I have a confession to make.
I’m a knickknack person.
You know, someone who likes buying cute little things that
serve no real purpose other than to look festive?
That’s me. And generally, I’m happy with this life choice.
Except when I’m getting ready to move. Then I battle the sudden urge to BREAK
ALL THE THINGS.
Each time I move, I go through the same thought process:
This next place is going to be different. I
will not, I repeat: WILL NOT, be such a slave to my sense of aesthetic
presentation. I feel like I’m living in a Tennessee Williams’ play with all these
little glass creatures. Too many!
*The sound of tinkling glass whilst I am crushed under the
weight of tiny figurines.*
Of course, declarations such as this are similar to when the
fall rolls around and I decide I’m going to ORGANIZE ALL THE THINGS. It lasts a couple of weeks and then I’m back to “filing” my papers on the
top of my dresser in between my Quidditch goggles and the gorilla head made out
of a towel.
It’s really no use, you see. As much as I hate having to
pack them up, I love the little touches bizarre knickknacks give a home. The
Lego Captain America on the TV stand, the Wizard of Oz thimbles in the hanging
display cube, the magnifying glass/letter opener set on the sideboard – they
make the place my own.
So, if I’m being honest with myself and all of you lovely
folk, I am always going to be a knickknack person. Even if it makes moving more
annoying. Even if it means that every time I pack up, I will, without fail,
find something that’s origins are a complete mystery to me.
Never been opened. No recollection of purchasing or being
given this. Where did it come from??
Is that you, Knickknack fairy?
I have gotten much better at picking and choosing and keeping knickknacks over the years. Sometimes I keep them for sentimental value, sometimes just because I like the color or texture or shape of it - like a funky orange vase or a green plate. Of course, the less "stuff" you have, the less there is to dust... :)
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't say I'm a knick-knack person per se...more just plain hoarder. Thankfully I have weaned myself off the worst of that habit and have it mostly under control. But every time I have to move house I find I've accumulated yet more crap I then must sort through. Which is where I am currently ;)
ReplyDeletetwo of my favorite things tennessee williams and knick knacks:) totally get the moving agony too im about to be in that boat again. but you know what all those silly little trinkets make me happy so it's worth kinda worth it. kinda.
ReplyDeletemy mom was a big knick knack person. Me - not so much. I hate dusting them!
ReplyDeleteThey're not called knick knacks; they're called collectables. ;)
ReplyDeleteMy garage is full of useless things ... I mean knickknacks. But, I bet you one day, as I go through the piles of things, I'll find a treasure there. :) I tell myself that every time I watch the Antique Road show and see someone bring in a small object declared to be worth in the tens of thousands of dollars.
ReplyDeleteSilvia @ Silvia Writes