Posted: October 6, 2009, 3 a.m. EDT
Being a
cat lover, I’m naturally drawn to beautiful cat items. Over the years, I’ve collected many special cat figurines, pictures, clothes, picture frames and almost anything else you can think of that a cat can decorate. This has become a bit of a problem because I don’t have room to display all of my great cat items. I probably have more than 300 cat items in my possession — which is probably 200 too many!
My friends have contributed to my dilemma. Every holiday and birthday, I am given more beautiful cat items. I have started telling people to stop giving me cat things. That helped a little, but for my recent birthday, I received three new cat items: a cat mug, a cat cutting board and cat magnets.
I’m moving in about a month, and will have to divest myself of a few of my kitty things. It will be a tough process for me, but I don’t see any reason to move boxes of cat things from one location to another. I’m going to donate them to a local charity and hope that the kitty items find a good home with someone else.
I’ve been guilty of doing the same things to my friends — buying them too many cat things because they love cats. Since I have reached my capacity, I’ve backed off on doing that and now check with them before I get them any more kitty things.
Do you have the same catty problem? How have you dealt with it?