Are you a hoarder?

@laglen (19759)
United States
June 23, 2008 6:23pm CST
I am a great hoarder of office supplies! Paper clips, tablets, notebooks, business cards, pens, pencil sharpeners. What ever, I hoard it all! Is there anything you hoard?
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@blackbriar (9076)
• United States
27 Jun 08
The only things I hoard are scrap metal, aluminum, and newspapers. Once we have a ton of it, we take them in to recycle for money.
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
1 Jul 08
Oooh great idea. So you actually make money off of it!
• United States
1 Jul 08
We sure do. Enough to fill our cars for a few weeks so our paychecks all go toward bills.
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@Wizzywig (7847)
3 Jul 08
I think its more a question of what do I NOT hoard? My dad was always one for keeping odd bits of wire, jamjars, screws, washers ... I called him Uncle Bulgaria ' making good use of the things that he finds - things that the everyday folk leave behind..' (Wombles for anyone who doesn't know) I think I've inherited that hoarding gene!
@laglen (19759)
• United States
11 Jul 08
I think its our parents fault! My parents do this too.
@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
29 Jun 08
I don't consider myself to hoard anything...but then again I do own stacks and stacks of books. We home school, so I collect all I can when I can....especially if they are free. Once the kids, or myself read the books though, they mostly get priced and put in to a box for yard sale or listed on ebay for sale. My mom hoards a lot of things...empty jars, newspapers, you name it! Marsha
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
1 Jul 08
I can understand the book thing, but I don't get rid of them I love books. Especially reference books.
• United States
24 Jun 08
That's me. I end up keeping a lot of stuff. Even when I don't really need it or want it in the first place. I am that way with office supplies too. I end up getting more than I need at the time. But in the long run I did a good thing because I'll never be out of pens and stuff. That's the worse feeling too, having to search the house for one pen or pencil just to write something down really quick. And of course you can never really find one.
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
24 Jun 08
lol I know what you mean. They tease me here at home but when they want a pen, who do they run to?
@lazeebee (5461)
• Malaysia
24 Jun 08
Yup - not only office supplies! Paper, markers, plastic & paper boxes, gift wrappers, plastic & glass containers..the list goes on.
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
24 Jun 08
lol you've got the sickness too?
@joliefille (3690)
• Philippines
24 Jun 08
I hoard colognes and tissues. He he. I always feel like they're the things I run the most out of so I try to buy them in 2s or 3s so it will last for a month.
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
24 Jun 08
Understandable, I like to smell goo too!
• Canada
24 Jun 08
I hoard money. When something happens to my husband and I that knocks down our finances, I almost always have a little extra saved up to cover the problem, and get us back on our feet a little faster.
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
24 Jun 08
see? that is a good thing! I bet your husband is grateful!
@vanities (11395)
• Davao, Philippines
24 Jun 08
you buy them? or buy and resale afterward? nope im not like that..but i do collect some items which i think that is for me precious or with sentimental value
@laglen (19759)
• United States
24 Jun 08
I buy them when they are on sale, put them away and forget about them. But it is good because my daughter always needs things for school at the last minute, I have no money, but I have supplies!
• United States
24 Jun 08
I used to hoard paper when I was a kid but then again I really liked to write and create so I needed paper. Now I tend to hoard lotions and shower products. That or candles and incense. I can never have enough candles or incense.
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
24 Jun 08
Lol I feel ya! My family all knows that I love bubble bath, and candles so I always get them as gifts. I hardly ever have to buy it!
• United States
24 Jun 08
Hoarder? No. but I do like having more than one of things. If I go to the dollar store and I find something like a notepad that I like, I always get two. One to use and one for a backup.
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
24 Jun 08
good. Not as bad as me.
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• United States
24 Jun 08
at the office no when passing by some usefull junk thats gunna be tossed that is a different story lol
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
24 Jun 08
At work I hoard them there, they will be stashed in my desk drawers. I don't steal them and bring them home. Unless of course they are throwing them out!