Hooray for Hollywood

Outfit Details:

Red polka dot dress: eBay

Cardigan: dELiA*s (similar here)

Oxford saddle shoes: Payless

Necklace: ASOS (similar here)

Popcorn purse: Sweetbox Store
Hair bow: Dress Your Tresses
Frilly socks: similar here
White belt: eBay

I wish I'd been able to bring my petticoat on this trip, but alas, they're not so conducive to traveling.

Here they are... the first installment of Disney pictures!  It's strange, but it feels like our trip to Disney World was forever ago.  It was jam-packed and kind of a blur.  I wasn't able to take outfit photos with my DSLR during our first day there (we drove from Naples to Orlando and were running late to everything the entire day), but these are from our second day there.  We spent the entire day at Hollywood Studios (which was a little too long, considering I don't do roller coasters and we had some downtime).  But first, we had breakfast at the Boardwalk, at Cat Cora's restaurant, Kouzzina.  It was definitely one of the yummiest meals.  My mom had waffles with mascarpone cheese, nuts (I forget if they were pecans or walnuts) and honey, and I had sweet potato-turkey hash with scrambled eggs and an arugula salad on top.  I've never been a big coffee drinker, but goodness, the coffee there was particularly good (as was the multigrain croissant that accompanied it).

I seriously just want to live at Hollywood Studios.  Why can't that be a thing??  The aesthetics of everything are so perfect!  I think I enjoyed walking around more than anything!  But I do love the Star Tours ride, and the Great Movie Ride is always fun (though I honestly wish they'd update it a little -- it's a little stale).  We actually met up with my friend Carl, who now lives in the Orlando area, and it was really nice to catch up with him.  We've been friends for ten years, but we don't get to see each other very often (though his dad is directing the children's theatre show I'm currently in rehearsals for!).  My mom and I then had dinner at the Hollywood Brown Derby, which was a delicious experience, and I had this gorgeous grapefruit cake (with cream cheese icing) for dessert:

After dinner, we saw the Fantasmic! show, which is, well, fantasmic.  It was really cold (and I had only this thin Minnie Mouse sweatshirt to keep me warm), but we had SUCH great seats, and it's such a great show.  It might be my favorite nighttime show I've seen, because I love the Disney villains (and I play villains pretty often!), and the show involves so many of them.  I don't think Disney World will ever stop being magical to me, no matter how old I get.  I'm just glad I was able to "reclaim" it again, because being there -- or even the thought of being there -- just makes me very happy.  If I ever get a whole bunch of money, I'm organizing a Disney blogger meet-up, because for some reason, I feel like almost every blogger I know would feel almost the same way I do about Disney.  I tend to dress very nostalgically (either for other eras or for my own childhood), and Disney brings that out in me!

Have a wonderful Saturday!

xox Sammi  

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Faith, trust and pixie dust

Outfit Details:

The Ethereal Thing Dress: ModCloth (similar here)

Cardigan: ModCloth (similar here)

Tights: ModCloth (similar here)

Flats: ModCloth (similar here)

Necklace: Forever 21 (similar here and here)

Ring: Urban Outfitters (similar here)

Rococo purse: estate sale buyout store

The time is upon us!  We're headed to Disney World today!!  I'm so excited!  I've been scheduling some of these posts in advance (since the last thing you want to be doing during a vacation is worrying about blogging), so I'm waiting to go into more details about the first half of our trip until I can really sit down and take the time to write a full post.  I felt this outfit was pretty perfect for Disney-ing; this dress always reminds me of fairies and magic and all things happy.  I took these photos on an unseasonably warm day a few weeks back, which really put me in the mood for warm weather, too.

We'll be getting to Disney in the early afternoon, and after we check in to our hotel (we're staying at the Animal Kingdom Lodge, which is exciting since I've wanted to stay there forever), we're heading to an adorable-looking fifties soda shop place for lunch, walking around EPCOT, having dinner at the Flying Fish Cafe, and then walking around the Boardwalk.  We thought about doing Downtown Disney, but we both felt like there wasn't really much we wanted to do down there.  I have memories of Downtown Disney from when I was little, and it seems like it used to be more of an adult fun place (Pleasure Island isn't there anymore, is it??), and now it's just kind of like, indoor game places and the House of Blues, which is fine, but not our preference, I suppose.  We've never walked around the Boardwalk hotel and grounds though, so I'm excited to see some of that.

Tomorrow, we're headed to Hollywood Studios (I have a great cinematic outfit planned).  Although I feel badly for taking a vacation without my dad, my mom and I usually agree on what rides to go on (except I know that I'll want to go on Soarin' at EPCOT and she won't), and we can just have a girly time.  I have so many silly, fanciful outfits planned for the rest of our trip.  :)  I'll be posting lots of Disney photos on my Instagram, if you'd like to live vicariously.

I attempted to create a faux-bob, but I'm not sure what it ended up being.  I kind of like it though.

Have a terrific Tuesday!

xox Sammi

Friday Favorites #36: Disney Magic

Hello!  By the time this post is published, I will be on my way to Florida for vacation!  We're visiting my grandma down there for a few days before heading to the Happiest Place on Earth... Disney World!  Since I'll be too busy to post a Friday Favorites next week when we're actually at Disney, I decided to do a Friday Favorites post that's inspired by a few of my favorite Disney characters.  :)

  Enjoy and have a magical weekend!

Minnie Mouse

a // b // c // d // e // f // g // h // i // j

Cinderella

a // b // c // d // e // f // g // h // i // j // k

Ariel

1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 // 8 // 9

10 // 11 // 12 // 13 // 14

Snow White

1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 // 8 // 9 // 10

Bambi

1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 // 8 // 9 // 10

Belle

a // b // c // d // e // f (out of stock) // g // h

Jasmine

a // b // c // d // e // f // g // h // i // j

Pocahontas

a // b // c // d // e // f // g // h // i // j // k // l

Sleeping Beauty

a // b // c // d // e // f // g // h // i // j 

xox Sammi