annual pass. I ended up getting a Figment Tumbler and two plant pot coffee mugs one with Figment the other with Donald. They were all passholder items. I'm really loving the designs for this years fest.
We walked a bit to look at the topiary. There wasn't much that was new this year. But I did get pics of the ones that were different. We both were getting tired (so out of shape) so we didn't walk the showcase to see the rest of the topiaries. Plan on doing that in a few weeks when we go back for the Simple Plan concert.
Tried to get a picture of the magnet with the Pluto topiary.
Didn't get the best angle because lots of people were trying to take pictures. I found this super cute, Mickey and Minnie having a romantic picnic.
I find Chip & Dale super cute all the time. I want them in my front yard!
Bopeep and her sheep is new. I think they're cute! Wish the sun wasn't behind them, it kinda ruined the photo.
Buzz Lightyear isn't new, he's just in a different spot and they haded big crayons which I found cute.
Now Merchandise!
This is the shirt I got. I always loved the cartoon with Donald and Spike. They never had any Spike merchandise until this year. Last year they had him all over the park for a scavenger hunt but that was it. So, I'm pretty thrilled to finally have a shirt with my favorite bee.
The FIgment passholder tumbler. I LOVE it!
The front and back of the mugs. They have two more coming out next month that I hope to get. These are almost sold out already and it was only the second day of the festival.
Today my Aunt and I went to pick up my parents to go out to lunch. I haven't spent much time with my parents in the last two months. So it was nice getting some quality time. After lunch we stopped at the pet store and I got all my fur babies food plus a new toy for Tober. He somehow lost his toy. He destroys most cat toys but this one I found he seems to be able to keep. It's supposed to be a chew toy to help teeth. We got just because it last longer than a day lol. I ended up buying my parents dog a bag of food too. I knew it was going to be pricey once I got to the register but luckily I ended up having a free bag of food coupon and a five dollars off. That helped. My babies are worth it, but it does keep me in check when I want more. I'm always wanting to bring home more cats and this reminds me, I can't afford anymore mouths to feed lol.
Tomorrow us girls (My mom, aunt and I) are going to Universal Studios. We haven't been there for almost a year. My sister and nephew are coming this summer to visit so we plan on buying their tickets for Universal tomorrow while there's a deal going on. Buy a 2 day ticket get 2 extra days free. That's pretty awesome. Still expensive but, not as bad as it could be.
We went right to Mouse Gears to get our free passholder magnet. This month it's Pluto. In April they will have Daisy. I love that they have started doing this. Now if they could just change on the magnet they send when you renew your annual pass. I have like 5 Mickey Mouse magnets. Now if it was different Mickey's I'd be happy but it's the same magnet each time. Anywho getting our magnets was super easy. No line. We then searched for the one t-shirt I wanted to get. But it ended up being in another location in the park. All the cast members I stopped while in Mouse Gears was very kind and helpful. It was nice to find that, because I've run into too many grumpy cast members in the last few months. When I worked there that would have never been allowed. I knew when the changes that were happening at the end of my time as a cast member it was going to change how Disney as a whole would no longer be that Magical place I grew up on. Money has become way too much the focus for them now. Anywho, off track here. After getting the magnet we wandered to find the shirt I wanted. It was a Donald and Spike the bee shirt for the Festival. I was very upset with how expensive all the merchandise has gotten. I'm not paying 35 bucks for a shirt. So luckily I can fit into youth shirts so I got me one of those that still has Spike on it. For 20 bucks plus I get 20% off with my annual pass. I ended up getting a Figment Tumbler and two plant pot coffee mugs one with Figment the other with Donald. They were all passholder items. I'm really loving the designs for this years fest.
We walked a bit to look at the topiary. There wasn't much that was new this year. But I did get pics of the ones that were different. We both were getting tired (so out of shape) so we didn't walk the showcase to see the rest of the topiaries. Plan on doing that in a few weeks when we go back for the Simple Plan concert.
Tried to get a picture of the magnet with the Pluto topiary.
Didn't get the best angle because lots of people were trying to take pictures. I found this super cute, Mickey and Minnie having a romantic picnic.
I find Chip & Dale super cute all the time. I want them in my front yard!
Bopeep and her sheep is new. I think they're cute! Wish the sun wasn't behind them, it kinda ruined the photo.
Buzz Lightyear isn't new, he's just in a different spot and they haded big crayons which I found cute.
Now Merchandise!
This is the shirt I got. I always loved the cartoon with Donald and Spike. They never had any Spike merchandise until this year. Last year they had him all over the park for a scavenger hunt but that was it. So, I'm pretty thrilled to finally have a shirt with my favorite bee.
The FIgment passholder tumbler. I LOVE it!
The front and back of the mugs. They have two more coming out next month that I hope to get. These are almost sold out already and it was only the second day of the festival.
Today my Aunt and I went to pick up my parents to go out to lunch. I haven't spent much time with my parents in the last two months. So it was nice getting some quality time. After lunch we stopped at the pet store and I got all my fur babies food plus a new toy for Tober. He somehow lost his toy. He destroys most cat toys but this one I found he seems to be able to keep. It's supposed to be a chew toy to help teeth. We got just because it last longer than a day lol. I ended up buying my parents dog a bag of food too. I knew it was going to be pricey once I got to the register but luckily I ended up having a free bag of food coupon and a five dollars off. That helped. My babies are worth it, but it does keep me in check when I want more. I'm always wanting to bring home more cats and this reminds me, I can't afford anymore mouths to feed lol.
Tomorrow us girls (My mom, aunt and I) are going to Universal Studios. We haven't been there for almost a year. My sister and nephew are coming this summer to visit so we plan on buying their tickets for Universal tomorrow while there's a deal going on. Buy a 2 day ticket get 2 extra days free. That's pretty awesome. Still expensive but, not as bad as it could be.