Published on 12, July, 2020
Does anyone else do this? I buy soo many things to do with my special interests-like Lego I've got so much to do with Lego-I have dvds, books, pictures, sets, cards and mimifigures! And it's the same with my other special interest which is the Titanic! I love everything to do with the Titanic. I've got dvds, books, models, cds, blueprints and research it whenever I can. I first heard of it at school-about 5 years ago-and I've been obsessed ever since.
Today I looked in the charity shops as I happened to be in town looking for Vaseline-and in one charity shop I found yet another Titanic movie dvd. I've got several versions, each one is different whether it's a different cover-or with different special features. I hadn't had this one sooo I decided I needed it straight away!
As a bonus I picked up a book called The Starless Sea as I've heard good things about it-and both were only £1.50 together. Bargain! ️
Another special interest for me is dvds and I own soo many it's hard to store them now but when I see a dvd-or a limited edition I become obsessed and have to get it-asap.
Oh - I definitely do this. I have certain things I ‘collect’ and even though it makes me very happy on one level it’s a problem in two ways : 1) I feel guilty about spending the money on things we dont actually NEED - and 2) we live in a small house and we don’t have the space to keep adding more ‘stuff’ - and this drives my husband a bit crazy (although he’s so kind he doesn’t moan at me about it). But I know really that he’d like more space in the house. It even extends to shells and pebbles that I find on the beach on holidays - they’re just so nice that I like to keep them - but there are quite a lot about dotted about the house!
Your husband sounds nice letting you fill the house up with lots of different things lol-if I find a bf one day hopefully he'll be as understanding.
I love that you get shells and pebbles-I used to do that with my mum ️- do you just collect them or do you paint them as well? My mum and I-painted the shells with different colours and patterns.Your house sounds amazing! ️
Yes - he’s a very patient man! I think he finds the things I collect interesting - but I think he also wishes there was a few less of them! He really likes old Science fiction paperbacks from second hand bookshops - so he does have a lot of those. I don’t paint the pebbles - but that’s such a lovely idea. I just really love all the patterns and colours on them, and the textures when you hold them in your hand. I also collect buddhist statues, and Hindu statues - I love antique eastern engraved brass and copper too - you know when it’s engraved with lots of figures and plants etc. and I collect semi-precious gemstones and crystals too. I love antiques fairs - just to look around - they’re like a treasure hunt for me and I love all the history and the stories connected to objects. I once visited the Pitt Rivers museum in Oxford and I fell in love with amulets and ancient artifacts - so fascinating! But at the same time a nicely marked pebble or shell found on a beach is just as preschools to me, or a piece of broken antique pottery found in a field - there’s beauty to be found most places if you look for it :)
What you say reminds me of Japan a bit. Space is limited in the cities but if you see what people can do with a little display of maybe just a few rocks and a plant - it is amazing. I love Japanese rock gardens which are bigger and found in temples.