July Favourites

Apologies for the late posting of the monthly favourites for July and you can blame my computer for that one. I think a part in the tower is worn out/broken as the computer is struggling to do anything. Finally got it to load this morning without crashing so I shall try to post this before it dies again. July was a pretty busy month mainly with work. The weather has improved slightly as in its not freezing cold every day. There was one day with some crazy fog and it was a task to drive to work in it. Let's get onto the monthly favourites! Starting off with this cute Gomamon Pop Vinyl I got last weekend! I placed an order as soon as I saw it announced. Not the biggest Pop fan but I do like to pick them up when the figurine looks cute or is some IP that I love.

Gaming

Finally finished my One Year Challenge for New Style Boutique 3: Styling Star. It was a long journey and a lot of screenshots to post. Might take a short break from Style Boutique outfits as I'm worn out from it. I have been playing lots of other games in the meantime. Last month I talked about Pretty Princess Party which I have been playing a fair bit. Not as much as the sequel Pretty Princess Magical Garden Island! I brought it on sale and been playing it every day since. It's basically an Animal Crossing clone where you are on an island and do random activities like fishing, catching bugs and crafting stuff. Absolutely love how easy it is to move buildings and bridges in the game. Animal Crossing needs to get on that level. 

Besides a stack of digital games, I also picked up a few new physical games for the switch. I got the remake of We Love Katamari and Little Friends: Puppy Island. Only played the Katamari one so far and it is amazing. I had played the original one on the PS2 but this port is way better. Always fun to roll around and pick up random stuff. Haven't tried out Little Friends yet however it did come with some cute joy-con grips. They look great on my Nintendo Switch and are quite nice to play with.

April Favourites

The month of May snuck up on me and I completely didn't realise that April was over. May also started at the perfect time with it falling on a Monday which is the start of a new week for me. Haven't had a chance to get on my computer to blog until today so apologies for the late monthly favourites. A few weeks ago I went and saw the new Mario Bros movie which was fun! I'm a fan of Illumination movies in general so I quite enjoyed it. Toad was the best part of the movie and it would've been a billion times better if Wario or Waluigi made an appearance. I assume they are saving them for the sequels which I also hope Toadette appears as she is one of my faves. Went to San Churros afterwards as I was excited about getting my favourite toasty from them only to discover they had changed their menu :( I got a different toasty instead but it was nowhere near as good as the egg and bacon one.

Also came across this Pusheen Pop Vinyl which is rather bizarre. It is noted as a scented pop and it is indeed scented however it is a weird scent. Like a dull strawberry or scented sticker. I have a scented Polly Pocket from 1995 that has held onto its scent and smells way better than this. Anyway it is super cute and weird. I adore Pusheen merchandise so I had to get this one for my collection.

Gaming

Haven't been playing much besides jigsaw and pixel art games this month. That is pretty much all I use my switch for nowadays however I do have some games on pre-order. The next instalment in the Little Friends series is coming out in August and it is themed on a tropical island. It is called Puppy Island and looks adorable!!! Also pre-order the We Love Katamari remaster for the switch as I loved the first one and was surprised to see the second one get an actual physical release. I'm not too fond of buying physical games as I don't like storing them but it's cheaper to buy the physical one compared to digital. I don't think Little Friends is even listed on the eShop yet as I couldn't find it the other day when I looked.

Music

So I finally caved and got the TWICE album I had on order. Luckily my account had held the cheap price that the album was when I ordered it so it cost less than I was expecting. I ended up only getting the BE version as that had the best photobook in my opinion. Lots of lovely photocards as expected for TWICE and I was blessed with the members I got. I've become quite a fan of Dahyun lately so I was excited to receive her photocard.

May Favourites

The weather we have been experiencing during this last week of May has been very winter like. It has been raining quite heavy the last two days and one part of the city even got flooded. I went to town yesterday and luckily I got home before the bad storm hit. Anyway enough weather talk, let's get onto the favourites for the month of May!

Stationery

Thought I'd start with this topic as it seems to be all I spend my money on lately. There are no good sticker shops in the centre where I work so whenever I go to another shopping centre, it's always a treat to find them. There's a new chain called Mint My Desk here in Australia and it has some super cute stationery! Spent some time looking around the shop and I ended up getting this notepad which features review pages. Thought it would be a fun start to my notepaper collection for journaling. The MARU seals were from Daiso which I had actually been to a few days earlier. The second photos shows my first Daiso haul where I picked up some new things I hadn't seen there before. I did go to the Daiso in the city yesterday and their sticker section was lacking. Seems that the one closer to me is the better one.

Another random thing I got this month was this adorable Legally Blonde Pop Vinyl! I saw them for pre-order months ago and put my name down instantly. Usually I don't collect Pops but when I see one that is my style I always pick them up. Legally Blonde is one of my favourite movies so I just had to get this one! Some of my Pops I keep in the box however this one looks way better out of the box.

I Heart Revolution has brought out a new collaboration with Dr Seuss and I couldn't help myself when I saw it in Priceline. The stores here are only stocking a few products from the line so I only got the Oh! The Places You'll Go eyeshadow palette currently. I quite like Revolutions eyeshadows and this one is great! I tend to use the glitter pigments the most and they stay put for long days when fixed with primer. I have a few of the brands palettes now and I'm looking forward to the Powerpuff Girls one when it hits Priceline stores. 

Gaming wise I still haven't been playing much in recent weeks. I've just kind of lost interest and there are other activities I like to spend my time on. Does anyone else experience that? Like you just grow out of something or get bored of it? I feel like happens to me with games every so often. If only the Nintendo Switch had more fashion style games, then I'd definitely be more interested. Most of the games posts on here will generally be backlog photos as I have a good selection of images to work through.

Music

Sad news with Japan Post increasing their shipping fees which means it makes it even more difficult to import from Japan for me now. The last two times I ordered stuff, the shipping was pretty rough and this has made it even more costly. I think from now on I'll be taking a hiatus from purchasing Japanese CD's due to cost. Might go back to purchasing Korean releases as they are easier for me to obtain. This isn't the end however as I will still be posting reviews of my collection on here! Hoping to get through a big chunk of the collection by the end of the year.

December Favourites

OMG the last week has been an absolute nightmare and thank heavens I have three days off. Everything is just pure chaos because of the pandemic outbreaks combined with the insanity of post Christmas sales. So glad it's finally over for now but who knows what next week will hold. At least the end of December is here which means it's time for my monthly favourites!

Random Stuff

Bit of assorted items now that I didn't really know where to fit in elsewhere. Picked up a selection of cute items during this month that I wanted to share. First was this adorable Winnie the Pooh Pop Vinyl that I couldn't help myself at getting. It's just too cute!!! I'm not a big Disney fan in the movie sense as I'm more into the theme park side. But I'm a sucker for Winnie the Pooh branded items and that's why I couldn't resist this one. There was also one where he has a pyjama outfit on and is reading a book. I'm trying to not tempt myself and get that one too :(

Got a bunch of new stickers this month after me saying that I'll cut back. I have a decent collection already but the Black Friday sales on Aliexpress and other stores hooked me in. Just took a photo of all the ones I got and I was pleased with all of these. Managed to get a good selection of different sizes and found some great small sized ones on Aliexpress as they can be hard to find. I can't get to Daiso anymore due to the pandemic so it was nice to find a new supplier of smaller stickers. The other items I got online where these amazing patches and how beautiful are they? I've been collecting patches for a while for a future project and knew these would be a great addition once I saw them. The Shiba with the fan is so adorable!

Gaming

During the course of December, I've been posting a Style Boutique challenge called the Basics Challenge! It is almost over and it was an enjoyable time. You can find all the outfits over on the challenge page here and the last outfit will be posted tomorrow. It's crazy how the challenge went one day over the number of days in December. It would've been perfect if it matched up!

October Favourites

October has been a wonderful month for me and I felt like I actually got a lot of stuff done this month. More personal things and it was busy at work so time went pretty quick. Even had a week off which was great and now I'm recharge for the busy holiday season! I couldn't think of anything super exciting for this months favourites so I'll post a few random things I've been enjoying. First off is this *NSYNC Pop Vinyl I found at Zing! Last year I saw all the other members except Justin at the Zing store near my work but I didn't get any of them. Recently my friends and I went into a different store that had a Pop Vinyl clearance table and there he was. And only $5! What a deal!

Gaming

Been playing Animal Crossing New Horizons a fair amount lately and I've gotten back into it. I think the announcement of the new update got me interested in the game again and all the snow melted in the game! I just don't like playing in winter much because of the snow and I'm looking forward to the summer season so I can catch some bugs. Preordered some packs of the Amiibo Series 5 cards and should get them next week. Fingers crossed for some villagers I've been wanting to get like Dom the sheep!

Stationery

I'm waiting for a number of parcels to get delivered with new stickers and I did receive one in October. It had a few items in it but these stickers were just the cutest thing ever! Haven't been able to get to Officeworks to stock up on pens. Nowadays when I write, I'm always trying to use gel pens as I find the ink just flows the best for me. Normal pens hurt my hand too much as I damaged the nerves in my fingers/hand a few years ago. At work, I get a lot of customers commenting on my bad handwriting and getting angry at me. It makes me rather annoyed as it's usually busy and it's not my fault I busted my nerves. At least some apologised after I explained why I write like that but I wish people wouldn't say things like that. I would use my own pen at work but the only times I write are quick moments for customer details or phone calls.

February Favourites

Thank heavens February is finally over and I don't have to strain my brain every time I have to spell the word out. The start of this month went super fast and then the last part kind of just dragged. I'm sad that summer is over as we didn't really have much hot weather this season. There was only a few days where it hit 40 and most of the time it was in the twenties. Shame because I love summer and I just don't want it to be winter as I cannot take the cold weather. Hopefully autumn will have some nice weather! Anyway here are my monthly favourites for February!

My absolute favourite thing for this month was the discovery of the Barbie Pop Vinyls. One day my friend and I were in EB Games looking at the giant wall of Pop Vinyls and that's when I saw them. Couldn't believe it that they were actually real! I ended up buying the Day-To-Night Barbie a few days later because I just needed it for my Barbie collection. There are three designs in this set: Barbie & The Rockers, Peaches 'N Cream Barbie and Day-To-Night Barbie. I got the later one as I have a connection more to this design than the others. I remember seeing this doll in my Barbie books growing up but never owned it as it wasn't in production anymore. Plus the pink shades on this model match the 90's pink box dolls and merchandise that I like to collect. The Peaches 'N Cream one is gorgeous though and I'm torn on getting it. I just don't have room for more Pop's and I only got this one as it was sentimental to me. 

Gaming

I turned on Animal Crossing New Horizons one day as it was Bill's birthday and he's one of my favourite villagers. And guess what DIY I finally found that day washed up on the beach? It was the signpost DIY I had been wanting for ages! Just my luck!

The only game I've really played this month is SELFY COLLECTION and I've still been enjoying it. I will be posting a play journal soon of the game as I'm close to completing the storyline of the game. That should go up early on in March and once I've finished the story line, I'm working on getting 100% with the clothing collection and requests. I really do appreciate how the game shows you all the clothing items for each brand, if only Style Boutique had that! Here is a nice outfit I made in SELFY COLLECTION recently where I went a bit crazy with the accessory items.

Music

I've listened to way too much music this month and can't think of too many favourite songs that come to mind. I did however find Britney Spear's In The Zone in the Op-Shop which I was super excited about. Someone threw out their Britney collection but I had most of them already. So I got In The Zone as I didn't have that one in my collection just yet. The one album I'm looking for is her Blackout one and I never see it anywhere! I used to own it years ago and one day it just went missing. I never knew what happened and I only really thought about it a few years when I started collecting Britney CD's. Hopefully I'll come across it one day. Here's a bunch of songs I quite like at the moment to finish off this month's monthly favourites.

Pop Vinyl - Daphne from Scooby Doo

Now I'm not one to collect Pop Vinyl's but there was one particular Pop Vinyl I just needed to have when it was released. It's taken me a few months to get hold of one, but I finally got my dream Pop Vinyl and it's Daphne from Scooby-Doo. I absolutely love Scooby-Doo especially the original series and I love Daphne's original outfit she wears in the series (and other series that follow). So I just had to have the Daphne Pop when it was released.

Originally I had seen the figure in a store but it was way too expensive for what I wanted to pay for it. Luckily I was able to order one through my work and get it really cheap! And she's gorgeous! Normally I'm not interested in Pop's because of their design, but this one isn't too bad. I like the pose the figure has and her hairstyle is just right.

There are a few others in the Scooby-Doo collection of Pop Vinyl's but I'm not planning on collecting any others. If I were too, I'd get Velma because of her design and maybe Fred. I'm not too fond of his pose though, I would've preferred him to have a pose more similuar to the show such as with his arms crossed.

Side of the box and Pop Vinyl number.

Back of the box showing the other characters.