Tuesday, January 17, 2012

200+

Ready for a good long story. During our 2009 trip to Walt Disney World we stumbled upon the cutest craze ever, Vinylmation! We tried our very best not to give in and I tried my best to pretend I didn't want one. On the last day of our trip we were walking around the shops at Coronado Springs and I caved. So naturally, I had to get one and the boys felt like they wanted one too. We decided just one for each of us and that's it. I got Cheeseburger, the hubby got Puzzle, and the son got Red Gears. (Urban Series #3 was the collection we were picking from.) Then I decided I wanted to get the beach one for a friend of mine who loves the shore. So we take our chances and pick up one more. Who is it? Steampunk. What do we do with that one, she won't like it. We like it, but that's not the point, yet. Then the young lady behind the counter tells us we can trade. My eyes lit up. I'm like great, but I need Palm Trees. Do you have one? And even though she's not supposed to say, she points us in the right direction anyways. Voila! We got Palm Trees. Yes! Mission accomplished. But wait, do we really want to give up Steampunk? Sure, why not, I guess we can part with him. Okay... It was heartbreaking. I couldn't get over that we gave up such a cool figurine and we talked about it anytime we talked Disney. So to make a long story short, about six months pass after our trip, and one day I come home to a Steampunk Vinylmation. The husband bought it online and now he sits atop a shelf where he brings joy to us each time we look at it. If we could, we'd buy the entire series. They're so addictive. Here is Sock Monkey in Downtown Disney at the D Street Shop trying his best to blend in with the rest of the collection. How many Vinylmations can you count?

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