Decorating the Refrigerator with Souvenir Magnets

A vacation is never complete without souvenirs, we all buy them to remind ourselves of our travels and pack home just about anything from the gift shops; that boomerang from Australia, the Eiffel Tower key chain from Paris, that snow globe from London, that spoon from the States, that huge fan with an elephant from Thailand. We get that instant of gratification when we unpack and then sometimes its off to some cupboard or drawer for safekeeping and soon after forgotten.

I've had my fair share of poorly chosen souvenirs and quite a number have even ended up in the trash. In an attempt not be wasteful, I decided to only buy one souvenir each trip and having limited pocket money back during my varsity days, that one item ended up being a fridge magnet. Years later, collecting magnets from vacations became a tradition. It even became decoration for the refrigerator when my husband and I moved into our very own apartment.

We kept on to that little tradition over the years and recently*, I got myself two lovely magnets from our trip to Singapore, Universal Studios to be exact. One with Sesame Street characters (my daughter loves Elmo) and another more ‘grown up’ one with the Universal Studio Globe.

A nice addition to my very humble collection. It’s a joy to sometimes stand in front of the fridge, looking over the collection and remembering the good times from each trip. Someday, I hope to make a decorating statement when both refrigerator doors are jammed packed with magnets.


*This post was supposed to be up months ago, hence recent. But well, that's the most recent trip I've had.