First there were gift cards, then there were bags...now there's Starbucks. I'm still collecting the recyclable grocery bags (currently at 8) and the gift cards (currently at 54), but now I'm into Starbucks cups/mugs/and even their Starbucks barista bear (SO cute! =P).
It all started when I was at Starbucks on a normal day and was just peering at their gift display shelves, and I briefly noticed the plastic cup with the green straw. It's just like the grande plastic cups that they use to fill your ice cold drinks/frappaccinos, etc, but it's made out of hard plastic, (even the green straw) so it's reusable. I thought, 'I'll just get it another day. I'll look at it more closely then.' And from that day on, I've been to at least 10+ different Starbucks and have NOT found it ever since. Unlike most people who go to Starbucks everyday to get their cup of coffee, I go to each and every Starbucks I happen to walk by, not to get their coffee, but to look for that cup. I even take the time to ask the barista, but all I get is the same answer, 'those sold out fast. Maybe they'll send us another shipment soon.'
And to this day, that shipment has not come.
So to compensate for the 'should've bought it at that moment and not being able to get it later' syndrome, if I see another Starbucks cups/mugs that I like, I buy it, without hesitation. I just can't deal with another 'not being able to get it ever 'cup. But don't worry, I haven't gone too crazy yet, like with the gift cards. I only buy ones that evoke a 'I have to have' feeling. Although every time I go into a Starbucks, I always find something different and unique and one that I think I won't see again, so the IHTH feeling just takes over. But I only allow myself to get ONE per day, not per visit.
Currently, I've collected 4 Starbucks items. I didn't even know they are collector's items...are they?!
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9/02/2008
5/13/2008
Bags!
Besides being obsessed with the color green, cooking (more about that another time) and gift cards, I am now infatuated with recyclable canvas bags! I've been conscious of "BYOB" (bring-ing your own bag) for sometime now - especially to the grocery stores - because I have been so tired of getting an endless supply of plastic bags everytime coming out of a store. I've even made it a habit to have used paper bags handy in the car. (Plus, some stores give you .03 or .05 cent back for every bag you bring!)
But now, I'm even more conscious of the kinds of recyclable bags they have at the stores. They're the ones that you can purchase at the checkout for usually 99cents. The first bag I bought was the greenbag, one that folds into the size of an index card, so you can put it in your purse, in case of those unexpected buys when you forget to bring a bag. Then I couldn't resist the khaki tote that looks like my friend's yelp.com bag (which I'm still hoping to get a hold of one day), because those have become my favorite type of bag - with the long handles, it's sturdy and even has a backing for the bottom. Then I was at Whole Foods, who I think are the ones who made this whole revolution a phenomenon, and I was going to just check out their original dark green "Whole Foods" labeled bag, but I fell in love at first sight with their lime green "-1" bag instead. "-1" meaning one less plastic bag used to bag my grocery! I had to have it!
I think these grocery bags have become more than just recyclable bags that you use. It has become such a fad that you don't just use them to carry groceries. SO many stores have produced like bags of different sizes, colors, styles, that I think it has become my new collectible item!
So far to date, I have 3 bags...and 32 gift cards collected! More to come! =P
But now, I'm even more conscious of the kinds of recyclable bags they have at the stores. They're the ones that you can purchase at the checkout for usually 99cents. The first bag I bought was the greenbag, one that folds into the size of an index card, so you can put it in your purse, in case of those unexpected buys when you forget to bring a bag. Then I couldn't resist the khaki tote that looks like my friend's yelp.com bag (which I'm still hoping to get a hold of one day), because those have become my favorite type of bag - with the long handles, it's sturdy and even has a backing for the bottom. Then I was at Whole Foods, who I think are the ones who made this whole revolution a phenomenon, and I was going to just check out their original dark green "Whole Foods" labeled bag, but I fell in love at first sight with their lime green "-1" bag instead. "-1" meaning one less plastic bag used to bag my grocery! I had to have it!
I think these grocery bags have become more than just recyclable bags that you use. It has become such a fad that you don't just use them to carry groceries. SO many stores have produced like bags of different sizes, colors, styles, that I think it has become my new collectible item!
So far to date, I have 3 bags...and 32 gift cards collected! More to come! =P
1/30/2008
Gift cards!
I never collect anything. I never liked anything long enough to continue buying, searching and collecting that one item. It would just be a fad, come and go.
But today, I am claiming to start collecting GIFT CARDS! I think they're just so awesome! These days, they are endlessly creative - all kinds of shapes (especially the ones at Target), all kinds of colors, for all kinds of occasions. The original idea came from seeing Nordstrom's newest gift cards for Valentine's Day - it's luscious hot pink with a stylish heart cut-out in the middle. I have to go back and get one.
How I'm going about collecting these, I'm still unsure of. Would it just be the ones I have and when it goes to zero balance, I put them in my collection, or do I "take" ones from the store? Since they are not worth anything anyway until an amount is put on them, then technically it wouldn't be stealing. But as I was first sharing my newfound one-of-a-kind idea to my friend earlier today, she hands me my FIRST collectible - her recently used up Target gift card, which I LOVE! It's a Christmas one, iridescent with three puppets moving their mouths open, up and down, as you flip the card at certain angles. LOVE IT!
However I decide to go about this, we will have to see. I'm already thinking about the big collage of gift cards I can put together in a sleek matted frame. No one copy my idea please, but if you would like to contribute to my new fad, please send them my way! =P
But today, I am claiming to start collecting GIFT CARDS! I think they're just so awesome! These days, they are endlessly creative - all kinds of shapes (especially the ones at Target), all kinds of colors, for all kinds of occasions. The original idea came from seeing Nordstrom's newest gift cards for Valentine's Day - it's luscious hot pink with a stylish heart cut-out in the middle. I have to go back and get one.
How I'm going about collecting these, I'm still unsure of. Would it just be the ones I have and when it goes to zero balance, I put them in my collection, or do I "take" ones from the store? Since they are not worth anything anyway until an amount is put on them, then technically it wouldn't be stealing. But as I was first sharing my newfound one-of-a-kind idea to my friend earlier today, she hands me my FIRST collectible - her recently used up Target gift card, which I LOVE! It's a Christmas one, iridescent with three puppets moving their mouths open, up and down, as you flip the card at certain angles. LOVE IT!
However I decide to go about this, we will have to see. I'm already thinking about the big collage of gift cards I can put together in a sleek matted frame. No one copy my idea please, but if you would like to contribute to my new fad, please send them my way! =P
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