People Magazine Wants Me Back

I mentioned in an earlier post that I love the question game so here is the first question. What do you hoard? Webster says the definition of hoard is a supply of something, often hidden. The verb is to keep (as in objects or thoughts) to oneself. We are all hoarders of something...mentally, emotionally or physically. For example, I mentally hoard thoughts of Tim Riggins (Taylor Kitsch is his real name but the thoughts are mostly of Tim Riggins)or to be more mature, "to do" lists. I emotionally hoard fears of something happening to Leo or my kids and physically, I hoard magazines. It used to be books but when I figured out they were collecting dust since I don't have time to get absorbed in a whole story, I switched to magazines. Normally, I dread the school's fundraisers but when the magazine one came around, I was giddy. It was a win/win situation. I could get a bunch of subscriptions while helping Nico earn money for the school. Leo couldn't really complain since it was for our son's education and who doesn't like a magazine subscription? It's like getting a gift in the mail every month. At one time I had People, Good Housekeeping (which is ironic because there were always articles about how not to hoard), Redbook, All of You (great coupons), Faith and Family (I got this one when I was teaching RE but now that I am not, this will be an easy one to stop), Parenting and Family Fun. Now that I have seen them all in print, I admit...I might have a problem. Actually, I had a feeling I had a problem and saw that we could save money so I let a lot of them run out. Today, in my inbox was a message, "People Magazine Wants You Back!" Like the magazine addict I am, I clicked on it and the window is still open. I want to go back. I am trying to come up with a good reason to go back. It will be cheaper if I go back to being a subscriber than if I buy the magazine and let's face it...I will buy the magazine. I love sitting down for the 15 minutes I get before the next issue I have to deal with comes up and having a bowl of cereal, a plate of nachos or a bowl of strawberries and chocolate while reading a few pages of a magazine. I love the ideas in them that make me feel like I can save money, redecorate my house, be a better mom, travel to fun places with my family or realize that there is more drama in Hollywood than I could ever have here in this house.

The scary thing is I found something more tempting to hoard than all of the magazine subscriptions. I found a website that lists all mail order catalogs and they are all free. You can just click on the ones that interest you and every month another little gift. I can't help myself. Each catalog has things in it that might tame the chaos in my life. I page through Solutions catalog and I just know there are things in there that will help me be more organized. I page through LTD or Lakeside (LOVE these two) and there are so many inexpensive things that I really had no idea I wanted. I thumb through One Step Ahead and circle all the things that will make being a mom to a toddler easier. What I don't understand and really don't enjoy is why I am on Athleta's mailing list. I know I didn't put myself on a mailing list for a catalog that has a young, fit woman dressed in a bikini top and cargo pants on the cover and it makes me feel like a lazy slug when it comes. I do love the clothes in it and the possibility that someday, I'll have enough energy to do the activities that all the women in the catalog look so fashionable doing. Maybe by then, I'll also have the money to afford the insane prices they charge for their clothes. A girl can dream...

So again, I ask...what do you hoard?