For My Fellow Introverts

"You can't stay in your corner of the forest, waiting for others to come find you; you have to go to them sometimes." ~ A.A. Milne

Found this pouch at Disneyland in Critter Country, and it hit me in the feels.  The world is made up of Introverts and Extroverts.  We have different mental processes and different ways we take in energy.  There's positives and negatives with both.  I'm a happy introvert.  I do need people.  I get anxious when I'm alone too long, needing to get out, but I crave silence.  Solitude.  I love being alone with my thoughts.  They're pretty entertaining at times.  A negative aspect of introversion, that not all introverts deal with, mind, is too much isolation, which I sometimes find myself trapped.  Not good.  This quote is a good reminder.

Today a friend shared this quote online:

"If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it.  If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place." ~ Anonymous.

We all have our trials and weaknesses to battle.

No matter what battle you find yourself fighting, let none of us get trapped in the same place.  It's not a good place to be.

Fill Your Life With Wonder

"When you're filled with wonder,
the world is a wonderful place to be."

~ Winnie the Pooh

Growing up is important, but it seems, in the growing up, there are childlike traits we should never let go:  Imagination, hope, faith, the ability to fiercely dream, quick to forgive and forget, and trust.  To a child's heart the World is full of possibility.  Anything is possible, including growing up to be a cat or a dog.  I taught Sunday school for several months once to a bunch of 3-4 year old's.  They all had this ability to sporadically turn into animals, meowing and barking all over the place, at the same time.  It was amazing, and a little frustrating.

Out of all the amazing childlike traits we should never lose, the ability to wonder is one of the most important.  When we wonder we pause.  We see the invisible.  We see the intangible.  We see the what ifs and what can be.  The ordinary becomes extraordinary.  Our day to day doldrums become magical.

Lets never lose our ability to dream.

Lets never lose our ability to wonder.

17" Frozen LE Collectible Disney Store Dolls + Winnie the Pooh LE Bee Tsum Tsum Plush Set

 These are the limited edition Frozen dolls I went early to the Mall for yesterday.  They were each $119.95, which is a $20 increase from past dolls released from the Disney Store.  Anna and Elsa are 17" with a production of 5000 units each.  Kristoff is 18" with 3,500 units worldwide.

All three dolls are now Sold Out in the stores and online, but you can find them on Ebay for crazy amounts of money.

And yes, I took mine out of the box!!!  A collectors "no, no", but I've been collecting dolls since the 6th grade, and decided then, after much internal debate, that everything I collect will be taken out of the box, because I collect what I love and never plan to resale.

Dolls in boxes are sad.  Have you never watched Toy Story 2?

 What the dolls look like in the box.

 The boxes are designed so you can actually take it apart to examine the doll and then put the box back together.

this is the 3rd release of Elsa.  The previous releases were Elsa as the Snow Queen and Elsa in her coronation outfit. I would have LOVED the Snow Queen doll, but she was released before the movie came out, and only 2.500 units were available.

When I first saw stock pictures of this Elsa doll wearing an outfit from the beginning of the movie I was disappointed, and considered not getting her at all.  She is prettier in person.  My pictures don't even do her justice.  The reinstones and embroidery is gorgeous.  Her skin actually has a purple like metallic shine, which is the same type of shine used on the Tinker Bell LE dolls.

This is also the 3rd release of Anna, the first two releases had Anna wearing her coronation outfit and then her main movie outfit. This Anna is wearing the dress she wears at the end of the movie.

I love it!  I was so excited to get her, and she does not disappoint.  Once again the reinstones and embroidery is gorgeous.  It's my favorite dress of hers from the movie.  So cute.  I would totally cosplay wearing a costume modeled after this design.  That might sound silly, but I'm always looking for modest, cute Halloween costumes.  Her hair even has shiny red material to help it shine.

My only complaint is the skin.  Like Elsa it's shiny/shimmer, without the purple undertones, but it doesn't look right.  It makes it look like Anna has an oil control problem.  I want to get my blotting cloths to fix it.  Tame that t-zone!!  It's a shame.

And Kristoff!  I believe this is the first time he's been released as a LE doll.  The lute is a nice touch.  And I love the embroidery, which makes the doll feel special without going overboard.  And he has hair, unlike last years Prince Phillip who sported plastic hair, which just looked wrong.  I was really close to not getting him, but Anna needs her Kristoff.  P.S., no shiny skin!!

 Certificates of authenticity.

The other two Disney Store LE dolls I own:

Merida from Brave and Rapunzel from Tangled.

 Another item that was released new yesterday was this Winnie The Pooh tsum tsum plush set, which is $34.95 and available for a limited time.

 It has four mini tsum tsum's inside!  So cute.

Piglet, Pooh, Tiger, and Eeyore looking like bees!

My nieces are going to have fun playing with this :0)

Disney Store Tsum Tsum! The Japanese Phenomenon

I became familier with Tsum Tsums a few weeks ago when my brother Steven bought me this really cute Winnie the Pooh tsum tsum from the Burbank CA Disney Store.

These cute stack-able tsum tsums are a Japanese hit, and thanks to this popularity they've come to the USA.  I haven't seen them yet in Utah (I've recently visited both the Disney Store at the Orem University Mall and City Creek in Salt Lake.)

But isn't Pooh adorable!!??

And no sooner then Steven giving me this plush I saw a commercial on the Disney Channel all about them!  (Haven't seen this commercial before or sense, ironically.) ( . . . and yes, I'm 32, and I watch Dog with a Blog and Girl Meets World . . . ) But in the commercial they showed many more tsum tsums that can be purchased.

If you can't buy them in your area, the Online Disney Store has tsum tsums for sale.

The Online Japan Disney Store has other tsum tsum varieties not available yet in the USA.

Check out the cuteness!

I don't mind the occasional cuteness overload:0)

(The commercial I saw.  Yes, I took a picture with my cell.)

Below is a video of YouTuber LorienSpree opening an order from Japan.

And here's a commercial advertising the Line Tsum Tsum phone app game.

I downloaded it for free from the app store, but I guess you need a Line account to fully get it going, which I haven't done yet.  Not sure where to go for that, but it looks like fun.

This is the game opener.

More cuteness abounds!

And if you don't feel like buying them, but would rather make a tsum tsum, I found a great tutorial from YouTuber BudgetHobby.

Really creative.

Though for $4.95 I would rather buy one :0)

So if you don't like all things cute, you may not like tsum tsums.

As for me, I'm embarrassing the adorable!