When my husband and I moved out of our last house, we had lived there for 30 years. That moved almost killed us.
Why? Because we are collectors. Now I wouldn't say it's to the point of hoarding but we have a lot of shit. Excuse me.... stuff.....
Anyway.... I was walking around my cottage and it occurred to me that there isn't much we wouldn't (or don't) collect. Mind you... it's all old stuff. But omg.... we now have two homes filled with stuff. We could probably branch into a third.... I'm even collecting stuff I said I would never collect (salt shakers ffs...
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Here is an example of what I am talking about. Just some smalls:
Old matchbooks and giveaways from tool and die shops with a few crystals/fossils thrown in for good measure.
Flashlights and sundry other 'odds.'
Miniatures. These are displayed in an old small printer's draw. I have two large printer's drawers and the stuff for those packed away cause we've run out of wall space lol...
Buttons and patches....
We have boxes of stuff that haven't been unpacked since that move 5 years ago and I've told my husband we need to open a booth at a flea market. Cause this is ridiculous. I haven't gone to one garage sale, etc., since that move but he can't stop finding deals. And we need to start selling stuff so our poor kids don't have to deal with all this great 'stuff.'
So what do you collect (besides vapes and glass lol)? Or am I the only one with this affliction?
Why? Because we are collectors. Now I wouldn't say it's to the point of hoarding but we have a lot of shit. Excuse me.... stuff.....
Anyway.... I was walking around my cottage and it occurred to me that there isn't much we wouldn't (or don't) collect. Mind you... it's all old stuff. But omg.... we now have two homes filled with stuff. We could probably branch into a third.... I'm even collecting stuff I said I would never collect (salt shakers ffs...
). Here is an example of what I am talking about. Just some smalls:
Old matchbooks and giveaways from tool and die shops with a few crystals/fossils thrown in for good measure.
Flashlights and sundry other 'odds.'
Miniatures. These are displayed in an old small printer's draw. I have two large printer's drawers and the stuff for those packed away cause we've run out of wall space lol...
Buttons and patches....
We have boxes of stuff that haven't been unpacked since that move 5 years ago and I've told my husband we need to open a booth at a flea market. Cause this is ridiculous. I haven't gone to one garage sale, etc., since that move but he can't stop finding deals. And we need to start selling stuff so our poor kids don't have to deal with all this great 'stuff.'
So what do you collect (besides vapes and glass lol)? Or am I the only one with this affliction?
haha) . 
