Collecting

So, we’re selling our house in order to downsize. We figured that 5 bedrooms was probably a bit too much for two people. What do you think?

Anyhow, I realized that I’m a bit of a pack rat. Not in the hoarders category, more the kind of put it away in case I might need it type of thing. It’s just that when I went to start cleaning it all out to have a garage sale I realized that I have the same stash of the same thing in more than one place in the house.

You know those nifty glossy gift bags with the handles that you can use to “wrap” presents without actually having to wrap them? Well, I found no less that three different stashes of them around the house, each with at least ten bags tucked together. I ask you, what are the chances that I’m going to need more than 30 gift bags in the immediate future?

And that was just one thing. Don’t even get me started on the art books, quilting books, or fabric.

It’s probably a good thing I’m doing this now – I hate to imagine what it would be like ten years from now.