It's the first Wednesday (Thursday) of the month, so let's take a look at what I added to the collection in August!
So when I posted my BreyerFest Haul I fully expected to not have any other July additions, so I made it the monthly additions post. Then Breyer threw us for a loop and released the Deluxe Club Stablemate Kiana in July rather than the typical September/October. I could have added her to the BreyerFest post, but it didn't feel right, so I saved her for the August post instead! I have two Deluxe Club accounts, one in my name and one in the name of one of my cats. I pulled the matte Kiana on my account, and the glossy on my cat's. I think he has all the luck!
August is a Stablemates Club month! This month's release was Touché, a lovely bay leopard Appaloosa on the G4 Trotting Warmblood mold. She was a 50/50 glossy matte split, and like Kiana I was lucky to pull one of each! This time, my account pulled the glossy and my cat's pulled the matte. The Thorin pin was a ridealong with one of my orders.
I had one goal in mind for the Second Chance sale, since I pulled all of the variations I wanted at BreyerFest. I conga Gilen, but I didn't put Birke and Ribe on my Special Run preference list. I figured with the variations announced, there would be plenty left over for the Second Chance sale online, and I was pleased to be proven right! August also brought the next Premier Club release - Flapjack and Waffles! They're probably my most anticipated Premier release this year - Carmen went straight to a friend who wanted her, and while I like Georgina and she'll be staying, a pony and donkey duo is much more to my tastes. We've desperately needed new longears in the traditional lineup for a while, and we've now gotten the new mule and donkey in the space of a year.
I didn't plan to buy a Stone this month. Then Stone surprise dropped $99 Ice Cream themed Chips. If there's one thing about me, it's that I am kind of obsessed with ice cream. Another thing about me is I am equally obsessed with lemons. And wouldn't you know it, but there was a Lemon Ice Cream chip in the drop. Unfortunately, I was broke after BreyerFest, and I resigned myself to letting it go. I noticed the day after the drop he was still available. I was talking with my friend Mel and mentioned it and she was like, "you need him, he belongs with you." And because Mel is an exceedingly generous friend, she loaned me the cash to pick him up. So, now I have a little Lemon Ice Cream Chip in my collection!
I mentioned in my BreyerFest haul post that my Uff Da and second Hygge were delivered to my friend who purchased them on my behalf (I don't trust the service in the Alltech with something as important as my online exclusive BreyerFest purchases. I got burned the year Buggy came out.) I met up with her to grab them and also see The Lion King musical. It was a good day! Finally, we have another grail for the year. I arranged to buy a Pancho from my friend Jane, and at the same time purchased the complete 70s Stable set at the same time. We had talked about the Pancho at Big Orange Bash this year, and she graciously allowed me to start time payments after BreyerFest to pick them up at Happy Kamper. She threw in the shipping box for the G1 buckskin Quarter Horse Mare as a bonus. August was definitely the month of generous friends!
