The longest one in the Pez collection, back when I was 7 (back in 1996), my parents got divorced and my dad moved in with some friends who were somewhat collecting (I really have absolutely no idea the back story with them...I just remember they kept them in gallon size Ziplock bags). My dad started getting interested in them, and buying them, and me (being that daddy's girl that I was) had to have some too.
Why pez? They're cheap, you can find them at the Dollar Tree, I bought one at Safeway the other day for $1.99. There is such a variety of them, most people think it's only the little plastic ones, there are giant ones, 3 ft tall and they talk, shirts, clocks, "magic pez", survival pez, motorized pez, key rings, money clips, ornaments, video games, dog treat dispensers, watches, lip balm, whistles, the list could go on forever! Granted not all of them have candy, a shirt with candy? it doesn't exactly work, but they do all of the pez name, from what I mentioned above, only the shirt, clock (at least the one we have), money clip, ornaments, dog treat, and lip balm don't come with candy, although the dog treat dispenser comes with its own treats. Even if you do only stick to the little original ones, there's a variety there too, from where I'm sitting right now, I see Snow White, Tinkerbell, Disney Princesses, Toy Story, Lion King, Wall-E, Mulan, Thomas the Tank Engine. I know I have tons of holiday, Garfield, super heroes, star wars, star trek, looney toons, Shrek, TONS of Disney. I used to get them from people all the time, but now I have so many, people are afraid too. I'm not even sure how many I have anymore, if I had to guess by now, between 4-500. As of January 2010 I had 407, I know I have bought a lot more since then, so closer to 500. If I decide later on down the road I want to get rid of them, I can sell them. Pez only distribute ones for so long, some longer than others some I have can be worth $50, most are probably only worth $1 or $2. I didn't start collecting them for the money, I started collecting because I wanted to be like my dad, and I thought they were the coolest things ever.
Another collect is my star collection. I love stars, I have for years, I have no idea how it started or even when. I have so much random star stuff, I have candle holders, plates, cups, tattoos, stars painted on my walls, shirts, used to have a pair of jeans, a little table, blankets, lights (string lights, a lamp, and a hanging light, well known as a fuego star) a hanging star, robe, jewelry box, jewelry, a star made out of barbed wire, I even have a star in the sky (My brother gave it to me as a Christmas present back in 2003) I have tons of things with stars and some of the most random stuff.
My third and probably most well known collection is the Johnny Depp collection. When I was working at Dairy Queen, I met my best friend, and one night I gave her a ride home, she asked if I wanted to come in and watch a movie. Eh, why not, not like I had anything better to do. She told me to pick a movie and I found Finding Neverland, I grabbed it and showed it to her telling her "This is one sexy man!" and she said "Yes he is! Is that what you want to watch?" I said sure, I had no idea what I was going to pick. So, we watched it, the next week, same thing, I drove her home, she asked if I wanted to watch a movie...........This time I picked Pirates of the Caribbean 3, and told her "Might as well stick with last week" and after that we started watching a different Johnny Depp movie every week, the only ones we didn't watch were the ones we had already seen, the other Pirates, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, mostly the newer ones. The entire time we had our Johnny Depp night, she was pregnant so by the time December rolled around and she had her daughter we had seen pretty much every movie. After that I wanted to own them all, I don't have all of them yet, but I do have most, along with other random items, I have a Johnny Depp pez, of course, Puzzle, Purse, Key ring, T-shirt, a frisbee....
Those are my main collections, they are what make me...ME!
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