When I say addictions I'm not talking about substance abuse.....I'm talking about Crockery abuse. Yes I'm a Crockaholic..hehe. I have a serious problem and I am here to confess. Some people love their label clothing, others shoes (which I love too), some their snow globe collection but I have a very unhealthy obsession with buying crockery, tea pots, cups, glasses, plates and Royal
Doulton crystal.
There isn't a time I don't go to a shopping centre/mall and not walk into a Homeware store of some kind. I go in just to have a look and walk out with things I probably didn't need but had to have. It doesn't help that everything is displayed nicely in colour co ordination in the windows and with a sign that most likely says 20% to 50% off. That's just temptation right there.
Recently I updated to a new dinner set, coffee cups, tea cups and pot. The dinner set I can justify as my old set had a few missing and other parts had chipped and cracked, the coffee cups I needed because again I had a few missing from the set and I hate it when I don't have an even set. Now the tea cups and pot I probably didn't need but I thought, I love drinking my tea and it wouldn't hurt to have a few reserves just in case my other one's break. Do you see my problem here? I always have an excuse hehe. Somehow things just taste better when you eat or drink out of nice crockery and glasses. When Prince William married Katherine I had a tea party complete with my finest tea set, scones and jam. I wanted to get into the spirit of it. Some of my friends think this is great, others think I'm just weird.
But that's just me. I used to have an obsession with shoes and handbags but this was before I became a mother with two kids. These days I don't go out as much and I'm mostly wearing sneakers and low healed shoes. My carry bag is the baby bag, there is no need for an extra one. So my shoe collection gathers dust and my bags are packed in storage for another time. For now I have to learn to curb my crockery addiction. Which is hard because I've just decided I need some more plates to add to my set and I just have to have it. OCD? maybe.
As I write this I'm drinking a chai latte out of my favourite mug which I recently bought and I'm the only person who is allowed to drink out of it. Do you have an obsession as bad as me? Please share I know I can't be the only one.
Here are just a few of my favourite things:
Passion creates, addiction consumes.”
― Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
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