Are you a collector?

[sasvermont]

I must admit, of all of the things I collect, it all has started out with a gift from a friend.....and I liked it so much, I began to collect it. It is as though a trigger in my brain goes off, and I notice the object ... and then maybe the next year, I get another of the same from the same person.... and wammo. I am collecting it. I don't think I have ever started collecting things as an original thought. Hey, that sounds like I need a little time on "the couch".... Sounds as though I am being lead around by my ear.......or eyes..... but not making decisions on my own? Oh well, I happen to like what I have collected......so far........

I am sure there is a great deal of psychology to this habit......

Oh well.

SAs

[sirrahbed]

I must admit, of all of the things I collect, it all has started out with a gift from a friend.....and I liked it so much, I began to collect it. ........ Sounds as though I am being lead around by my ear.......or eyes..... but not making decisions on my own? Oh well, I happen to like what I have collected......so far........

I am sure there is a great deal of psychology to this habit......

Guess we both are the "accidental" collectors, SallyAnne. I also like what I have...so far. I suppose I will add a few more over the years but I want each item to be special and unique. Right now, I have some of my boxes displayed on a shelf in the livingroom and they look pretty and are fun to look at from time to time. I also validate my collection because little boxes can be useful and contain such things as baby teeth from my children, foreign coins and cat whiskers.

Uh-Oh it does sound a bit obsessive when I see that some little boxes contain these "mini-collections"

[Freedom]

For years there were these mobils of the solar system, and they included Pluto. Now that Pluto has been demoted and is no longer a planet, I suppose all those mobiles are collectibles?