When I was little I collected soft toys and teddies, especially beanie babies. I still have them! I've got nearly 1000 of them and they COVER my room! People wonder how I actually get into bed at night as there's so many on my bed I don't want to throw them away, they were part of my childhood and I still know all their little names, plus my room would look weird without them now. I still collect a type of teddy, but now I've moved on to Steiff bears, although I only have 3! They are expensive so I just usually get them at Christmas. Two of them are now worth nearly £150.

Being a horse lover, I also collected anything horsey, and still do. There are horses posters all over my room, horse ornaments, horse toys, I even have a horse rug, backpack and pyjama bag! Now all I need is the real thing! Gawd, that would take some time to convince my parents .

Lut, I love your cat mugs! I also have some cat mugs, I have 3 similar to the design on your mug with the orangie and black and white kittens on, and a latte mug with a scruffy little cat on it. It reminds me of my RB cat Brando, if you look in his catster you'll see what a scruffy little thing he was .