Things you have TOO MANY of

[yvr girl]

I have 3 beds and I live by myself in a ONE bedroom apartment. OK, one of the beds is actually a sofa bed, which is primarily used as a sofa...but still.

I have four dressers and they are all full. The really sad part, the clothes I actually wear seldom make it into a dresser.

Knives - and none of them are any good.

Christmas music - I went through a period where I couldn't help myself - I just had to buy it. I think I have about 30 CDs. Oh, and I spent under 1 hour listening to any/all of them this past year.

And you...

[Heidi]

1. This is going to make me sound very materialistic, but

1) Nice fountain pens.
2) Hog's hair and sable paintbrushes.
3) Feathers.

(Hi, yvrgirl! :hi:)

[yvr girl]

8. Feathers?

Sounds interesting.

Hi back :hi:

[In_The_Wind]

2. I was going to say boots but a girl can never have too many boots!

I've got too many pairs of jeans and way too many socks.

[yvr girl]

9. OMG, socks and underwear

I have too much of that too.

[In_The_Wind]

27. Frilly things!

For some silly reason I seem to think I need matching bras and panties. I've gone on a lingerie shopping spree over the past few years. Now I have things that still have the tags on them. I really don't think I need to buy anything else for a while.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Probably......books!

But, they are like my children, and I love and read them all......

I could not get rid of any of them, anyway.....

[hfojvt]

7. just what I could say

except that right now, I have way too many posts without replies.
I have thousands of books from my former bookstore. I have given many away, but kept alot of stuff I have no intention nor time to ever read. Just in case I want to start another store. Plus I had a box of brand new books which two stores would not take. And I had two new books that I paid $9.60 for. I donated them to a Discovery shop and told the manager to put $10 on them. She put $5 on them instead and sold one of them in one day. Gave it away is more like it, for half of what I paid wholesale. Someone would have bought it for ten in probably less than two weeks time, but if not, it could always be lowered to $5.

[NMMNG]

12. One can never have too many books

Well, I suppose one can. I had to get rid of several boxes of them in preparation for my upcoming move but in general terms there is no such thing as too many books, just too little space. :thumbsup:



The Bibliophile's Creed: The number of shelves you have is always one less than you need.

[Orsino]

13. Yes, one can...

...have too many bad books. My wife and I have collected quite a pile of stinkers over the decades.

[NMMNG]

75. I suppose that's true

I got rid of all of my old text books recently. As much as I liked them, I had to realize they really were of no real value any more (some of them were 15 years old or older). I also trashed lots of books I'd read and realistically determined I was not likely to read again (or at least any time soon). It was hard for me, as a bibliophile, but it was necessary.

[democracyindanger]

4. Scraps of paper

ATM slips, store receipts, dry cleaning tickets, old utility bills, notes on Post-Its, business cards, letters from people, stuff I printed out from websites for reference, unfinished stories, half-finished sketches, pieces of paper with scribbling I obviously thought was imporant enough to write down but not important enough to note what the scribbling regarded.

My apartment is a fire hazard.

[lizziegrace]

15. And I thought I was alone on this one!

Piles of papers. In boxes, on my desk, on my dresser. I hope moving in a few weeks and my shredder will actually prompt me to do something about it.

:shrug:

[billyskank]

5. Hi yivver!

:hi:

You are up late! :)

[yvr girl]

10. I know

And I need to leave for work in 6 hours.

[Nicole]

6. Several things

Telephones.... I have six & only use one.

Computers.... I have five stored away.

Clothes.... I live alone in a four bedroom house & every closet is full of clothes. I have to use a free standing rack for guests to hang their clothes.

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. Burned-out synapses

:crazy:

[Justpat]

41. LOL. I can relate to that one. n/t

[Strong Atheist]

14. Ties. I hate them, and 1 is too many.

Other than that, everything else that I have too much of, it is impossible to have enough of, you know?

[Omphaloskepsis]

16. Ethernet cable, coaxial cable...

Tons of Firewire and USB cable too.. I just can't throw the stuff away.

[Ohio Joe]

17. That would have to be DVDs

Almost 900 titles right now. I have 5 book cases and a 12 foot shelf filled and I still have stacks of them all over the living room.

[ghostsofgiants]

19. Damn, that's insane.

I don't think there are even 900 movies I like enough to buy on dvd.

[Ohio Joe]

22. Not just movies

Though there are plenty I like but TV as well. I have no cable or satellite so the only TV I see is on DVD. I count a season set as one title, if I counted individual disc's I don't even know how many it would be :)

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. Pens and makeup

:hi:

[billyskank]

21. You can never have too many pens!

:rofl:

[ScreamingMeemie]

23. Will you please tell MrG that for me?

He holds a differing opinion. :) :hi:

[lizziegrace]

20. Glasses, dishes

eating utensils (my grandmother's silver, my silver, stainless and others) I have to get out of that Norman Rockwell large family mindset. Mine's all over the country and unless my daughter's home from college, it's just me.

Also, and this is really embarassing. I've got too much food. My freezer's full and so is the pantry and I won't eat it before it goes bad. Shamefull. Really.

[dryan]

25. Watches...

I have about 30 of them

[Deep13]

24. bunch o stuff

cameras

flashlights

back issues of National Geographic

telescopes and eyepieces

guns

"knick-nacks" Things that do nothing but make the house look cluttered

[Spider Jerusalem]

26. Books and CDs.

I have more of both than I have storage space (bookcases, CD-racks and wallets, etc) for.

[mikeytherat]

28. Surround sound processors -- really

From true Quadraphonic, Dolby Stereo, Dolby Surround, Dolby Pro-Logic, and current Dolby Digital EX and DTS-ES. Of course, most of these are no longer being used, but I still have them!

mikey_the_rat

[6000eliot]

45. We have six working surround sound systems!

And there are just two of us. I can't help myself around electronics.

[Shine]

29. right now the first answer that comes to mind is POUNDS. haha.

:)

[CBHagman]

30. Books.

CDs.

Newspapers I haven't tossed out yet. :blush:

Clothes I no longer wear or shouldn't wear, due to being worn out. :blush: I have to force myself to toss things that are falling apart.

[RetroLounge]

31. Vintage Melmac Dinnerware

About 3000 pieces...

Want any?

RL

[lizziegrace]

32. 3000 pieces??

:wow:

You could throw a huge dinner party my dear.

:wow:

[RetroLounge]

33. Can you say OBSESSIVE collector?

:D

RL

[lizziegrace]

34. Obsessive collector?

Nah, I say ADDICT!

:)

[RetroLounge]

36. Now you get it!

That's me!

:rofl:

RL

[lizziegrace]

40. Sometimes I am dense

But eventually the rain stops, the clouds part, the sun comes out and I am enlightened!

:hug:



edited for punctuation. I *am* replying to an English major.

[RetroLounge]

48. ...

:hug:

RL

[Kali]

47. really?

got any pix?

[RetroLounge]

52. Nah, thay are all in boxes and crates right now

I used to have a room in an old place dedicated to the Melmac, with full sets displayed in china hutches and advertisements, etc. We hung the saucers and cups in the Kitchen. Added nice splashes of color.

RL

[yvr girl]

55. Holy Cow

Why on earth do you have that many of ANYTHING?

[RetroLounge]

62. Hard to explain.

I am not a well man when it comes to 50's collecting.

80 dresser caddies
70 Animal Wire Letter holders
100's of board games
15 dinnerware patterns
75 plaster wall fish
50 Asian Figurines
2 1958 Oldsmobiles
dozens of canister sets
tons of pottery
1000's of LP's
2 jukeboxes (down from 5)
Collection of vintage BBQ stuff (aprons, mitts, trays, etc.)

Just way too much stuff...

RL

[lizziegrace]

64. You'd better come with your own storage unit

or a very large basement. No wonder you haven't kept all your guitars.

BTW, I'm still waiting for that guitar photo. :hi:

[yvr girl]

68. Just be glad you don't have to pay for a place to store all that stuff

here in Vancouver - I think our real estate is a little pricier.

[Left Is Write]

60. Um yes. Yes, I do.

I ALSO collect vintage Melmac, something you may have been aware of.

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

63. You bring the trailer

and you can have it all!

:hi:

RL

[burythehatchet]

35. dried out hi-liters

[skygazer]

37. Oh, dear, several things

1. Shoes. I have a shoe thing. I cannot walk past a shoe store especially if it has a "sale" sign anywhere near it. I have at least 10 (down from over 30) pairs of pretty shoes. And the funny thing is, I generally wear one of two pairs - my work shoes or my sneakers. It's a disease. :cry:

2. Rocks. Yes, rocks. I can't help it. I'm always seeing pretty and interesting rocks. When I was driving out here to California, I stopped to walk my dogs in Wyoming on a stretch of open range - I ended up picking up a bunch of huge pieces of rock that looked like fossils or something (I'm sure they weren't) - I practically killed myself lugging them back to the car. In my storage back in Vermont (which I will someday liquidate - yeah, right), I literally have a box of rocks. ~sigh~

3. Books but I don't really think you can have too many books. I recently got my SO to build me a bookcase for my birthday - it consists of seven tall shelves each 5 feet wide and it's full. And I have another box to go.

[ContraBass Black]

38. Matchbox Cars.

:yoiks:

[EstimatedProphet]

39. Bills

[AtomicKitten]

42. I have a ton of rugs.

Moved into an all hardwood floor house in SF and ended up with a ton of rugs, all sizes, from people.

[flvegan]

43. Civil rights/freedoms.

I know this because my government keeps taking them away from me.

[HEyHEY]

44. Great I can sleep on one when I'm loaded downtown

[Kerrytravelers]

46. Tupperware!

[Texasgal]

49. Shoes....

I am the Imelda Marcos of Austin. *embarrassed*

I have close to 200 pairs....

[LeftyMom]

50. I really need to go through my books

Not that one can have too many books, but I should donate the ones I won't be re-reading.

[Throd]

51. Excuses

[hyphenate]

53. Oh boy!

I think I must have some OCD tendencies, because I tend to hoard and packrat. But there are some things I fully admit to have too many of:

Videotapes--I've been collecting tapes and recording for nearly 25 years now, so there are an awful lot of them. I'm getting a DVD recorder to help archive them onto disks, so that will allow me to dump some of them, and with all the TV shows out on videotape, it will help me even more.

Kitchen gadgets. I love kitchen gadgets. If it will help me in my efforts at both cooking and preparation, so much the better.

Towels. I'm always buying towels. I hate washing them, though!

Sheet sets. My SIL said that she and my brother have only one set of sheets for their king sized bed, and that she has to launder it all the time. I have about 10 sets of sheets, if not more. I buy them when I see them on the clearance racks, and if they come as a set ("Bed in a Bag") it means I get both comforter and sheet set at the same time.

Mugs. I collect them, though, so it's really not a problem so much as a worry that I'm going to break them. I lost a few three years ago when I moved cross country, which upset me.


That's pretty much it.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

54. Threads Without Replies....

:rofl:

[kedrys]

56. One might make the argument that 7 cats is too many

They're hard to keep up with sometimes. :) Plus they keep running into each other at the most inopportune times ("HEY! What's HE doing on MY pillow???" "HEY, that's MY bowl!!!" "HEY! Saw the ottoman FIRST!!" "HEY! STOP trying to WASH ME!!!" etc.) :D

They're all staying though. Anything else is not even an option. :loveya:

[RevolutionaryActs]

57. Shoes, earrings, rings, necklaces, body sprays and the like..

and scarfs.

[Initech]

58. Music CDs

I have well over 400 titles representing 108 different bands and 26 different genres.

And that's not even including MP3s that I've "obtained".

[yellowdogintexas]

59. books, but I love them

old video tapes I made to "watch later"
photos that I haven't organized
Christmas tree ornaments!
recipes
odd socks
Clinique samples

I have 3 dining room tables (one is currently on extended loan to my daughter), all
inherited.

I have 3 complete sets of dishes (two of the 'fine china' variety).

hubby says I have too may coffee mugs, but I do collect them

I have a LOT of Tupperware, but I used to sell it.

We also have more rocks than ought to be legal, most of them are also from Wyhming. They are actually quite lovely, even though I had nothing to do with finding them.

[Doctor_J]

61. Dateless Saturday nights

:cry:

[Redstone]

65. Dollars.

Redstone

[Arkham House]

66. Old Marvel Comics

Lots of books, of course...but box after box of old Marvels, going back before FF #1...and if you were a little geek in the 60s, Marvel Comics kept you going...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

67. Loose cat hairs.

Books.
Moldy stuff in the fridge.
Unmatched socks.

[Pithlet]

69. Right now? Girl Scout cookies.

I only have two boxes of thin mints, but that's two boxes too many. I can't resist the damn things.

[Benfea]

70. Dirty thoughts

I can share, if you like. ;)

[yvr girl]

73. Is it safe to assume that

we're not talking grime?

[Benfea]

76. D'oh! There it goes again! -NT

[lady raven]

71. I have too many...

Papers
shoes
pens
unread magazines
knick knacks

[Canuckistanian]

72. Refrigerators

I "inherited" two when I moved in, got two more from a tenant, got another one when one failed and bought one myself.

I'm a refrigerator tycoon, ask me anything.

[InvisibleTouch]

74. Bottles of nail polish.

I've got a "bit" of a nail-polish color fetish, and I'm always tempted by a new color or shade, or something with glitter and sparkles. All the good intentions in the world to use up the ones I've got before I buy more, evaporate when I see a color I absolutely can't live without. And I've got a few bottles that date back 20 years, no lie. Now I try not even to look when I walk past a makeup aisle.