What happened in October? Part II

So, here we are with Part II!

I told you you wouldn't have to wait long to find out the rest of the story! ;)

Ok, not only did I have a great birthday celebration, but I finally feel like I have arrived.

You are probably asking yourself, "what does she mean by that?"

Well, I'm going to speak to the women here...

Women, have you ever asked yourself, "When will be the day I am going to feel comfortable in my own skin, secure and confident with who I am as a woman?"

If you have, then you know exactly what I am talking about.

For years I have been very critical of myself. I'd harshly judge my body, cry when I looked in the mirror, stay home when I'd really rather be out, fake a sickness when I didn't feel I was good enough to be at a party, etc. Not fun!

Well, in the week preceding my birthday, I was with an incredible group of people in Los Cabos, Mexico. We were there to "Transform Yesterday's Strategies." (This is a vacation course offered through Landmark Education.) While half the time it was great to be in Mexico and be sipping Coladas by the pool during the day, it was in this course that I grew up into the woman I always wanted to be! (And always knew that I was!)

I discovered in this course that I had been living with a "strategy" that a 13 year old girl made up. Essentially, without going into too much detail, when I was 13 I made up that I was undesirable, shameful and needed to cover myself up. Having discovered that this was a strategy made up by a child (and my brain was not fully developed either) it was a RELIEF to let it go! As a result, I now had this new open space for me to step into and create whoever I wanted to be!

So, with this new year in my life, this new celebration of my life, I created being a beautiful, loving, lovable, inspiring and creative woman! :)

What fun, right?

And then Halloween was coming up so I was going to have the opportunity to put my body issues to rest and wear a sexy costume! Yay!

After asking several men in the costume store which costume they liked best, I went with "Air Force Angel." It was a one-piece jumper, with buttons up the front, short sleeves and piping down the legs of the suit. It hugged my body too, so any issues with lumps and bumps would just have to take a back seat on this one! I even considered at one point to wear a body slimmer, but knew that I would not be honoring the new woman I am! So, I put it on, and then courageously stood up in a room of 200+ people and shared that it was a breakthrough for me to wear the costume! What a feeling!

I got lots of compliments that night, but since we're talking about dreams here, let me say this is my biggest dream realized thus far. Dreaming of the day when I can say I feel comfortable in my own skin and that I am a beautiful woman (with conviction) is a true blessing and accomplishment.

So, October was a very full month as you can see! Birthday surprises galore!!! I apologize for not sharing sooner, but I'm back now! :)

And now we're in November! Ooh, Thanksgiving is coming up! I wonder what dreams will be fulfilled this month! Stay tuned! :)

'Til next time, thanks for reading and Happy Dreaming! :)

Princess for a day!

Hi guys! :)

I just got back from a girls trip to Disney World!!! What fun!!!

Me and 3 girlfriends made an "adult" trip to visit with Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald, Pluto and all the princesses! It was so cool!!! :)

Well, one of my long-standing dreams was to have breakfast with the Disney characters! Mind you, I have been to Disney twice before, but never had this dream come true!

I told one of my girlfriends who was planning the trip about my dream and she made it happen!!! Gina, if you're reading this, you are the BEST! I know I've thanked you many times before, but seriously, you went above and beyond and it was super duper, amazing and wonderful what you made happen!

So, to fill you guys in, Gina not only made reservations for us to have breakfast in the CASTLE with the PRINCESSES, but also made dinner reservations at Chef Mickey's so we could dine with Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Pluto and Goofy! All my Disney dreams complete!!

Imagine this...

It's a sunny and warm day and at 10a four beautiful and amazing women are walking towards the Disney castle. They are excited, eager, giddy and can't imagine what is going to happen next. We get to the restaurant and get our Table pass, a laminated card with Cinderella and Prince Charming on it and it has the number 1 written on top. We are told we get a picture with Cinderella as part of our breakfast! So, we get on line with all the other kiddies and wait our turn to pose with Cinderella! Wow! How cool! She looks so pretty in her blue dress.

After all the other kiddies are done with their pictures, we whip out our cameras and take individual pictures with the Princess, lol! This was just too good to miss out! Haha!

Well, it gets better! We are led upstairs to the dining room and are seated at our table, and Snow White is already making her rounds! We got there just in time!!!

But first, the table. At each place setting there was a Wishing Star. I thought it was for the waiter, like when you're at the Churrascaria, and you either say more food or less with a card on the table. LOL! I didn't realize the Wishing Star was for me to keep! There was also a wand, Cinderella's Royal Table Wand to use with the Wishing Star! How perfect! My wish already came true!!! :)

So, one by one the princesses come out to greet us...Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Jasmine and Belle! We took pictures with each one! It was so cool! The dining room was pretty too! You definitely knew you were in a castle! The windows were all stained glass, and we still had a beautiful view of The Magic Kindom.

Also, the food was YUMMY! There were fruit cups, assorted pastries, and a full serving of eggs, bacon, sausage, au gratin potatoes, and this yummy fried dough blueberry thing! LOL! Orange juice and coffee was served too. And, if we wanted seconds, thirds, whatever, we got it! The breakfast was definitely magical and perfect!!! So many pictures, fun memories with my friends and another dream fulfilled!!!

It just goes to show, you are never too old to have your childhood dreams come true!!! :)

'Til next time, thanks for reading and Happy Dreaming! :)