New Disney YAH Starbucks Mugs

DAMMIT DISNEY. JUST TAKE ALL MY MONEY ALREADY.

Okay. If you know me at all, you know that two of my favoritest things in the world are Starbucks & Disney. (Coincidence that both Magic Kingdom and Starbucks opened in 1971?! Yeah, probably. But still. These are two companies that would basically become the pinnacle of customer service and I like to think that that's kismet.)

Anyway. We all know my heart exploded the day Disney & Starbucks announced their partnership -- for the obvious reason ("these are a few of my favorite things") but also because there would finally be good coffee in the Disney parks.

And, like the good little Disney consumer that I am, the Disney YAH Starbucks mugs are the perfect souvenir, and we proudly own all of them. (Except the discontinued EPCOT mug. That was, perhaps, a bit of an overreaction -- it was just a mug -- but it's become a hot collector's item, so yay consumerism.)


I mean, yes. I freely admit that I'm a sucker for Disney merchandise -- and, now that I'm #adulting, I lost most of my self-consciousness about it. If I want to wear a Magic Kingdom 40th Anniversary track jacket out to Target, I'll do it thankyouverymuch.

But, some context: before I ever met my husband, I collected Starbucks mugs. They made a nice souvenir, and a practical one at that. Then, after my husband and I had our first date in a Starbucks, bonding over our mutual love of hand-crafted espresso beverages, expanding that collection became a nice way to remember our adventures. (Most of our mugs come from places we've been; but one of my best friends, who travels far more extensively than I will ever get the chance to do, has brought us back some amazing ones.)

I freely admit I'm not the biggest fan of the You Are Here mugs; I much prefer the older style. But I don't mind them for Disney mugs. Their bright colors and cartoonish look "fit" the Disney aesthetic much more than they do the mugs of big, urban metropolises.

Of course, now that Disney has released a new set of YAH mugs for each of the parks, I have to find a way to somehow get my hands on them. *sigh* Why are they so pretty?!

📷: Starbucks-Mugs

#tbt

I've tried to be good about a Disney themed #tbt every week, but...#fail. So when these photos popped up on my "On This Day" Facebook feed, I took it as a sign to reboot the concept. Fingers crossed.

#tbt to September 2013, a.k.a. the day all my dreams came true when Starbucks opened in the Magic Kingdom.

Also, this is literally 6 weeks before my wedding. For the life of me, I cannot remember why we went to Disney that close to our wedding.

[I love the look on the face of the dude in the red hat in the pic on the right. I'm sure (okay, 75% sure) that it was just the awkward moment the photo was snapped but...he could also be extremely confused as to what I'm oh-so-excitedly pointing at.
(And that relatively nondescript sign is the only indication that that's a Starbucks. For all the haters who thought it was going to be garish and tacky.)

I've always thought that drinking a PSL (an old-school PSL, before they changed the recipe -- twice) in front of Cinderella's Castle would be my definition of heaven. Add in some New England fall weather and a bunch of puppies -- what could be better?

#falliscoming

The world of Game of Thrones may be harping on about how "winter is coming," but me? I'm excited for Fall.

Beyond excited.

It is, without a doubt, my favorite season: I was born in the Fall (#scorpio) as were my mom and brother; I got married in the Fall; there's Halloween and Thanksgiving, and the return of so many of my favorite things: cooler weather, coats, boots, chunky sweaters, scarves, apples, pumpkins, crisp leaves, a general feeling of "coziness" and I'll even lump football in there as well, because I absolutely love falling asleep on the couch on a Sunday afternoon while my husband watches football.

So when one of my friends sent me this, I laughed out loud and loved it:

Especially since I got my first Pumpkin Spice Latte of the season this morning. Not entirely sure why I was able to get it on August 31st -- as September 1st definitely would have made more sense -- but maybe my fairy godmother sprinkled a little extra pixie dust over my day. 

It's baaaaack! #psl #pumpkinseason #starbucks #daymade #pumpkinmakeseverythingbetter #basicwhitegirl #dontcare #falliscoming

A photo posted by serrendipity (@serrendipity) on Aug 31, 2016 at 4:52am PDT