the collector within

i say i’m a collector because if i say i’m a crap keeper, it sounds really bad. when i was in grade school, i collected stamps and stickers. i still have a few of those lying around…somewhere. when i went overseas to study abroad in hong kong, i discovered that mcdonalds released these international snoopy figures made out of plastic. they were designed to dress up in the said country’s garb that they were representing…i.e. a hong kong snoopy wore a chinese outfit whereas u.s.a. snoopy wore a statue of liberty costume. bless my friend’s heart, i made him (and me) eat a ton of happy meals until i finally collected all 28. a few years ago, when our national treasury made the commemoration quarters with the individual state designs on the back, i started to collect those. a friend even bought me a coolio u.s. map that allows you to embed the quarters in it…for safe keeping and display of course. about a year ago, i started collecting the peek-a-poohs that you get from those japanese toy machines. they are little plastic winnie the pooh figurines with a plastic costume that you can put on and take off. i particularly liked saying “oohh, i got pooh in a present, or pooh in mushroom is cute.” (so i’m immature…so what). NOW, i have a thing for collecting purses. they cost a bit more than the other things that i’ve collected before, but they can be so darn pretty! i’ll approach THIS collection in moderation though…there’s only a few more things that i still want…though getting another chanel or two will do me in…. now, you know i like to collect things…does that explain my bag obsession a bit? how about you? do you collect anything other than bad credit? j/k. hahahahaha.

a few asian favorites (left to right: thailand, vietnam, hong kong, china, japan, and korea)