We always jokeingly called my Mom a packrat. Little did we know. When she passed, my sister and I had the task of cleaning out her house. There were 9 huge leaf bags of containers alone. You know, cottage cheese, margaine, cool whip. We also discovered every Christmas card that they had recieved since 1954! They owned a business so you can imagine how many of them there were. Her house was always clean, but the basement was full. She also had enough toilet paper, kleenex and paper toweling to last for a year at least. But I think that some of this came from growing up so poor during the depression. She also never threw away a button or rubber band. A lot of people her age horded things. She also had a stash of money. She often told me that she was never going to be completly broke again.