Originally Posted by
burchquilts
I hoard empty boxes. Everybody gives me grief about it. Until they need to wrap a gift or send something thru the mail. Then suddenly I'm a genius.
Finally!!! Someone who "collects" boxes. I just have this overwhelming urge to keep a box that looks stable and usable for mailing, putting things in for storage. I don't just confine this to things coming in the house or through the grocery store. I do it when I'm out and about. I travel from school to school for my job. The cafeterias are always putting out good boxes. I take the oddest routes into the school just so I can pass by the cafeteria! Then there's the teacher's work room. There's wonderful Home Depot & copy paper boxes.
One day I found a couple of great copy paper boxes at a school. I didn't want to carry them with me to see my students, I just hurried outside and put it on the hood of my car. I figured that being on the hood, it would keep people from taking it. Well, I come outside after I finish and the two boxes are gone!!! Who would do a dirty thing like that?
I have finally imposed a limit on how many boxes I can have in the garage. If they can fold down, there's no limit because they really don't take up space. I have a very large box in the garage. I limit myself to just filling that box with boxes and no more! You should see how I meticulously put boxes inside boxes to make more room for boxes!