My grandmother does too. She has the state map of the quarters to hold her collection.

the challenge is finding the unusual
 

I collect....

creche/nativity scenes
lions
Working on actual signatures of each Phi Mu national president (getting them on initiation certificates...yea ebay!)
quatrefoils :)

I tell my husband I collect diamonds and emeralds....but so far he isn't biting ;)

I don't collect anything except bills these days (jokes, folks, all jokes) but my sister collects snowglobes to no avail. It's kind of an annoying habit. You can't go ANYWHERE without her asking for a snowglobe from that place. :rolleyes:

I do like notepads, though. Is that wierd? :p Especially considering I don't use any of them?!

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American Baby and Parents Magazines...There is always one good story in a magazine i want to hold on to.

Bears & Shot Glasses
 

I have been collecting stuffed teddy bears (especially snow white colored bears) since I was little & my grandma first gave me one when I was in the hospital sick.

My family collects shot glasses from every state that we have visited. We are a military family so we have moved & had to travel a lot & this was the best way my family felt it could find something cheap & simple to collect to remember our times in that state. We're not drinkers so they are for show only.

Bottles & Cans......lol:D

I collect lil nick nacks, that back in the day your Nana, Granny, Grammy, GrandMa, BigMama or whatever you (generally speaking) call your Grand Mother had on her coffee table or somewhere in her livingroom area.

Well, guess what?

SO DO I!!

Believe it or not, I have the stub to every movie I have attended since 1990. No kidding!

The only movie ticket stubs I do not have are for:

Pippi Longstocking (1982)
Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
Police Academy 4 (1987)
Summer School (1987)
The Naked Gun (1988)
Honey I Shrunk the Kids (1989)

Taking it one step further, I have collected tickets to every single "event" I have been to since 1990--concert, event, airline, you name it, I got it.



Every other flick I have seen I got it!

Wow, well mine go back to 2004 ("Along Came Polly"), our first movie date.

Since my brother played football for Miss. State from 1997-2001, and now he plays for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, I collected every ticket stub, hotel room key because where ever the team stays my family stays also. I got cups from games, and many other items. I kept every concert movie, bus, airplane, Western Union receipt ( Im always in need of money since Im a broke college student!!). Throughout my college career. I have one more semester left so I got some more collecting to do!!!

Have you ever seen the show Monk?? Does your house look like his brother's house??

^^^Good question.

Unfortunately, I have only seen one episode of Monk (good show, btw), and that was over a year ago, so I really don't know.

Now for everyone else, you know how I like to illustrate my stuff, so I will be coming atcha' with pics later on today or tomorrow...

As promised, my collections:
 

Here they are, in the clear (note that this will take several posts, so bear with me):

My ticket collection:

http://www.t-mobilepictures.com/phot...e1dad69897.jpg

Eyeglasses I wore over the past 15 years (one pair is not included; they got broken about 10 years ago):

http://www.t-mobilepictures.com/phot...bf0d9d436d.jpg

My ROTC rank insignia and ribbons:

http://www.t-mobilepictures.com/phot...8126a99b90.jpg

OK, now for my game show collection next...

OK, here are the home versions of game shows I have collected going back 12-13 years:

http://www.t-mobilepictures.com/phot...7f23cd92de.jpg

http://www.t-mobilepictures.com/phot...481399a7c0.jpg

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Not a huge collection, but a nice-sized one nonetheless....

More than meets the eye...
 

My Transformer colllection (albeit a little dusty):

http://www.t-mobilepictures.com/phot...b1a6eb15e7.jpg

This picture below really doesn't do my collection justice; there is a box behind the packages on the left and a VCR box beneath what you see both packed full of unopened Transformers:

http://www.t-mobilepictures.com/phot...840daf6e8e.jpg

OK, last pic:

My numismatic collection (along with a few stamps):

http://www.t-mobilepictures.com/phot...6ed2362765.jpg

Am I a pack rat or am I a pack rat?

I live alone (though I did live with my older brother for two years prior to living alone). At that time, he never once commented on my collection.

But I have lived alone for 5 1/2 years.

Video games and systems, music, and..........

I like to collect shot glasses and glasses in general.