Monthly Round Up: September Additions!

 Another month gone, another round of collection additions!

We started off the month strong with my Halloween blind bag Stablemates - I ended up with two Tabithas and a Thriller. 

It's a rare thing for me to add Stones to my collection - they're not usually what I gravitate toward. However, I decided to attend the Stone Little Horse Show this month. The dinner model was a portrait of Hayden Kristal's horse Squidward. I love their online content, so buying the dinner model was an absolute must. I planned on budgeting $150 to bring home one other Chip scale model. I ended up falling in love with THREE Chips. I fear I may be a Chip collector now. 

On the way back from the Little Horse Show, my carpool friends and I were bad and stopped by Tractor Supply. I've personally been trying to cut back my spending there, but I was tempted by blind bags. I got lucky and found one of the chase models, and picked up a few of the set. I still need to grab the other chase and the rest of the set, but I'm glad I picked up what I did. 

As seen above, I did not receive an Eek in my Halloween blind bag order. I intended to trade my extra Tabitha for one, but then a friend of a friend had extras and I was able to buy one for cost! 

On the 20th, I headed up to the PostFest Model Horse Fest swap meet. This swap is very local to me, and is hosted by one of my close hobby friends. She asked me to work an information table on hobby history, and I paid for a table to sell from. I did make a few sales, and also ended up coming home with a few things! The Stablemate Seabiscuit, pony pouch, and unicorn Alborozo were things I had pre-purchased or arranged to trade beforehand. I'm embracing the lifestyle of a Stone Chip collector, and picked up a lovely set of four old regular runs. I was also pleased to add a gold Secretariat. The rearing Andalusian Stablemate is an upgrade for mine, who took a tumble off my shelf a while back, and I'm pleased to have found another keychain! I also won a custom Stablemate sized pony pouch from the hostess in the raffle. 

The day after the swap meet, I headed to my recently-opened Rural King to check out the Breyer selection. I found an untouched box of the new Fire and Ice Unicorn Surprise blind bags, and I was fortunate to find one of the chase models! The green G2 Warmblood is definitely the easier to find chase, but a friend recently found the Ultra Rare Scorch, so I know he's out there.  

My Deluxe Collector Club Darius models also arrived this month! With the Gamblers' Choice, I sprung for two accounts this year. The Wedgewood arrived on my account, and the gold charm was on my cat Earl's account. I have one more of these coming that I purchased secondhand, although he hasn't arrived yet. Hopefully I get a copenhagen or a florentine!