Reminders of Awesomeness

Who even knows if awesomeness is a word... it is in my world!

It's been over a month since I returned to reality with a bump. More like a slap around the face, to be honest, in some ways it seems I never went away. At times, when work is stressful and everything else kicks my arse, I just need a reminder of five of the most incredible weeks of my life. Hence.... the reminders of awesomeness!

Hopefully, all of the photos in this post are links. Click them for bigger images if you want to read the fine print or check out the detail.

My firm favourite - my new hoodie! I pretty much haven't taken it off Friday nights thru Sundays since I got back:

Love it!

Then, I have my scrapbook / photo album. I made an album like this after I travelled through Africa a few years ago and I decided before I went to North America that I would do the same thing for this trip. Here are a few examples of pages - I sorted it by venue and included photos, tickets, postcards etc:

Front page

San Diego and Las Vegas

San Francisco

Napa Valley

Seattle

Forks

(some of the shots came out a little odd because of reflections on the plastic covers)

I love this album and have displayed all things 'twi' proudly, for all the world to see. In saying that, I did tone down the number of Kiwi Ed pics included!

I had loads of leftover photos from the album, and added many of these to my magnetic photo board in my bedroom. It's quite difficult to photograph because of reflections from the window opposite, but here's a couple. See which familiar faces you can spot!

The mirror ball is from the Twilight Tours van!

Great memories

I also have a few pieces of merch dotted around the house:

True! Smexy magnet

Beside my bed :)

Worn regularly!

Lets not forget Kiwi Ed. He has his own souvenirs. The less said, the better I think.

Beaver jokes, anyone?

During my travels I wanted to collect autographs and messages from everyone I met along the way. The question was, what do I use to record these? I toyed with the idea of taking a Twilight book, until I realised I had something far more approriate for the Twitards I know and love:

The holy grail

Here are a few shots of the inside pages.These comments make me cry, every time I read them.

And, last but not least... I was in Foooorrrrkkkssss... just not with everyone else. But that hasn't stopped me getting my own Twitarded t-shirt!

So, what's your favourite piece of twi-merch, or reminder of some awesomeness of your own? Hit me in the comments.