The Story of my Great Disney Discount: Part TWO
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Again, we interrupt this already in progress program to bring you an ingenious frugalista revelation:
What if I (dare to say) purchased our Disney souveniers BEFORE we got to Disney?
This idea ran through my head in the middle of the night, about a year ago. It was right before consignment season (which is my big shopping time for clothes, birthday, Christmas, etc.) and I remembered seeing a Disney toy that was for an infant that I had tossed into the pile to consign. The toy was practically brand new, and it dawned on me that they probably sell those toys in Disney World for 4 times as much as I paid for it new. Gosh, if I would save THAT much on a new toy, imagine if I bought barely used/new toys at the consignment sales and stocked up for the upcoming Disney trip?
FAST FORWARD
Now two consignment seasons & two Target clearance events have gone by since the idea first rang in and I have a pretty good pile going to take with us on our trip to Disney in December. I have decided to wrap each “Disney Surprise” in fun, festive wrapping paper for Addison to open each morning (and if we have enough) each evening. What kind of things am I planning to purchase/scavenge for ahead of time?
- Minnie Mouse Stuffed Animal (purchased already with dress-up clothes)
- Disney Hats & Character Hats (purchased already)
- In-car Disney Movies for ride down (purchased already)
- Souvenir Signature Book (This is going to be a tricky one, and I may have to wait to get into Orlando to find one that is blank)
- Disney Themed Outfit & T-Shirt (Purchased already at consigment, monogramming white top with Minnie Mouse ears and initial, I’ll take a picture for you guys soon)
- New Luggage for a Little Princess (still searching for cute, Disney-appropriate luggage ;)
- Coloring Books/Activities for the Car (still searching)
- Sunglasses (still searching)
- Etc. (I am still adding to the list as I look at pages and pages of Disney souveniers and idea sites)
Any ideas of how you frugally did Disney souvenirs or ideas of more items to add to the list?
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September 7, 2010 by easternshoremom
Categories: Articles
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