Hi, long time no post. :3
Apologies for being so MIA. The last few
months since my beautiful bird Skyler passed away have been pretty
hard, but I'm starting to feel better. I have sorta been active on my
YouTube Channel, and if you've seen my videos there you'll know that I
recently adopted two beautiful budgie boys, Mordecai and Darius.
They're super cute and definitely bring a lot of joy to my life.
Back
in December, I had ordered some stuff from the ABBA the Museum webstore
as kind of an early birthday present to myself and had intended on
posting about the few things I got, but then Skyler had gotten sick and I
just never got around to it...
Now, just a couple of weeks
ago I enjoyed some more retail therapy by ordering some stuff from the
ABBA voyage web store, and now that everything's here, I figured it's
time to finally get around to posting my collection update. :)
I've also gotten a few other ABBA items not from the official stores, but from Amazon and ebay and the like, so yeah, here are some of my newest items:
To
start, here we have the beautiful, new 1-year anniversary ABBA Voyage
Programme, aka the main reason for my purchase at the voyage store. I
mostly wanted this book because I want HQ pictures of their outfits so I
can recreate them, and this book definitely gives that! So many
stunning photos of the avatars, sometimes it's hard to believe that they
aren't even real!!
Okay, I've been wanting this book for over 10 years, back when it was only available from the International ABBA Fan club, and I remember when ABBA the Museum first announced they were selling it with new illustrations, I wanted it so badly. I now have it. :)
Because I want to turn my entire bedroom wall into an ABBA shrine, I decided to get these postcards from the Museum store, and yes now my room is covered in even more ABBA pictures. :D
I had pre-ordered this book by Carl Magnus Palm as soon as it had been available. I liked it, it does a pretty nice job of talking about ABBA's legacy. Idk I felt like there was a bit of an anti-Stikkan Anderson view to the book?? Other than that, I enjoyed it.
I also got this very nice and well written Agnetha biography by Daniel Ward. I think he did a fabulous job compiling snippets of interviews, and I really felt like I got to know a bit of what the Real Agnetha Faltskog is like, understanding her personality and learning a lot more about her. I'd give it an 8/10. :)
And I got Agnetha's sort-of autobiography, by her and Brita Ahman. I like how a lot of it is Agnetha yelling at the press, lol. It's not the most informative book, she's chosen to not spill any juicy details in her life (which I like btw - I believe that she should have a right as to what she wants publicized about her and what not), but it's pretty good.
I got this beanie from ABBA the Museum's store. It's nice, though it kind of keeps on falling off my head despite the fact that I have a really small head. xD
Knowing Me Knowing You keyrings from the ABBA voyage store. I like them, I got them to share with my sister, though I honestly can't tell if this is to be used as a frienship keyring or a breakup keyring. xD
ABBA Gold on Gold Vinyl, in honor of ABBA's 30th anniversary! I didn't need to get this, but I have an obsession with collecting vinyls, so I had to. :)
And last but definitely not least, this ABBA Voyage t-shirt. :) It's super comfortable and soft, and it's nice having yet another way of showing off my love for this band that I've dedicated over half my life to. :)
So yeah, that's pretty much everything. But before I go, please enjoy this picture of my budgies because I love them so much. :'D (Darius is on the left, Mordecai on the right.)
