I was beyond excited when @thedisneybound announced their first theme week as Peter Pan because Peter Pan is my favorite Disney movie! Since it’s my favorite, however, I’ve done almost all the characters at one point or another and have ‘bounded as Peter Pan more times than I can count. In addition to this, my Peter Pan Disneybounds are not so unique as to decipher one day from another since they all center around the same few pieces of clothing. I bought a shirt about three years ago from a company that specializes in Disneybounding apparel that was very specifically Peter Pan themed. So, to get my money’s worth, I use it constantly in my Peter Pan bounds. This started to make me feel stagnant and limited in my options. At the beginning of this week I decided that I needed to do something different and not just the “same old ‘bounds”. When I woke up yesterday morning, I made the decision to wear one of my sweaters because I wanted to be cozy and I hadn’t worn many of my sweaters yet since I spent December in dresses. I stepped into my closet and stared at my sweaters, thinking “what have I not worn lately and what will still fit me?”. A forest green sweater that I bought last year caught my eye and, even though I told myself that I could just post throwbacks for “Throwback Thursday” and didn’t need a Disneybound, I found myself piecing together an outfit in my head:

“I need to wear that sweater, with a red tank top under it (rummages through shirt drawer for red tank top) and my tan leggings because the brown ones would just feel too dark and the green ones would totally clash. Then I can also wear my new favorite boots that I got for Christmas (and wear every day).”

Thus, an outfit is born. The only thing I added were my Peter Pan earrings (made from a pair of star earrings and some feather accessories a few years back and used for every Peter Pan ‘bound since – when I met Peter Pan in person wearing them, he was very impressed I was able to get three feathers while he only has one).

So I was able to get out of my rut and put together a fresh outfit once I was able to remove any preconceived notions of what my ‘bound should look like from my mind. Sometimes I just have to look at things differently and hopefully, the next time I’m stuck in a rut I can look back at this post and gain new inspiration!

Some new Disneybounds I tried out this week are:

• John and Michael Darling – I dressed my daughter and I as John and Michael and it was so easy and casual. I put her in pink footie pjs and grabbed her teddy bear (Winnie the Pooh) and donned a grey sweater, black necklace (for her to chew on) and borrowed the little top hat we bought for her to wear on New Year’s Eve. I was really happy with how this all came together with minimal details but instantly recognizable. Bonus – the grey sweater I wore was a piece I thrifted last year!
• Peter Pan’s shadow – I’ve seen a lot of people doing this, but I never had. I was feeling sort of lazy and threw on my black shirt and then realized I could just throw something together with black pants and it would totally work. It was a little lazy, but I was comfortable and happy.

And some returning favorites:

• Tinkerbell – I have this nursing tank that I absolutely love and that gives me lots of Tinkerbell vibes. I had only used it once before in a Tinkerbell ‘bound so I thought it was appropriate to use again this week. I threw my hair in a high bun and voila! Tinkerbell!
• Mr. Smee – This is the second time for this Disneybound as well since I made a Maternity ‘bound out of this shirt the first time I wore it. I wore my blue pants instead of jeans this time (because I love these blue pants and they are SO comfy) and added my red headband. Since today is also wear blue for Human Trafficking Awareness day, I coordinated by choosing a character that wears blue!

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