Back in the awesome 80's, I was what you would call "obsessed" with New Kids on the Block. I had the lunch box, the sleeping bag, the shirts, the dolls, the trading cards, the whole nine yards. Plus my walls were completely covered with posters and pages torn from the sacred pages of Teen Beat, Bop, and 16. Donnie took a prominent place in my heart (and my walls).
I was beyond devastated when the guys split in 1994. My whole world came crashing down (I was 12...besides my parents divorce, this was the worst news ever)!
When the band reunited in 2008, I was ecstatic! My guys were back!!! My cousin Sissy (and fellow New Kids enthusiast) and I went to two concerts on the first reunion tour, and we're going back next month to see them (AND the Backstreet Boys!) in Dallas.
Imagine my excitement when Sissy spotted this vintage NKOTB trunk at a local antique mall just the other day.
When I found out she wasn't taking it home for herself, she gladly picked it up and brought it to me at my request. What a wonderful cousin. :)
Now I have the perfect place to store all my memorabilia I've hung onto all these years... and next month, I get to add a new tour program to the pile. That, my friends, is happiness. ;)
