Hyper Planner Extraordinaire!

So I have had a hard time coming up with anything clever or fun to post for a while.  I was gonna do some grand Christmas post, but a few facebook pictures told about as much as I could have.  But I have recently become quite obsessed with something that is happening in 3 months.

I AM GOING ON A DISNEY FANTASY CRUISE FOR MY 30th BIRTHDAY!

AHHHHHHHHH...I am so excited.  I have been planning for this before I ever went on our 1st Disney Cruise on the Dream.  Like seriously, Reid ran across the paper where I could have saved him $1,000 if he had just listened to me and booked on the ship.  That was a fun little gloat fest I had with that one today.

So when I get ready for a trip I plan for months.  We had an absolute blast on our last trip and I studied up before we left and knew more than many seasoned cruisers.  I travel like a pro and are honestly able to enjoy myself a lot more knowing that I have planned for all scenarios.  So it is no doubt that I have been at it again and started studying up on their Fantasy ship.

Last year I bought gifts for Mason before leaving home to avoid a $35 mickey purchase and honestly got items that people on the ship were lusting after.  I already got him a mickey jacket this time for cold nights as well as a mickey bookbag for the boy to bring his coloring books and story books with him.  Now that he is so giant I ask him to carry whatever he wants...no more getting bored with an item and handing it off to mommy.  I racked my brain about what other stuff I could get him, but if you saw his 3rd birthday party, you know that there isn't anything else that is possible to buy him.

 




So I decided rather than buying a 12 more mickey characters or shirts, that I would participate in Fish Extenders (FE).  Now this is gonna sound like a bag of crazy when I explain what I signed up for.  Beside every door on the ship is a sea creature (usually a fish) so a lady thought up adding bags to the fish and doing a gift exchange.  It has completely taken off and gone Disney magic crazy.  People sign up for these groups and make presents for the other cabins that sign up and drop them off in the other people's FE.  It is supposed to be a lot of fun.  I figured Mason would love getting a ton of little tiny things throughout the trip rather than just mommy bringing some stuff fir him.

Well our group for FE is AMAZING.  They like Star Wars about as much as I do...like people dressing their kids up like Luke and Leia for dinner.  We are going to be at Sea for May the 4th be with you.  Really I was sold after this, and these people will be my peeps easily.  I think this is what we will look like below:


So I made my Fish Extender and I think it rocks if I do say so myself.

So now I am just twiddling my thumbs as I await the items I ordered from China to make my FE gifts for the other cabins.  Disney gives you phones to use on the ship so you can keep in contact with your family...because they are geniuses.  So last time the one thing I didn't have was a way to carry my phone around, so I am making wave phone holders for all of the cabins.  I think they are pretty freaking awesome.  I got little bags, plus Mickey key rings and Mickey ribbon for decor on the side.  I think they will be pretty darn cute if I do say so myself.