I thought this might be a fun "fantasy-ish" discussion, low stakes, no reason to have arguments LOL.
We are heading up for a few nights. When we wake up in our Fort Wilderness cabin on Tuesday, I will be 50 years old (and then we have to drive right home because someone other than myself has school that day. )
This entire trip (in true "Two Broke Guys & A Dog" fashion, if you've ever seen our TR's) is completely covered by Disney Chase Visa Rewards points - the room, the park tickets, the Boo Bash tickets, the dinners, snacks - everything.
With all that, we will still have a good amount of DCR points left. The plan is when we get home, whatever remains, we will put down on booking our first DCL cruise next September for our 15 year wedding anniversary. (@wannabeBelle I think we need to finally chat about this!)
Given all that, I started thinking...it's my 50th birthday, we've [all] had a heck of a year and a half. If I wanted to treat myself (as if the trip itself wasn't treat enough) when I have one of those moments where I walk into a store and ooh and ahh over something and think, "I love it but I'd never spend X dollars on that..." I may give myself permission to pull the trigger this time. Heck, it won't cost "real money," anyway. And it will commemorate my 50th birthday (and WDW's) for the rest of my life.
I have no idea what the item might be, but just opening my mind to that possibility (which I really never do) will make things fun and interesting.
It needn't be expensive. It might just be a sweatshirt I think is in no way worth $60, but I'll get it anyway. OTOH, it could be expensive!
I'm not huge on souvenirs. If I get household items (like picture frames) they tend to have a more subtle Disney design rather than something that looks...vacation-y. My mind initially goes to the Art of Disney store in Epcot with all the animation art, so something like that is a possibility. For 20 years, I've looked in that store, taken my time admiring everything (I used to want to be a cartoonist when I was younger) and just knew there was no chance I'd ever buy anything other than the small drawings near the front - but it was fun to look!
It could also be something for Christmas that we'd take out every year. We already buy an ornament either every trip or every year, so that would make sense, too.
But it doesn't have to make too much sense!
So the question is twofold: if money were pretty much no object (but we're not talking $10K here) what merch would you splurge on (for yourself) at a store - either in the parks, at a resort, or DS?
And if you feel like it, make a recommendation for me to look at something (which would rule out handbags and what not LOL.)
We are heading up for a few nights. When we wake up in our Fort Wilderness cabin on Tuesday, I will be 50 years old (and then we have to drive right home because someone other than myself has school that day. )
This entire trip (in true "Two Broke Guys & A Dog" fashion, if you've ever seen our TR's) is completely covered by Disney Chase Visa Rewards points - the room, the park tickets, the Boo Bash tickets, the dinners, snacks - everything.
With all that, we will still have a good amount of DCR points left. The plan is when we get home, whatever remains, we will put down on booking our first DCL cruise next September for our 15 year wedding anniversary. (@wannabeBelle I think we need to finally chat about this!)
Given all that, I started thinking...it's my 50th birthday, we've [all] had a heck of a year and a half. If I wanted to treat myself (as if the trip itself wasn't treat enough) when I have one of those moments where I walk into a store and ooh and ahh over something and think, "I love it but I'd never spend X dollars on that..." I may give myself permission to pull the trigger this time. Heck, it won't cost "real money," anyway. And it will commemorate my 50th birthday (and WDW's) for the rest of my life.
I have no idea what the item might be, but just opening my mind to that possibility (which I really never do) will make things fun and interesting.
It needn't be expensive. It might just be a sweatshirt I think is in no way worth $60, but I'll get it anyway. OTOH, it could be expensive!
I'm not huge on souvenirs. If I get household items (like picture frames) they tend to have a more subtle Disney design rather than something that looks...vacation-y. My mind initially goes to the Art of Disney store in Epcot with all the animation art, so something like that is a possibility. For 20 years, I've looked in that store, taken my time admiring everything (I used to want to be a cartoonist when I was younger) and just knew there was no chance I'd ever buy anything other than the small drawings near the front - but it was fun to look!
It could also be something for Christmas that we'd take out every year. We already buy an ornament either every trip or every year, so that would make sense, too.
But it doesn't have to make too much sense!
So the question is twofold: if money were pretty much no object (but we're not talking $10K here) what merch would you splurge on (for yourself) at a store - either in the parks, at a resort, or DS?
And if you feel like it, make a recommendation for me to look at something (which would rule out handbags and what not LOL.)
