Princess Power

So I've been meaning to write about the Disney Princesses for a while now but this post was especially spurred by A. who visited me last weekend with his Ariel - The Little Mermaid - Visa card in tow. Everywhere we went - the sushi restaurant, the bar, the movie theater - people always cheerfully commented on his Visa card featuring Ariel's bright smiling face. The positive reactions A. received everywhere solidified my belief that the Disney Princesses are liked by many, never fail to bring a smile to someone's face (at least as I've seen), and as A. said 'are a good conversation starter.'

I rediscovered (my first two Disney phases being from ages 4-9 and 13-14) my love of the Disney Princesses soon after moving to Austin when H. and I went to Hobby Lobby. While perusing the aisles I found these fabulous napkins featuring Snow White, Ariel, and Jasmine which I, of course, just had to buy. Not long after I discovered that Target sells napkins too (featuring Belle, Sleeping Beauty and Ariel) and also these amazing Disney Princess stickers. And a little bit after that, I happily found out that whenever I sent people envelopes decorated with one of the Princess stickers or whenever I had people for dinner and gave them a Princess napkin they would get really excited.

I think it's both fabulous and super cool that the Princesses are not just for little girls. I know so many people - old & young, women & men - who are into them. They're not hard to like! They are all so pretty and smiley, and interesting too! I love Belle (Beauty and the Beast) the best because she loves reading and wants to get out of her little provincial town and find adventure in the great wide somewhere. But I have to say I like all of them. I think I look the most like Snow White, and she gets points for being the original Princess. Sleeping Beauty (Aurora) is very pretty, and the end of that movie when she was dancing with Prince Philip and the fairies kept making her dress either pink or blue is one of my favourite Disney scenes ever. Cinderella is very sweet and possibly the nicest one - as exemplified by her devoted mice friends (Gus!) in the movie. I like Ariel because she's a redhead, because she was a mermaid and because she knew, without a doubt, what she wanted in life. And Jasmine has a lot of spunk and character, is very pretty, and is very well-matched with Aladdin. Disney has a new movie (The Princess and the Frog) and a new Princess named Tiana coming out in the fall and I can't wait to meet her! I am sure she will be as cool and lovely as the others.