Winter Wanderlust.


A change is (almost) as good as a holiday.  The change in question, for me at least, is the weather.  It really is winter now, isn’t it?  Up until now it’s been a bit cold, then sunny, a bit to very wet, then sunny but over the weekend?  It was cold, wet and grey right through.  So I went with it, embracing the change while also rather wistfully making some vague plans for a trip to the sun sometime in the near future.
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Anaheim in the beautifully beachy Orange County, of Southern California, you’re the subject of my winter wanderlust right now. 
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Not just because of Mischa Barton from back in her days of ‘The OC’,
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nor even just because of The Real Housewives….
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I’ll just straight up admit it – I need a little fix of Disney and theme park resort style living.  I know it’s kitsch and I know it’s not high brow but a little Disney every once is a while is good for the soul.  The 24/7 happy within the walls of each park, the over the top themed decor of resort hotels, the lack of pressure or reason to do anything much beyond living Disney for a while.
Until I get to the OC in person (fingers crossed for late 2017), wearing orange will just have to do.

I always like a pop of colour in the sweater department when it’s so grey skied.  It wakes me up and keeps me safe as I cross the road in the darkness that is 7am these days.

Preschooler SSG and I did the next best thing to hanging out the park on Saturday and went to the library where he browsed for books in between going down the library’s slide and I just sat and did nothing for a bit.

I was at work for a fair bit of the weekend.  It was just a bit nuts (hence the whole wanderlust driven future trip planning thing) but at least I now have a little bit of Paris on my desk.  How cute is this foldable pink ruler with it’s Eiffel tower motif?  I found it at Woolworths of all places.

When I finally got home from work yesterday, it was straight to the toaster and kettle for a very British afternoon tea.  Just the kind of snack to be enjoying as the rain does its tappity tap on the windows.

Did the weekend’s rain give you a bit of wanderlust too?  What’s your dream destination when your reality is all grey skies and rain?


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