Do you have a collection?

Philippines
July 9, 2008 11:04pm CST
Some people get fascinated with certain things depending on their interests. Then, these fascinations would oftentimes lead to collections. Women would often collect bags and shoes. For the men, it would be action figures or diecast cars. As for me, I collect shotglasses and magnets from places I've been too. How about you? Care to share your collection? If you haven't one, what would be something you would like to collect?
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@seiyuh (162)
• Philippines
10 Jul 08
got lots of collections when i was younger.. anime cards, stamps, the small balls with different designs.. :D, pogs, stationary with great drawings, poems.. hehehehe now, i collect books. :)
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• Philippines
14 Jul 08
so whatever happened to your old collections? although, books are always good to collect
@seiyuh (162)
• Philippines
15 Jul 08
I still keep them, am thinking of passing it to my kids someday. ha! ha!
• United States
10 Jul 08
I have collected alot of things. I have a collection of key chains, porcelain dolls, and even beanie babies when they were real popular. However, although i still have them i no longer keep buying new ones. I do have one collection i do keep getting more for is my book collection. I love books, all kinds of books, and no one seems to understand why i keep them after i have read them.
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• Philippines
10 Jul 08
It's the same with me. I keep books even after I've read them. But I don't buy much so I can't really say that I collect them. I think, books are a good collection.
• United States
10 Jul 08
I was really big into buying them, but i ran out of book money so i had to lay off buying them.
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@coolseeds (3919)
• United States
10 Jul 08
I collect lots of things. But something I collected today was $5 bills. I withdrew some money from the bank and notice 2 of the bills were $5 in sequence. So I withdrew $50 more in just $5 bills. The next 10 were in sequence. So now I have 12 brand new $5 bills in sequence. I have brand new $1, $2s, $5s, $10s, $20s $50s & $100s in sequence. A lot of money collectors prefer sequential bills. So it will be easy to sell for a profit. I could care less about collecting currency. It is all about the profit to me. This investment should pay off.
@goldeneagle (6745)
• United States
10 Jul 08
I have quite an extensive collection of baseball cards, and I also collect shot glasses...
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• United States
10 Jul 08
I may sound like a pack rat or bit childish but I collect anything thats small and that i find interesting and useful. A few of the things I have in my collection include: a picture of me and my cousins when we were small, a medal i won, a few tropies, some books (including Eragon), a copy of Kingdom Hearts, and a few high speed ethernet cables... I don't know why i have the cables in there. I guess they are just too usefull to put anywere else.
• Philippines
14 Jul 08
i think it's nice to collect things that are of value (not necessarily monetary) to you.
@shlooper (309)
• United States
10 Jul 08
I love collecting pennies. Unlike other things that people collect, I don't like them for their individual value (because the ones you find in the street rarely have much). I collect them because I think it is amazing how many more places they have been than I have, and because it is fun to collect a TON of them. I especially like old pennies because I like holding them and imagining a time when they really had some sort of value. It amuses me anyway.
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• Philippines
10 Jul 08
that's really interesting. i used to collect coins, too. but i wasn't able to keep at it. i even used to have old bills. now i don't know where i kept them.
@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
10 Jul 08
I collect little statues of things I like-such as cats or angels, even in one case a cow. Mostly these are from the dollar store. I also collect activist postcards ans stickers. And I have way too many books.
@mykmari_08 (2464)
• Philippines
10 Jul 08
Well, I'm a woman but I guess I'm not like other women who do collect pairs of shoes and bags. I do have several of those but I just don't keep them for myself. Most often, I would give or transfer these properties and belongings to my younger relatives and in-laws whom I know will benefit from using it. I believe this is better than discarding or throwing them all away. I prefer collecting old coins and stamps. Unfortunately, I have somehow forgotten them mainly because I only rely on the coins and stamps which my relatives from other countries give me. At present, writing letters or snail mails isn't being practiced so much anymore because e-mails and text messages are faster, cheaper, and more dependable means of communications with loved ones from far away. Aside from this, I have several cups and mugs which were given by friends or officemates. I'm not really fond of them but because they were given to me, I treasure them. But I've got to admit that I'm definitely fond of small and minute items like small decorated tin cans, scented shaped candles (fruits, flowers, veggies), traditional camera film canisters, bottles of perfumes, and jewelries. However, I intend to give all of my jewelries to our daughter when I get old, say when I'm about 50. I guess the weirdest collection that I've got is the little round pellets which I get from cleaning our staple of rice. Even my husband finds it weird and sometimes, he even laughs at it. But still, I've got other things which I'd want to collect like feng shui items, dolls and stuffed toys, Nintendo game and watch and cartridges. Unluckily, I don't have excess funds to buy these at the moment.
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• China
13 Jul 08
I like to collect what I like ,always some very interest clothes or books, not for use, just for I like! I never drop my collection,therefor,my home is so narrow now,however, today ,I have to buy more bif house for those collection!
• United States
11 Jul 08
I think that one of the best things to collect is happy memories! :) I also collect books, rocks, stamps, post cards, pictures... :)
@mscott (1923)
• United States
11 Jul 08
I collect sports cards and autographs. I really like doing both. I wish there were more collecting topics on this board, especially about those two things. If you are really interested you can check my web page under pictures. I have some of the cool autographs I have received there. plus there is the one in my avatar.
@bmorehouse1 (1028)
• United States
11 Jul 08
I used to collect dolls, but got tired of dusting them, so they are stored away. I do collect anything with Coca-Cola on it. My kitchen is full of coke things and my back porch (which is enclosed) has an old coke machine, the walls are full of coke calendars and there are many other things as well. I also have things on my desk and wall at work that are Coca-Cola. I have too many things to list, but I do enjoy adding to this collection.
11 Jul 08
, Hello ctv101103, Yes i collect soft toys teddies cats dogs I hudreds of the all over my house and my husband is going mad, he threaten to put all in the box put them in the attic. I have them all over my sofa even the cats had squeeze between them. Tamarafireheart.
• United States
10 Jul 08
Yelp I collect Lighters. I dont necessary like fire I just like all the cool different styles the come in and No I am not a smoker.
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
10 Jul 08
i collect antique books mostly and i have collected other old stuff such as game boards, postcards, cobalt blue glass and other older stuff.
• United States
10 Jul 08
I love snowmen, and I have no idea how I got started on them. My birthday is in December and maybe that explains it...lol. But I have a large collection of snowmen. At Christmas time my house is ful of them. Right now my kitchen has quite a few above the kitchen cabinets. I love to be able to look at them and they are a conversation piece. I also love Americana and rustic stuff, so I collect and decorate with a lot of that!
@SHAMRACK (8576)
• India
10 Jul 08
Dear friend, When I was in school days I used to collect foreign stamps and coins and also comic books. After a certain I stopped that and started collecting rare shells which now I stopped and at present I hope I would collect rare and stylish watches and pens. I do know how long this will go may be my passion may change if I automatically collection some more than 5 or more numbers.
@alori61 (344)
• United States
10 Jul 08
I used to have over 2000 candles but my ex husband put them in a storage unit and never paid the bill so I lost them. When my son was born I started collecting hot wheels for him, did it faithfully for 10 years they are being stored for his future. Now I collect things just for my pleasure glitter globes, healing crystals and just recently I have fallen in love with laser crystal sculptures. No money in it but :) hours of pleasure looking at them.
• Philippines
10 Jul 08
i collect teen magazines. i also love to collect anything that has the color pink and purple, just like the color of my profile. lol. i have also this aura for saving/collecting the text messages of my ex boyfriend. until now, i still keep them. just a few months ago, i started collecting watches. i bought four watches at one time! im starting to love collecting watches now.
• China
10 Jul 08
I like some old photos,so I often collect them from my friends or classmates.I think the photos can make me remember something that I maybe forget in the future.