Thursday 3: Too Much of a Good Thing
I know I'm not the only one, but I have a problem with certain items. I succumb to the urge to buy these items more than I should.
Take this woman, Angelika, for instance. She has collected 220,000 pens, an item that I adore. (See below.) She even organized a club that meets twice a year to trade pens.
I don't go that crazy, but here are three things that I do have too much of:
1. Pens - I seriously love pens. It's really dangerous because these days they come in these multipacks. When I was a teen, I would blissfully browse stationery stores, looking for something to spend my allowance on since I had no "real" expenses. They didn't sell stuff in bulk yet. Anyway, my household has far too many pens. And yet, not enough. Not nearly enough.
2. Scrapbook paper - I have to admit, my friend Tammy has a bigger weakness for paper than I do, but again, I have way too much. In my own defense, I have to say that they're designing some real kick ass gorgeous paper these days and it's not my fault that I want to help foster the scrapbooking industry and encourage those talented paper designers. No, I'm NOT in denial. I'm not!
3. Yarn - Same deal. Lots of projects begun, but not finished. I have big plastic bins of yarn of various weights and colors. I was strong enough once to throw out all the baby yarn, but I still have skeins and skeins that are not being knitted or crocheted into anything.
Please help me. Angelika and I can't be the only sad women who can't control themselves. What items do you have weaknesses for and can't stop yourself from buying?
Take this woman, Angelika, for instance. She has collected 220,000 pens, an item that I adore. (See below.) She even organized a club that meets twice a year to trade pens.I don't go that crazy, but here are three things that I do have too much of:
1. Pens - I seriously love pens. It's really dangerous because these days they come in these multipacks. When I was a teen, I would blissfully browse stationery stores, looking for something to spend my allowance on since I had no "real" expenses. They didn't sell stuff in bulk yet. Anyway, my household has far too many pens. And yet, not enough. Not nearly enough.
2. Scrapbook paper - I have to admit, my friend Tammy has a bigger weakness for paper than I do, but again, I have way too much. In my own defense, I have to say that they're designing some real kick ass gorgeous paper these days and it's not my fault that I want to help foster the scrapbooking industry and encourage those talented paper designers. No, I'm NOT in denial. I'm not!
3. Yarn - Same deal. Lots of projects begun, but not finished. I have big plastic bins of yarn of various weights and colors. I was strong enough once to throw out all the baby yarn, but I still have skeins and skeins that are not being knitted or crocheted into anything.
Please help me. Angelika and I can't be the only sad women who can't control themselves. What items do you have weaknesses for and can't stop yourself from buying?
Labels: Thursday 3
posted by Kate Willoughby at 10/25/2007
14 Comments:
I collect autographs, well not as much now...I have collected over 4000 signatures...I must say that is a lot of pens.....
Hehehe! I seem to get pens wherever I go, so I got a small collection of them even when I don't collect them. Don't worry Kate. We all have our own little obsessive collections. Mine is about gargoyles and dragons. :)
I love pens. Sometimes drug pens are the funniest ones. I have a Flexaril pen that the body is a spring. My fav drug giveaway was a highlighter shaped like a tube of ointment emblazoned with the name Zovirax, a herpes medication. It was too funny.
I really can't stop buying books. I need more self-control. LOL!
I think most writers have a thing for the tools of the trade. For me it's mechanical pencils and half-size notebook paper.
I have to say paper as well...which is crazy because mostly, I sit at the computer when I'm writing. Last week I needed copy paper for the printer...I was so excited to go shopping. *sigh* silly. I like the stationary stuff too.
It doesn't matter how many pens you have, you can never find one when you need it.
Great list :)
I collect used stamps. I put them in a huge biscuit tin but that's all I do with them. I used to collect stamps as a kid and put them in albums but now I just put them in a tin. Some stamp collector will be very excited to get them some day.
And lately I seem to be buying great books. They go on my pile but I don't get time to read them. I just keep adding to the pile.
Pens and books. (shrug!) Occupational hazard, I suppose.
LOL. I have to share that pic with all the pens around the office. They say I'm a pen thief but I'm not THAT bad!
Well, I don't think i have too many of these items, but my sister claims I have 1) too many books (as if!) 2) too many ink stamps (okay, maybe) and 3) too many supplies for cross-stitch.
Hey, I can think of worst ways to spen one's money! ;)
Books, fabric (goes in cycles) and yarn. But mostly books.
Awesome list this week, Kate!
Fabric! I was a quilter for years and still can't resist adding to my stash *lol*
http://debbie-mumford.blogspot.com/
Hubby says I have too much of everything, but especially books, writing supplies, clothes, and make-up.
But my favorite thing to buy since I was a kid is a box of crayons. My daughter and daughters-in-laws all went crazy one year when I bought them all crayons for a stocking stuffer. Is it a girl thing?
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