i had organised a day trip to wellington with michael a little while ago. i shot down to wanganui on friday after work, and he and i went out for dinner and then watched a movie at his place.
after too little sleep, the alarms were going off and he came to pick me up for what would turn out to be a very long day. we were both stuffed by the end of it. we hit the road about 5.30am, and didnt get home until 11.30.
we saw a lot of wellington we hadnt seen well before, namely the coastal areas. stunning. i am hoping we can both take a week off our jobs and spend the time there just hanging out and exploring.
then, on sunday, i had arranged to meet up with new contact steve at the sanson markets so we could do a swap. i had two georgie pie bags he wanted, and he had two lion king items for me. from him, i got a strip from the sanitarium bags back in the day, and the flyer for the free play pad from the VHS.
i put them in the car and then started having a look at the market. steve came and found me, saying one seller had lion king VHS. he showed me and left me scraping my jaw off the ground. she had all 3 movies, and all 3 of the timon and pumbaa releases. absolutely amazing find right there at $2 each. no bonco this time, but i am beyond stoked with the videos instead.
i also snagged a copy of the aristocats simply because it was advertising the release of the original TLK vhs.
the clamshell copy i bought on trademe. i really need to knock this collection on the head soon, before it gets out of control.
the trading cards are coming from ebay. going to try and complete my childhood set. i finally found my folder over the last trip and am missing a few, so going to slowly fill the gaps.
oh yeh, i also upgraded my phone. almost all of the photos below were taken with it. much better!!