A friend and I were in St. Louis's Loop district and passed by a store front that featured a tall vase made up of noses and a shorter vase that was boobs. Both caught my attention (while one caught his attention more than the other) and I mentioned that I loved how quirky they were, but would prefer to display the boob one over the nose one (the nose one was slightly creepy) I love weird and quirky decorations. I own several pieces (a six foot mummy by the "name" of Horas and a tin suit of armor I call Sir Griffith to name two of my favorite pieces)
This lead to a discussion of odd objects that we almost cannot resist wanting or wishing to imitate (for example my dad has a collection of meat grinders he plans on turning into lamp after seeing one made and a cousin turned non-working kitchen appliances into lamps). My major obsession would be picture frames,vases and blankets. My mother is all about dishes. I know a gal who cannot pass up a sale of office supplies (she cleans out her closet to donate most of them twice a year, but still buys knowing she might never use, but never knowing when they will come in handy); and a guy who has at least three dozen sets of socket wrenches. When my brother was younger he loved flashlights and batteries and a cousin has scissors of every shape, size, colour and edge.
Anyway, a discussion of quirky obsessions ensued. I just thought it was interesting how everyone seems to have things they cannot seem to pass up and always tend to look at beyond the "typical" (jewelry. shoes, books for example) and I am not meaning actual collections (water globes or animals or touristy souvenirs) When we polled the group with us people admitted to being "obsessed" with: hangers, pens, manicure sets (nail clippers/files etc), ribbon, empty beer and wine bottles (quoted: "they may come in handy for something")... hmmm I wonder how soon we should be calling the Clean House team or Hoarders?
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