New project = new notebook. Well, that is the way it is for me. I buy, use, and then store so many notebooks that I probably need an intervention. I don’t need any more notebooks, I know that, but when I see them sitting on a shelf, it just has to be done.
There is nothing as wonderfully inspiring as a blank page in a brand new journal or pad, and the possibilities of what to write are endless.
Notebooks are so pretty, with animals, or butterflies, or random watercolor patterns, and I have some that I will never use, because they are too pretty.
Yep, an intervention is probably called for.
And don’t get me started on pens and highlighters. I have hundreds of pens YET when i go into a supermarket and see there is a special offer on Sharpies, you can bet I will buy them.
Case in point, last week I bought a set of pastel highlighters – 4 of them – and they cost 99p. I was over the moon with these highlighters, which goes to show how easily pleased I am… LOL
I used to visit Staples just to walk around and look at the stuff in there… sometimes I didn’t even buy… just looked.
Tell me I’m not alone in my love of stationery?
You are not alone. I should belong to an AA type group for stationary. It’s my addiction.
You’re not alone. The bit about buying more when you have a stack at home rang true with me. ?
pens and more pens and notebooks!
OMG, I collect notebooks like a loon. I never use them, but can’t help myself 😀
I completely understand but I collect tins from bygone eras. I’ve put up 3 shelves in my dining room to house them all. They just make me happy ? to look at.
Hi! I collect books….so many…I love to read and their covers. Another addiction are boots and action figures. ?
I love radio sets and have quite a few !!
I collect aprons
I am addicted to buying stationary but then I have The Fear over using it and “ruining” it because my handwriting is terrible. Then when I do go to write, I have the terrible decision of trying to choose which fancy pen to use. So I end up using a Faber-Castell (grip 2001 2,2/1) and then writing over it with a pen. I still use pencil before committing pen to paper! Currently self studying on the side, so now I’ve a legit excuse to buy more stationary!
Definitely not alone!
Highlighters and stickers – the holy grail of match bench officials!!!
I need a new notebook and because of lockdown, am going to try making one!!! Still have lots of paper from eldest finishing school 2 yrs ago
As I sit here staring at 5 cups of pens on my desk. And my favorites are my Rj pens, go figure.
I collect journals. I don’t always use them, but they’re there just in case! 🙂
I love collecting journals.
I love flowery stationery.
Love notebooks journals pads and writing implements of all sorts!
Notebooks! I love them, I have hundreds… I’ve been buying, filling and storing them forever… I always try to purchase one in every city I visit: Dublin, Berlin, Edinburgh, Paris, Cardiff, Milan, Florence, Lisbon… I have plenty from everywhere. You are not alone! 😉
I collect too many things: shaving brushes and razors, spittoons, die cast trucks and cars from the year I was born and Correlle and Corningware to name a few.
I used to have a huge collection of stationary. My fascination was with different textures, more than the look of it.
Well, I like stationary well enough, but I’m not obsessed with it. My SIL, though? I never have a problem with buying her a gift! *laughs* And she buys at least one in each city she visits 😀
Baby clothes are my impossible-to-resist item, even for a baby who has more cute clothes than he can possibly wear. Every Target trip, another cute outfit ends up in the cart.
I collect pens, so much SWAG ?, and books. I have so many books in my TBR pile that I really will need to find someway to become immortal if I want to get to them all. ??
I collect books….all formats…even as my TBR pile grows AND GROWS….
I dont have an addiction t o stationary but I do have an addiction to notepads etc
I collect windchimes–the more noise they make, the better. Have to ward off those evil spirits!
I collect signed books. At this point I am running out of bookshelves. LOL
I can’t seem to resist post-it notes. Large, tiny, rectangular, round, every color, neon!, scented, … I love them all! Consequently, they are everywhere. 😀
I honestly collect all kinds of paper, stationary, journals, scrapbook you name it. I am not a journaler or writer, I just love it. I also collect pens of any type, felt, ink, whatever.
I’m not addicted to stationary but I am addicted to all things poo emoji related.
Books and more eBooks. Good thing eBooks don’t take up much space.
I do love stationery (I have a weakness for anything with records or cassettes depicted on them) and stickers, but don’t really collect it per se. It does still manage to fill a good corner of the house, especially with all the books and records I’ve kept…
I don’t really have anything I collect now, but books. I used to collect movies and music CDs, but I no time to watch or listen to any of it now and basically stopped buying them.
I’m a magpie and collect anything shiny or catches my eye. E.g.: Some of the things I collect are dragons, cuckoo clocks, old cameras, treadle sewing machines, books, pretty rocks, carved wooden ornaments, blown glass, and unique jewelry. 😀
Pens, Notebooks Printerpaper and ink.I love it all.
I love to get new journals and note pads! It makes me so happy to just be able to go and look for new ones even if I don’t purchase any.
I love stationery as well as cards. At the price of cards now, I have to look for them at Dollar Stores and Thrift Shoppes, but to have just the right stationery or card to send messages to friends makes me smile. As far as collections, I breed and raise pugs so I always have at least four pugs in the house. That feels like a pretty big collection some days. lol
I thought it was something that just ran in my family lol. so glad to hear I’m ‘normal”.
I collect things, there’s not really a rhythm or rhyme to what I collect. Like I’ve an acorn, Fandom stuff, notebooks that look old, gemstone… But it works! 🙂
I love collecting things: rocks, little bowls/boxes, gnomes, sheep, books, shoes, pillows…
Alas, I am fully electronic these days.
I don’t collect anything. Looks like I’m the oddball. 🙁
Pens, i find one I like then I can’t find it again. Pens
I do love a nice fresh notebook to start new projects. I’m trying to get better at keeping notes on my phone to be more environmental but I find I retain stuff better if I physically take a pen and write it down. That being said I wouldn’t call myself a notebook collector but I am definitely a mug collector. I love mugs…funny, sweet, naughty you name it.
Oh dear… collections. I have so many it’s not funny. My current obsession is pins… Disney pins, cute pins, pins with sarcastic sayings on them… you name it. There may be an intervention soon. I also collect stuffed animals (i should get stock options in Build-a-Bear, Seif, and Douglass), dolls (Barbie, Monster High, Hot Toys, etc – though i’m REALLY picky), action figures, Lego and (my favorite and most long term obsession) Folkmanis puppets.
And while i wouldn’t say i “collect” stationery… i do have more notebooks/story journals/idea notebooks than any one person needs. :: blush ::
I collect eggs and little boxes – they’re beautiful but are too small to put anywhere so I have them all piled up like a dragon’s hoard and run my fingers over them regularly. Of course these days I’m collecting more toilet tissue than anything!
I collect dragons, but I am running out of room.
Not a collector, but I do love pens. Online shopping is what saves me from buying them.
I used to love stationery – but way back then I used to mail lots of actual letters. I don’t do that so much – actually, none 🙁 But every now and then I’ll run across a stash somewhere when I’m cleaning out closets.
My paper addiction now is fed by scrapbooking and card making
when i was younger i was addicted to collecting stickers….now i collect gemstones
I like to collect books and I completely understand the stationery addiction.
I’m not much of a collector, except for books! 🙂
I don’t collect stationary but I do collect books.
I love Staples! I can always find something I don’t need but want at a Staples store. I collect pens and desk sets. Also, books of all kinds. My bookshelves are filled with hard bound, soft cover and paperbacks. My tablet is almost full with ebooks, too. I have to buy a bigger house to hold all my books! Keep writing, I’ll fit your books in. Everyone, please stay healthy. Happy reading.
Books…lots and lots of books…and I still want more! I’m sure I’ve got more books than I’ll be able to read in my lifetime, but I’m going to give it my best shot:)
I understand where you’re coming from. I don’t collect stationary but I do collect anything Coca Cola. My kitchen is painted Coca Cola red and I even have all Coca Cola dishes and flatware. Cookie jar? Check x 4. Canisters? Check. Glassware? Check, check and check. Film camera shaped as a Coke can? Yep, you got it, check. I can’t stop.
I collect calendars and planners, but having ADHD I forget to use them. ?
I used to collect stationery such as the Nice Hallmark stationery to write letters. I wrote a ton of letters, mostly to my Mom just to use the statiinery. In my 40s I started collecting yarn. I was a prolific knitter but I bought way too much yarn. Still have a l ot.?
I have some stationery but I have more teacups! Most inherited from my grandmothers, who inherited from their mothers. I ran out of room to display them so some are packed away, but my favorites are out where I can see them.
I have a collection of pads from hotel rooms but that is my only addiction to staionary.
I don’t really have an addiction to stationery; I have one to office supplies in general. More specifically pens, Sharpies (I know you love these) and Post-it Notes.
Love pens but my main collection addiction us watches which can be expensive.