Oh Oh just realised something else I collect. Today while cleaning and sorting rubbish--my full-time job! I found a pair of scissors--OK! nothing so remarkable about that, but having washed them and cleaned them up a bit--I added them to my sewing box. Had a quick count of scissors already there, and found I had 10 pairs . I had no idea I possessed so many scissors. Where did they all come from? No idea. So something else to add to my collections. I also have several pairs for cutting paper only .
Other collections include--dice--about 40, at last count (and still finding them while walking to and from work.) Paper clips, marbles. and my favourite of all key-rings. I love key-rings. Here in Sweden the key-chains, or rather key fobs, made of material, with clip to clip on your belt are very popular-- I have a number of those too. Must be because I am a Taurus. Taureans are well known for collecting odd things.
Personally I think I get it from my mum. Mum was definitely a hoarder. My sister and I sorted her belongings after her death, and gave 6 hugh sacks of wool to the local charity shop. She had loads of scissors too, and handkerchieves. The strangest thing of all was 16 different full sets of matching luggage she had ! All the suitcases were empty. She had the gipsy in her sole and loved moving. These sets of luggage moved with her. With the last move, when she unfortunately was suffering from Alzheimers disease, she insisted on taking an old 60´s ball gown with her. It took up 2 whole packing cases, with all the net underskirts etc. I had to sneak that to the local Oxfam shop, and hoped she wouldn´t remember it. As we moved to a caravan from a huge house, there just wasn´t room, so it had to go.
As I get older I find I am just as bad as her. Collecting-wise. I am not so keen on moving though. (The apple never falls far from the tree---how true!)
Does anyone need any scissors? Ha Ha---Lynne.
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