Plans for New Year's Eve 2014 / 2015 finally fixed...

In the meantime, it snowed again here in Turku / Finland. This time, the snow remained an entire weekend. And this time, I also enjoyed the beauty of the snowfall a little bit more than last time... ;o) 

One of the reasons why I was able to enjoy this time's snowfall a little bit more than the snowfall before might have been the fact that I could finally fix the plans for New Year's Eve 2014 / 2015. This year, New Year's Eve will look something like this... Just a little bit wilder and fancier... ;o)

Until the next blogpost...

 

#SupportYourLocalRecordStore - Part 1

Using a hashtag and presenting my latest "hauls" (formerly known as "purchases"): I'm so hip(ster) right now! Nah, don't worry, I'm just kidding... ;o) But, indeed, I lately spent some money and thus supported my local record stores here in Turku / Finland, namely "8raita" and "Levykauppa Äx - Turku". Two CDs I bought myself...  

Deathstars - "Night Electric Night (Gold Edition)" 

Dregen - "Dregen (Exclusive Hardback Cover CD)"

... and one CD I got as a present... 

 

Finntroll - "Nattfödd (Limited Edition Re-Issue)" 

It's not that hard to support the local record stores when they have such treasures in their stock - but especially in times like these, it's very important to support the rather small shops. Here in Turku, we recently faced the close-down of both branches of the Finnish department store chain "Anttila" as well as the close-down of many other shops. Loads of empty facilities with "To hire" or "For sale" signs everywhere... I wonder how the city centre of Turku will look like in the near future...

Apart from buying CDs, I'm also not getting tired of buying boxes of whatever kind in order to keep my stuff in order. My latest catch were these super cool tin boxes; I simply couldn't say "no" when I saw them at "Tiger Store"... Retro-style rocks!

 

Ok, what else? Well, yeah, we had this winter's first snow here in Turku last week, and it was the first time that I wasn't happy about the first snow. After living over half a decade in Finland, one simply knows too well that snow might be the only thing one can see outside, all the way until April. Fortunately, the snowfall turned into a slush which vanished the very next day, so it's still possible to cruise around with the bike... :o) 

Until the next blogpost...