Winter Bucket List

Winter has well and truly hit with the storms we have been having over the last few days. Everywhere I look on pinterest I see pictures of peoples summer activities and it makes me long for warmer weather. I started creating my spring bucket list but then thought to myself 'stop being so silly, winter is a wonderful time of year', and even though winter is half over I decided to make a winter bucket list.

Watch a Christmas In July Movie

I love Christmas movies so any excuse to watch them is good enough for me. I have a feeling after this post goes up I'll find myself snuggled up on the couch with a blanket and one of my favourite holiday movies National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

Snuggle up at the movies

I love going to the movies all year, but there is something extra special about going in winter (maybe it evokes memories of my Gran taking all us cousins every school holidays). One movie I'm dying to see is The Great Gatsby. It's closing here on Monday and one of the theatres has a $12.50 movie and malteasers deal. Comparing that price to the regular ticket only price of $19.00 I'd be crazy to pass this opportunity up. 

Visit the Art Gallery

I love spending lazy days at galleries and museums (I actually completed a Graduate Diploma of Museum Studies before realising my love of teaching). Right now the Art Gallery of Western Australia has a fantastic exhibition from MoMA called Van Goh, Dali and Beyond. I've always loved the work of Van Goh and hope to see this exhibition before it closes. 

Hot Chocolate Date

Winter and hot chocolate, there was never a better pair since Batman and Robbin. I love hot chocolate in any form, real, powdered, milo (although it's technically not chocolate), the only thing better than drinking hot chocolate is drinking hot chocolate with someone you love. I think one weekend I will recruit Chris and go sip some hot chocolate while people watching.

Go to the Ballet

Mum, my sister and myself are all season ticket holders to the WA Ballet. We love it and there is nothing better than getting all dressed up for a night at the theatre. This winter the St Petersburg Ballet is coming and performing one of my favourite ballets Swan Lake. Obviously Mum jumped on tickets as soon as humanly possible, and I'm counting down the days until I can see this wonderful ballet in all its Russian glory.

Go to a winter Sunday Session

Sunday Sessions are something you usually associate with summer; beer gardens, live music and cotton dresses. However one of my friends runs a winter Sunday Session and Chris and I have promised to swing by at least one of them. 

Crochet a scarf

Technically this should read finish crocheting a scarf, however that didn't sound as nice. I started crocheting a scarf at the start of July and got halfway through before putting it down and leaving it. Now with winter half over I am determined to finish the project so it can be worn.

So there you have it, my winter bucket list. What is on your winter bucket list (or summer one if you're in the northern hemisphere), do you think I have missed anything?

x Stacey

Princesses and Heroes

Under the Sea

Growing up I loved going to see Disney on Ice shows. If memory serves me correct I saw three of them during the 1990's; Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, and World on Ice: 10th Anniversary (or something similar). Every winter during this period of time, Disney would be back in my corner of the world with a new ice show to see. Going along, eating a snow cone, and getting some ridiculously overpriced light up toy make up some of my favourite childhood memories. However the arena where Disney on Ice was housed was sadly closed its doors in 2002 (and was later demolished in 2011) and so for 11 long winters Disney on Ice did not come back. All of this changed this winter when the new Perth Arena hosted Princesses and Heroes. 

My real life Prince Charming and myself bought tickets for his younger sisters third birthday, however since she ended up on a overseas holiday we ended up taking my sister instead.

Doesn't he just look thrilled to be there

Sunday came and off we headed to the arena to battle the massive lines of people, both nostalgic adults, and excited children. We met up with one of my best friends and her boyfriend before the show (he was just as equally thrilled to be there as my boy was). We had decided to 'disneybound' for the show (as all good Disney fans should), her as Minnie Mouse and myself as Snow White, as I am always told I look like her (or my personal favourite 'you're whiter than Snow White').

The show was everything I remember Disney on Ice being and more (and by more I mean more special effects...technology has come a long way since 1997 you know). It was overly romantic and all the songs sent goosebumps up my spine, even though some of the songs have been redone for a more modern appeal. Apparently they will be back next winter with a show featuring Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan (amongst others) and I'm already figuring out how to get my name on a wait list. 

If you are heading off to a Disney on Ice show, or perhaps even to a Disney Park (lucky duck) I have created a little Snow White outfit for you below (click the caption to find the link). My favourite part about this outfit is that all the items can easily transition to your non-Disney side of life.

Fairest of Them All

Just make sure you don't forget the lips as red as a rose.

x Stacey