amanda1983
Senior Member
I have a Lego collection that is coming along nicely - The Lego Movie stuff is the main focus and my partner and I have most of the sets and figures released now. I also love the 3-in-1 creator house sets and some of the disney ones (though I loathe "mini dolls" and only the licenced chars stay, any friends mini dolls get donated, and visiting children use normal minifigs thank you so much!).
I collect art and craft supplies, I'm brilliant at finding sales and bargains and awesome stuff without trying.. but then feel like I'd be "wasting" ____ item to actually use it, which is obviously not a helpful way to think. I'm working on that. If it's too precious for me to use, then either I'm buying it to display (and need to have room for it), or I'm not buying it.
As an educator I also accumulate an astonishing amount of resources and materials for children to use. I find things everywhere, and people are always thinking of me when they see stuff, too, so I end up with shelves and boxes full of stuff that's too good to throw away.. but is just gathering dust until I'm able to work again. Luckily my nephew is in kinder and his teacher's are *thrilled* to take whatever items I offer. I just unloaded a very large, heavy crate of mostly sensory materials on them yesterday. Good thing they have a lot of storage room in that kinder!
Finally, I'm now collecting Animal Crossing cards and amiibos. Games, too, I guess - my partner is making noises about getting a GC and those first versions of AC before WW (and whatever else is needed to make those games run).
I collect art and craft supplies, I'm brilliant at finding sales and bargains and awesome stuff without trying.. but then feel like I'd be "wasting" ____ item to actually use it, which is obviously not a helpful way to think. I'm working on that. If it's too precious for me to use, then either I'm buying it to display (and need to have room for it), or I'm not buying it.
As an educator I also accumulate an astonishing amount of resources and materials for children to use. I find things everywhere, and people are always thinking of me when they see stuff, too, so I end up with shelves and boxes full of stuff that's too good to throw away.. but is just gathering dust until I'm able to work again. Luckily my nephew is in kinder and his teacher's are *thrilled* to take whatever items I offer. I just unloaded a very large, heavy crate of mostly sensory materials on them yesterday. Good thing they have a lot of storage room in that kinder!
Finally, I'm now collecting Animal Crossing cards and amiibos. Games, too, I guess - my partner is making noises about getting a GC and those first versions of AC before WW (and whatever else is needed to make those games run).
