My need to collect things

So, I think I may have developed a need to collect things. Why is that? Sometimes I worry about my Mom’s need to collect food…but I won’t ever again! When I was looking at my last post, it dawned on me that I collect several things! Suns, jars, pens, refrigerator magnets, books, needlework kits (yes, I ordered several out of that great catalog!), bees and almost anything in lime green (chartreuse). Oh, and I’d like to collect salt cellars…and Disney figurines…and minions.

OK, I’m fairly certain I’m done with the suns though. I have one for every window in the sunroom, that’ll do. Plus a couple really cool big ones that I love – like the one on the front of the house. Here come my justifications; I’ve always had ink joy. Even when I was single and poor, if I had a couple extra bucks I always bought a pen. And the fridge magnets only come from places I’ve been. I don’t go to that many places so it’s not like I have 100’s of them! OK, so the book thing…yeah, not giving that one up for sure! And Bill will throw out the excess jars so that one probably won’t get too out of hand. As for the bees, I’ve only personally purchased about ½ a dozen of them. ALL the rest of them come from other people! How cool is that?!?! But I honestly don’t have anything to say in my defense about all the cross-stitch and needlepoint kits.

And what the hell am I going to do with Disney figurines? Or minions? Or salt cellars? OR…what am I going to do with all those beanie babies???? Actually, that one’s kind of easy – any children’s hospital/home will do.

I confessed about the needlework kits to my fella, secretly hoping he would reel me in. He didn’t! He said he couldn’t really say anything about my piddley collections that didn’t hold a candle to his, money wise. That made me feel better – like maybe I should start collecting purses!!!!!