Happy December to you all! :)
I thought I would share the lovely time I had at the Gaylord Texan this past week - since I am a huge fan of Snoopy & the Peanuts gang, my boyfriend took me to see the Charlie Brown Christmas in Ice exhibit.
I never miss an opportunity to get dolled up in new cute winterwear - nevermind that it was 65 degrees outside!
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My outfit in layers:
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With the Juicy vest on
...Purchased last year from Yesstyle.com...
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With the Juicy hood on!
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Juicy Mittens
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Close up of the logo button - which decided to fall off and get itself lost *grumble grumble*
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After getting ripped off with the $12 event parking, we wandered around like lost lambs for at least 20 minutes on foot. My coworker said it was off in a separate tent, I had no idea it was inside the hotel itself!
The complex is HUGE - it sits aside a decently sized lake and has a ton of different hiking/jogging trails.
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I wanted to model my outfit some more :)
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The staff did a great job of getting the place jazzed up for the holidays - tons of decorations both inside & out
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My boyfriend said these were Juniper berries - I had never seen them in person. They look like mini-blueberries to me :)
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The Gaylord is a string of hotels that features an indoor arboretum - tons of trees, plants, and a little mini-creek that runs throughout
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Finally found the exhibit - it usually is super busy but since we went on a weekday in the middle of the day, we almost had the whole place to ourselves. :)
They shower you with snow after the film is over!
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I like how the entrance features yellow & black draping - just like Charlie Brown's classic shirt!
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It's super cold inside the exhibit tent so they make you put on these parkas that make you look 150 lbs heavier. ;_; So much for dressing cute! I begrudgingly put mine on, but turns out it was quite useful...(9 freaking degrees inside)
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Very first display was Charlie Brown & SNOOPY! I was so excited ~ Love his giant pile of bones next to the house, all in ICE!
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Charlie Brown's usual chat w/ Linus on the fence - love the bright colors & the pink fence :)
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Ice-skating!
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Peek-a-boo view through an ice wreath
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Snoopy getting ready to decorate
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What could be in here?
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...The Auditorium where the Christmas play took place & a giant ICE SLIDE!
(We rode it, lots of fun - the parka came in handy)
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Charlie Brown picking out his famous Christmas tree
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Snoopy's House - First place!
I thought Snoopy would be inside - no such luck :(
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Singing around the Christmas Tree!
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Lots of amazing work and pretty neat that it was all done in ice - it went too quickly!
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Afterwards, we wandered around the hotel - and marveled at how ginormous it was. Lots of decorations, tons of families walking around, and at night the whole place lights up! It smelled like gingerbread everywhere too
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They used old gun casings for the Chrismtas lights - so very Texan :P
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The carpet also has a decidedly Texan theme
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So basically saved you guys $20 USD/person ticket and $12 parking lol. (plane ticket too for those outside of TX) You can thank me later, early Merry Christmas :D
Hope you guys had a great weekend!
♥ Irene
