Happy December! It's time to look at what I added to the collection in November. Even with a swap meet, it's been a lighter month for me - I had an emergency vet visit for one of my cats, and I'm making payments on a few cool things. I foresee this continuing into the holiday season, with final Club purchases and renewals to come.
Starting the month off strong, we have glossy Cossaco! My friend ordered a CCA appreciation this fall, and I told her if it was glossy Atlanta or Cossaco, I'd take it off her hands. So naturally, it was Cossaco. I picked him up from her at Off to the Races.
As you can see, I added another Stone to the collection this month. They dropped a Taylor Swift themed collection to commemorate the anniversary of the Indianapolis Eras Tour show. As Erin said, the alternate name for the collection was "Macie Says She Doesn't Collect These, The Musical." And I took that personally 😂 I tried for two in the collection - the Tortured Poets mule and the palomino Drafter. The Drafter got yoinked from my cart, but the Tortured Poets mule came home to me!
Breyer threw us for a loop when this year's Winter decorator model came with a mini-me! Killington and Little Killington were released on the Traditional and Stablemate scales of the Fighting Stallion mold. While I adore the mini version of the mold, I don't actively collect the big guy. Luckily I found a friend willing to split the set. Little Killington stayed with me, and Killington was packed up and shipped out to his new home. Win win!
Breyer luck was not in my favor with the Short and Sweet blind bags. Unfortunately, I did not end up with a Coal, so I'll have to track one down on time pays once the market cools a little. I received doubles of the blue and gold Zebras, and have already found trades for the two colors I'm missing. They'll likely show up in a future blog post, as I know I won't be receiving the red one until May (the friend I'm swapping with is Canadian and with the state of tariffs we agreed to wait until we could swap in person). I also finally got one of the mini whinny chase models I was missing!
I was supposed to be good at the Pre-Holiday Plastic Pony Palooza swap meet this year - and I mostly was! I did got slightly overbudget by agreeing to time pays for the Julien and Sophia set, but they've been on my ISO list for a while. The pinto Scotty is another I've been after for a while, and he was way under the budget I had for one. The G1 TB Foal is a no-stamp, which is my current G1 obsession. And yes, those are two more Stone Chips you see! The bay Friesian was very reasonable and I hadn't managed to add one on that mold. The Mule came from my friend Fran, who is a very good saleswoman - she sold him to me for half off and mentioned he came from her mother's collection. How could I say no to that! The party seal was a free with purchase with the Friesian. I just think he's neat.
