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This spider keeping malarkey is getting addictive. I'm really starting to think I have a problem.
I currently own one mantis, one jumping spider, nine tarantulas, and by proxy, four stick insects. I have just ordered more.

A few days ago I was lying in bed feeling very sorry for myself. I had been ill with a lurgy - nothing serious, but ill nevertheless. My daughter came into my room, and we chatted for a while before she looked at me with big, sad, blue eyes and told me "I miss Winnie. When can we get a new spider like her?" And damn, I am such a soft touch when it comes to my daughter!
So.... long story short, I have ordered another Phidippus regius female to be delivered next week. But as I was putting in the order and paying the £10 delivery anyway, I also checked off one of my wishlist - Caribena versicolor. The Spider Shop had a very good deal on the sling plus enclosure for £20, and I couldn't resist. My daughter keeps asking for a "black and pink" spider, and while this isn't exactly a Brazilian pink bloom (see below), it's a very colourful tarantula.
And because I clearly have an addiction, I also added a £30 TSS mystery box.
Now, obviously the point of a mystery box is that you don't know what you're getting, that's the fun of it. I am hoping though that by now I have enough spare enclosures to house whatever they send me. Additionally, I have requested no Old World T species, because I would like for my daughter to be able to get involved with whatever I am sent. There is no guarantee that I will be sent tarantulas either - it could be isopods, millipedes, beetles or mantids. I've had experience with all of these invert through my college and uni life, so I'm not afraid of anything they could send. I'm actually very excited!

Stay tuned for a future unboxing update, as I will absolutely take photos.
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