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03-23-2011, 11:52 AM #1Super Moderator
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What do you collect?
It's been a few years since this question was asked so what the heck.
On another forum I'm on the question was asked, "what do you collect?"
I guess I'm the odd guy, I don't collect a darn thing!Russ
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Does dust count?
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no, if it did, I'd be considered a hoarder.
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LOL..dust hoarder.
I've got a lot but I haven't added to them in a very long time. I have a collection of milk glass, cardinals, doves, different red glass pieces (I love red and white arranged together in vignettes), hen on the nests, dishes...I love plates and bowls, roosters (don't have near what I use to of those), stoneware and yellow ware (I intend to add to these). I seem to have a lot of candleholders. I have a whole lot of pictures too.
We are getting ready to build a new home...its in the works right now and we are hoping to break ground in the next 2 or 3 weeks....so I have been cleaning and decluttering. I'm going to put a lot of things in a moving sale and only keep the nicer pieces. I don't want to have to move everything.Wife of Danny for 28 years...the love of my life and my best friend..
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I collect money.
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The heads of my enemies. I keep the mounted on the wall in my den.
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I don't actively *try* to collect anything, but judging by the number of books in my bookcase, I collect cookbooks and gardening books.
My husband would say I collect seed packets (but one can't *really* have too many seeds, can one???)
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As an adult, I've collected Fiestaware pieces since we are married. I use them all. None are just for show.
As a child, my grandmother collected porcelain dolls. Like the Franklin Mint type stuff. I have them in the boxes. I have no interest in displaying them, but I am not sure what to do with them.Working on Our Debt a Day at a Time:
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This sure sounds like me. I just got rid of some old seeds.
Originally Posted by MsMarieH
I don't actively *try* to collect anything, but judging by the number of books in my bookcase, I collect cookbooks and gardening books.
My husband would say I collect seed packets (but one can't *really* have too many seeds, can one???)
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Yeah... it isn't fun keeping the dust off of them! Originally Posted by Greebo
I used to collect gargoyles and probably would continue to do so IF I felt it was a priority. lolThe Free Spirit Saver who walks the path with Greebo.
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Yeah, well, be glad they're coated in creosote to keep the smell down. Originally Posted by Ceashels
If you could kick in the pants the person responsible for your problems, you wouldn't be able to sit for a month.
Did you know that a 4 year student paying $20,000/year who finances their education graduates with over $103,000 in debt to start? But a student who works and pays cash and takes 6 years to graduate ends with $6,300 in their pocket! So much for "getting a head start by financing!"
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hmm, so collecting isn't necessary something that Frugal folks do. Interesting.....
I collect the following:
Jadite
Crock pots - only green ones
cook books - really prefer the pre-1800's
coins - pretty much anything American
kitchen gadgets - anything
bundt pans
cast iron
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Entirely too much. Depression glass, watercolor prints of places we've traveled to, cat figurines, glass animals, dolls (from places I've traveled to), doll house minis, silver charms (from places I've been), day lilies, postcards from places we've been, squashed pennies, coffee mugs (from places I've been).... I'm sensing a trend here....
Much of it is in storage. Most of it I don't actively collect, I may add 1-2 pieces a year, usually during a vacation.Use it up, Wear it out,
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