Hey Just a thought what do you collect.Being frugal makes my collecting adventures even a more Adventure I dont do Longaberger parties but i do collect the baskets have combos and rare baskets picke up at auctions.I also collect boyds bear cats meow pyrex and I always find it so much cheaper and I LOVE IT what do you collect
I've never been much of a collector because I feel suffocated by unused items. Though I've managed to "collect" about 6 cameras now, heh. I do still have a coin collection from when I was younger that I'm contemplating trying to sell off.
I collect a couple of things:
* Looney Tunes drinking glasses distributed by Pepsi in the 70's and early 80's
* Fisher Price Little People toys made prior to 1979
* I have a coin collection (thanks Daddy)which includes coins and paper money (silver certificates, red bills)all prior to 1964 - most are late 1800's and early 1900's. I have to keep these in the Safety Deposit box since the face value alone of the collection is well over $5000. I would die if anyone ever stole these. My daddy has been building this collection for me since 1980.
*Disney trading pins
I collect stone pottery bowls and stone crocks. I have so many, but I can't pass one up. The biggest stone crock I have is a 20 gal and I use it for a toy box for my grandkids. I mainly collect blue stone bowls. I have redwing, diamond, smith-hall, blue band,..you name the brand I have it. I love decorating with them. I also use them. I also have 2 old stone butter churns. They are harder to come by and can be very expensive, but I bought both of mine at auction for a very resonable price. My dh says the floors are going to fall in if I bring anymore home....oh well..they will fall in..LOL..
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Wife of 19 years to Ed
Mom to Michelle, Jennifer, Kayce, Nicole, and Samantha
Grammy to Shiann, Shawnee, Hunter, Stella, Lucy, Hannah, Ty, Kinley and Dryden
Working on being more frugal is that is possible!!
No cc debt----1 car payment
only payments are the necessities..house payment(which will be paid off in 6 years..or sooner I hope) and just your run of mill bills...grocery's, utilities, insurance..you know the icky stuff that goes on and on.
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mommom to : dj, dallas,kade, renna, alyxendria,ayden wynter,ryelee, averi, eli
mom to 3 furbabies: baxter, bailey, ethel, babs, and "big mama"
Snowmen. But not knick-knacky dollar store snowmen. Different stuff, like a tea cup ornament w/ a snowman's face. A big picture with a snowman & a flag that has the "Snowman's Pledge".
Oh, and yarn. I looooooove yarn
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Books Read in 2010 (not counting magazines):
January - 11
February - 9
March - 14
Eat at Home Days:
January - 29/31
February - 26/28
March - 12/31
Finished Needle Arts Objects 2010:
January - 7
February - 2
March - 3
Cookbooks! I have well over 1000 of them. DH built me floor to ceiling shelves in my office aka The Hole to hold them. I've gotten many from the homes I clean out, yard sales, flea markets and friends. I love nothing more than opening a new acquisition to find some womans name penned in the cover and her notes about meals by the recipes. Which recipes did she think enought of to clip out of a newspaper and tuck in. Treasures each and everyone. Yes, I do cook from them also and make my own notes. Each book has a note in the front as to when and where it was obtained and if it was given by someone I insist that they inscribe the front also.
Then there are my cookie jars! Over a hundred of them decorate more shelves in my home. DH has also made shelves for them in almost every room. The diningroom and bedroom have a shelf that runs all the way around the room near the ceiling to hold them. Again they have come from yard sales, flea markets and as gifts.
Cookbooks and bowls. I don't care who makes the bowls, or how old they are. They just have to be something I like, something I can use and something that looks nice sitting around.
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Snowmen here too, I must be getting tired of them though..this year at christmas I only pulled out about 5 or 6. Funny my mom bought me more for christmas..from candles to figurienes. I have way too many, and to tell ya the truth..I really don't want anymore.
At Christmas I love snowmen & snowflakes. I wouldn't say I have a large collection of either but I try to buy nice ones I like (or keep the nice ones I'm given as gifts)
Other than that I collect Blue & White china, old music books, books!, some toys, & way more scrapbooking stuff than I could possibly use.
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DH built me floor to ceiling shelves in my office aka The Hole to hold them. I've gotten many from the homes I clean out, yard sales, flea markets and friends. I love nothing more than opening a new acquisition to find some womans name penned in the cover and her notes about meals by the recipes. Which recipes did she think enought of to clip out of a newspaper and tuck in. Treasures each and everyone. Yes, I do cook from them also and make my own notes. Each book has a note in the front as to when and where it was obtained and if it was given by someone I insist that they inscribe the front also.
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