My Vintage House And The Post Lady Always Rings Twice

So...
This is the top of the dresser in my bathroom.
Living inside the dresseer are my towels, sheets, bath products etc.
(The bathrooms didn't come equipped with storage units/shelves so I had to improvise)
What lives on top of the dresser  (from left to right) is,

M, my no face money doll,
Notice the money bowl at her feet?
I offer up money to her in hopes that she will see fit to bless me with more.

Jamaica, my cruise doll,
She used to live in a very weird tourist trap in Jamaica.
I rescued her.

 Voodoo Girl,
A doll making experiment gone awry.
I still love her though.

Viney,
Viney is very happy, she has friends that love her and,
she's grateful that she has a face!

Cradling all my Girls is,

SPIKE!!
As you can see... SPIKE is,  

"THE QUEEN"!
With SPIKE on guard, anyone entering my bathroom
would think twice before
they even thought about
pilfering M's money!!!
Heck, she even scares me!

Here we have Peppy and Salty.

Two very cute vintage, salt and pepper shakers.

They live in this very stylish coffee shop perched above my stove.

Their job is to monitor the baking activities of the resident "Chef".

Me.

They don't always approve of the goings on below them,

AKA,

Rosemary, Parmesan Madeleine's!!!!

But most of the time they're approving.

Notice how the both of them are rolling their eyes at me?

These are just a few of  the things that live at my house.

What weird/odd things live at your house?

Tomorrow we'll explore the mysterious,

Post Lady....

Till next time,

Bonjour 

Bye Bye Nancy Drew

OK, OK, 

I admit it, I'm a hoarder collector.

Books, photos, bric-a-brac, patterns, EVERYTHING!

My home is filled with vintage stuff, lots of vintage stuff.

I don't know why I collect stuff, I just do.

My parents collected stuff, my siblings collect stuff, my girls collect stuff.

I was out yesterday collecting stuff with my youngest daughter.

OMG it's a family affliction!!!

Well...

We had a Thanksgiving lunch with my husband's family at my house on Thursday.

His sister Gina has never been here before so she was exploring every nook and cranny.

So much stuff to see. Floor to ceiling stuff.

After much exploring she discovered my bookcase, (7 foot tall by 6 foot wide) mostly mysteries.

She honed in on my vintage Nancy Drew collection, seems she collects Nancy Drew also.

I have several from about 1957 through 1970.

I loved Nancy drew when I was a kid, the challenge of trying to figure out where the story was going, who was the bad guy, I love me a good mystery. (Who, what, where, when & why, my favorite W words)

She pulls them out to have a look see, checking out which ones I have that she doesn't.

She's coveting my Nancy Drew's!!!!

We look through them, discuss how we both loved them as kids and I put them back away.

After she left I got to thinking, why not give them to her, she would treasure them.

I collect so much stuff, why not share?

So bye, bye Nancy Drew.

 Seems I'm not the only hoarder collector out there.
What about you?
What's your collection, obsession?

Till next time,
Bonjour