Limited edition "glass" slippers from the Cinderella Glass Slipper Salon at Harrod's

How am I just now hearing about this? Apparently, the Harrod's store in Knightsbridge, England featured a Disney Princess "pop-up" boutique, complete with a Cinderella Glass Slipper Salon and a Disney Princess dress-up area. I had heard about the incredible designer display windows but not this. Oh well... It's not as if I would have flown across the Atlantic Ocean to see it anyway... ;P

Hope you enjoy the following pictures as much as I did, and check out this link for more information!

Harrod's Disney Princess pop-up boutique

Harrod's Disney Princess dress-up area

I will be staying here when my family visits the new Fantasyland expansion at Walt Disney World. It's already been decided in my head.

Beginning Sept. 15, 2012, guests can dive "under the sea" with Ariel and become part of her world when the resort's final phase opens with 864 standard hotel rooms. Disney's Art of Animation Resort is a value property located at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Matt Stroshane, photographer)

Is it weird that I sorta-kinda-maybe want this?

Kidada for Disney Store Wish-a-Little Ariel

With a charm necklace and a card for you to write your greatest wish...

Did I mention the packaging is adorable too?

There's just one teensy little problem.

She's $39.50.

???

The DisneyStore.com order I placed on the 20th finally came in today! The Ariel pillow is so, so amazing in person. It's incredibly soft, just the right size, the embroidery is really well done, and it looks just like her. I couldn't be happier with it!

The "Medical" Vinylmation figure I ordered is also adorable. It came with a small Mickey charm with a blue Staff of Asclepius on it (which is the one I wanted of the ones available). I looked at the DisneyStore.com website today and the "Medical" Vinylmation figure doesn't seem to be available anymore, so I guess I got it just in time! ;)

If you haven't heard already, DisneyStore.com is releasing a line of limited edition collectible dolls, clothing, stationery items, etc. based on a series of 1950's inspired sketches of the Disney princesses. (Click here to see what's available in the line so far.) Each Monday through October 24th, a new princess doll is released. Cinderella was released first, and guess who was released today? My favorite - Ariel! She's pretty expensive, but I knew I would regret it if I didn't get her before she sold out (and from what I've heard, she's expected to sell out pretty quickly). Here are a few pictures of her:

I hope she arrives soon! ♥

P.S. Thank you, Jen, for letting me know about this line!

Every since I purchased the 17" singing Ariel doll from DisneyStore.com (hush, she's beautiful), I've been getting an inordinate amount of e-mails from "the mouse," telling me about the latest products to go on sale. I've been meaning to unsubscribe, but today, I must say I'm glad that I haven't yet because otherwise, I would not have known about these two amazing (and so very me) products:

15" in x 15" in Embroidered Polyester Ariel Cushion

Don't even try to tell me this wasn't an absolute must-have! I saw a picture of a full body-length Ariel pillow (probably over a year ago) from the Tokyo DisneySea theme park and have been pining over it ever since. Unfortunately, that pillow just does not seem to exist on this side of the globe. After tirelessly searching for that pillow with no success, I was extremely happy to find the above one (and to find it on sale too!). I'm already obsessed with her. ♥

Vinylmation "Occupations Series" - Medical

I don't own any Vinylmations (I wasn't into the whole Disney pin trading craze either), but when I saw the above one, I had no choice but to add it to my collection. I mean hello, if this isn't me, I don't know what is. ;)

The first week of medical school went pretty well by the way. I've never been this busy in my entire life. Sleep is something I look forward to now more than anything. We had our first quiz in histology on Friday and while I did do well on it, so did most of the students in our class. Even the average was an 89%! I'll admit I'm not used to being surrounded by so many intensely hardworking people. It's a little intimidating and, if I'm being completely honest, doesn't make me feel nearly as "special" as I'm used to feeling in a classroom setting. Every single person here was at the top of their class as an undergraduate. This could turn out to be a really good thing, however, because it can encourage me to work that much harder to be at the top of my class. I swear though, these students are so hyper-focused that we very well all may be getting 4.0's. It's really that intense. Even the second-year students were surprised by the degree of our class's focus in only the first week of medical school.