Manchester/Scotland 2025 - My Favourite Souvenirs

 

This post is about all my favourite souvenirs I got from my first trip to Scotland. I think all of them were bought on my last day there! Above is a pretty nice tea set that was an accidental buy. In fact, it was the last thing I bought, and it was an impulsive buy. It cost me 8pounds for the whole set, and I hand carried it all the way back. I bought it in a little tea shop on Victoria Street. It was such an impulsive buy that I might have not checked it properly and discovered that there is a crack on the tea cup itself. I was scared it would break, so I try to use it only on cold tea instead of hot tea. It was been more than a year now, and it's still held up pretty well! I love the colour and the design of the set, cause it reminded me of Scotland every time I use it. For sure I've used it more than 8 times now, so it has now become a value buy for me :)

Here are some of the ways I use it for my afternoon tea. I don't know why, but ever since I got my two tier cake plate, I've been having a lot of afternoon tea lately. It has become like a ritual, or a relaxing way to enjoy my tea and something sweet :) The two tier cake plate cost me only 10sgd from Daiso Plaza Singapura. I remember it very well cause I bought it after being frustrated when I found out afternoon at the Edinburgh Castle cost around 80pounds a set. With such ridiculous pricing, I might as well make my own afternoon tea! And I've been doing just that for a lovely year now :)  One day I'll consolidate all the tea sets on this blog to remember them by :)

Next we come to probably my most expensive souvenir, a book on the Occult, Witchcraft and Magic! How cool is that. I got this from the Museum of Context on Victoria Street too, and it cost me 30pounds! And the weird thing is, after one year, I think I've only read a few pages of it! It sits next to my bed, and I really love seeing it there. It was madness for me to buy this book, but I love it so much! It's not just a fancy book too, it detailed all the history of the said subject as well as from different counties. And there was only one book on display there, and I just decided to carry it all the way home :)

Let me show you the some sample of the inside of the book. Above some of the text and picture. It was so detailed! So much words! And so much ancient information too. Who ever compiled this book seriously have an interest on it as a historian or scholar. It wasn't one of those wishy washy witch book for teenage girls. And I am as surprised as you how such a wonderful book was found in the corny Museum of Context for Harry Potter fans..... :X  Actually I did researched on a few books before I decided on this one, cause it has the best review too. I was stunned at the price, but I had some leftover souvenir money to spend, and I didn't know if I would come across such a book again. Besides, I don't really spend much of my money buying stuff anyway. So why be so frugal if I don't treat myself from time to time?

The inside of the page after the Cover. Bright red is so striking!

Lots of these medieval looking pictures in the book too! It's almost like I bought a whole museum back. I guess 5 pounds of the cost of the book came from my savings from not visiting the Museum of Magic and Witchcraft which well, didn't look too 'dedicated' to the craft when I tried to visit it....

And lastly, one of the things I wanted was a Celtic designed pendent. I actually have one before, I think I got it from my first trip to England long time back. It was the trinity knot. I wanted something with a black stone this time, and I got the above pendent from a shop on Royal Mile. My husband actually bought it for me, and I was surprised that it was pretty reasonable priced. For my 2nd trip, I am thinking of getting a Celtic ring, something Outlander style that some ladies have recommended on social media. Let's see if I am successful in my quest :)

And so we end here for our Manchester/Scotland 2025 blog posting. I wonder which travel blog should I do next. I have so much backlog to clear! I am surprised I managed to finish this one rather efficiently and before the deadline I gave myself. I even had 1 week to spare! With being stuck at home cause transport is so darn expensive in Singapore, updating this blog has become my sideline to spend part of my days. I love going back to re-live all the memories of a trip, and I know that once I upload them here, I would constantly be able to come back and recall those wonderful trip I had :)  So it's not a wasted effort at all for me. Even if blogs don't last forever, as long as they are still here, they bring me great joy writing and re-reading them :)