Disneyland.

Thanks to a sweet friend of mine who works for The Mouse, I was able to spend a beautiful day at Disneyland last week. My endo flared up a bit, so it became a pretty easy-going trip with lots of rests between walking, rides, and lines. We actually stumbled upon some really beautiful places in the park that we wouldn't have seen otherwise when we stopped to sit for a while! Sometimes it's nice to slow down. 

Especially with a Dole Whip.

Farewell, Disneyland. (For Now)

Our Disneyland passes expired yesterday and boy, am I sad.

Unfortunately, it doesn't make much sense to renew them at the moment,

so for now it's goodbye to that lovely place.

But I sure do hope to be back soon. :)

Here are a few of my favorite snaps from the year.
(and one little video)

Man. Good times.

Hope to see you again real soon, Mickey.

dapper day @ disneyland.

twice a year, 'dapper day' takes place at disney parks around the world.

"inspired by the original disney park designer's illustrations, which often featured extremely well dressed guests enjoying the park, dapper day events celebrate the tradition of stepping out in style."

most people dress in 50's style clothing to replicate the way disneyland's guests dressed when the park first opened in 1955. once we entered the gates, i kind of felt like i was walking into an episode of mad men... so many amazing dresses!

here are a few clips from my dapper evening with my brother and our friend, joseph.

to be honest, i didn't want to leave. like... maybe not ever.

why can't people always value dressing up like this?

for more info about dapper day you can check out their website here.
i can't wait for the spring event! hopefully i can drag along some more friends to that one too. :)

low key.

this was a quiet weekend.

stayed home on friday and saturday, but in an effort to get out of my house at least once this weekend, i met weston out in orange county yesterday evening and treated him to dinner at native foods as a thank-you for taking care of me on friday. i also attempted to impress him by ordering what can basically just be described as a big bowl of kale (with other assorted veggies) and forcing myself to eat almost all of it until finally giving up and just settling for a peanut butter parfait. maybe one day i will be as healthy of an eater as weston but that day is not today.

after dinner, we decided to stop over at disneyland for a few hours. we just bought annual passes a couple weeks ago and have a goal to go on every ride in both disneyland and california adventure before the year is over. last night the park cleared out pretty early so we knocked out 12 attractions in the short time we were there - including the autopia (which weston had never been on in his 25 years of life.. how is that possible?!)

the night ended even more perfectly when we realized we weren't going to have to pay for parking.

i would call it a success on all levels.