Well, now that I'm back from my trip to Paris (where I found only one, decidedly sub-par floaty), I should get started on the business of writing about pens. Soon. Yes. In exhaustive detail. I promise. But first, a bit more about my problem with collecting.
When I started writing this I actually believed that I had very few current collections aside from the floaty pens. Honestly - I sat here at the computer, thinking: "Hey, I really don't collect anything other than pens anymore." This was a delusion, as I discovered when I went back downstairs and took another look around.
Here's a summary of what I found, with the definition of a collection as three or more items of the same type:
Books. Honestly, this isn't all my fault since my husband is worse about books than I am. Ditto for the CD collection. I can share the blame for the hundreds of books crowding our home..
Danish pottery. No good explanation for this one.
Norwegian pewter and metalware. My parents just keep sending me more. I never found out why.
Quilts. Again, not of my own volition. My mom just won't stop sewing.
Evil eye amulets. This collection is actually somewhat inactive at the moment because you just don't encounter many amulets in rural Ohio.
Maneki Neko (Beckoning cat) figurines. This is the only one that's really close to getting "out of hand." I blame the fact that I used to live just north of Chinatown in Toronto. Again, somewhat inactive now that we live in Ohio.
Sci-fi toys (emphasis on robots). Robots!
Paintings. (Painted 'em myself)
Sake sets.
Mahjongg sets.
I really get into trouble if you lose the "3 or more" clause. That opens up a truly terrifying netherworld where I also collect East German cameras, accordions, 60's era lamps, Japanese emperor dolls, and puppets (shudder).
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