Upon arrival at the expo, they had large signs out front for all the races. I stopped to take a picture in front of the Glass Slipper Challenge one!
And of course, upon arrival, Mary (my sister-in-law) and I stopped for (my) traditional beer. They had really cute pink cups this year. I swear I took a photo of the cup at WWOS, but I can't find it for the life of me.
We headed into the HP Field House first to get our numbers. We did my number first since the Glass Slipper Challenge was separate from the 10K and Half numbers. After picking my number up, we made our way around to the GSC pictures. New this year we had to stop for a photo with our number at pick up (and then they reviewed the picture after the half to get your GSC medal). There was no line and I was in and out in a few minutes!
I also always pre-order the pins (they are a must for me, so it's worth it to pre-order so I don't have to stress about them). I have to say, I really loved the pins this year!
From there we headed back down to the first level to get Mary and my mom's numbers for the 10K and my shirts. But before we headed down, we stopped at the runDisney instagram booth. All you had to do was show you follow runDisney and you could take a cute photo in front of their green screen.
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| Is it me or does my head look oddly larger then my body? |
After they picked up their numbers, I picked up my race shirts. I really like the designs this year! So cute - particularly the 10K one!
The merchandise on this side was pretty picked over. All the good stuff had already been moved to the Jostens Center. But they did have some characters out for photo's which was nice! We stopped for a photo with Queen Minnie. The line was only about 10 minutes which was good, because she was out during the 10K and the line was easily 30 minutes! Glad we stopped at the expo!
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| My mom bought us tiara's to wear; I think I was made to wear tiara's |
After our picture with Minnie, we headed to the Jostens Center. They had the red carpet rolled out again and we stopped for a photo with the Footmen! I love how do up this race, it's just so fun!
The Field House wasn't too crowded. We made our way to the 10K shirt pickup and into official merchandise. Already, the gear was pretty picked over. From the preview, I wasn't in love with much, so this wasn't an issue for me! And even in person, I wasn't in love with the designs, so really not an issue. I didn't see the tumbler cups which I had liked, so saved some money there.
I was pretty good and only picked up a couple of items. First, I did pick up a 19.3 Mickey magnet - not because I needed another magnet, but because I loved the color! Looks great on my fridge!
I also got my new standard - the mini medal pin. I don't know why I started collecting these, but these are apparently my new thing. I have a {small} craft project idea to do with them (don't get impressed, it's nothing big or hard) so I'll share once I do.
And lastly, my always traditional Sweaty Bands! Abby actually picked these up for me the day before when she was at the expo which was good since they had sold out before I got there (at least these ones had).
My mom picked up 'I Did It' shirts for the 10K for herself and Mary and then we headed out to the rest of the expo. Back in January they had regular runDisney Mickey magnets that said the distances on them (6.2, 13.1, 19.3, etc). I had picked up a 6.2 one to give to Mary after her race and I was glad I did because they were all sold out at this expo! You're first race ever desires proper documentation :)
We didn't spend a ton of time in the rest of the expo. Stopped by the runDisney booth to look at the newly released Tinker Bell medals (I'll share those photo's in a separate post with my thoughts on them) and stopped by Sparkle Athletic to pick up my skirt for Saturday. But then we headed out - we were itching to get to the park (plus we were hungry!).
What did anyone else get at the expo?
I thought the merchandise was cute this year. I wish I would have bought more.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I can tell from the web, I think a lot of the good merchandise was gone by the time I got there. I don't know why, I just wasn't feeling it this year. I do love the items I got though!
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