Gargamel Micro Madness

We had plans to go out today but the weather outside is cuddling weather. Although I do enjoy cuddling with my husband I just wanted to look back on this weekend and have something organized regarding our toy collection which is looking like an accumulation at the moment. So off to the Fourth Room we went to organize our collection.

I know I speak often of our toy room, but I have not taken pictures of it yet. It's not how I want it to look like at the moment. I still need a small sofa bed couch in there. Nicer curtains and some of our prints up on the wall. Also some house plants my cats can't get to etc etc.

The room is still a work in progress and until we are both satisfied with how it looks like only then I'll take pictures. I don't know when that will be. I am hoping optimistically for the end of the year.

The first one to get an accounting of is our Gargamel Micro collection. This was prioritized due to a need to know exactly what we have and what we still need. I am forgetting which ones I have and having them spread out in different rooms is not helping. So I am busy counting and processing photos and then I'll have them up on our Flickr.

I would also like to think that what I am doing will also help other collectors to see which ones have been made and to figure out what they are still missing but please do not take my photos and re-publish them without permission. Have the decency to link back to me at least.

I'll be checking out my other Gargamel toys to see which ones still require organization. One step at a time and I started with the easiest first. The Micros!

Writing on the wall...

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There is no other word to describe how it felt as we looked around our fourth room where the majority of our toys are located. After geeking out at SDCC and seeing what we brought back and looking at what we have on our shelves, Nate has reached the point of just wanting to sell the dunnys. All of them.

I've been holding him back as I think about all the effort we put into these toys. But if that's what's holding me back, just thinking about the effort, then I know that effort is not a good enough reason to keep something if there is no love for it.

We collect intensely, and our collection has to have that same intensity that we feel for our toys. This isn't easy to even contemplate. I know I spoke about our changing tastes constantly but actually having the guts to go through and sell what we searched so hard for at times is HARD.

We're collectors! We collect and letting go is not easy. I think talking about it helps me focus on what I need to do. Nate can make this decision easier than I can. I so drag my feet about this and I know I try his patience by my indecisiveness but once I start rolling down the hill, so to speak, I tend to go all the way. I just have to feel right about it. I have to feel that I am ready to say goodbye.

So is this the first step to saying goodbye? Maybe. I hope so. I mean I suppose it is.

Nate's off this weekend. I think this will be time our proverbial Fire Sale will commence.