Tickled Pink

Some call it a fondness of the color pink, some might consider it a hobby (collecting anything that is pink in color). Ask my husband, or my friends, and they will probably say it's grown into an obsession to own anything that is pink! LOL

I was always a "girly-girl" when I was younger, but I did not have a passion for the color pink like I have now.

In my teen years I collected unicorns, in my 20's I collected boyfriends (giggle), in my 30's I tried to recapture my youth, and started collecting Barbies (maybe that's where the pink started?), with the sole intent to pass them along to a daughter one day, a daughter whom I never got. Then in my 40's, what may have started out as a fondness for pink, has turned into an all out struggle to capture anything pink, so I can have it for myself! I swear, if I could figure out a way, our bunny and cat would be pink too! You think I'm kidding……? :-)

When shopping for a wedding dress 6 years ago, of course the dress that caught my eye was pink. I didn't seriously set out to buy it, I noticed it, and remarked on how beautiful it was. It was the salesgirl's insistence that I try it on! She insisted so badly, it was the FIRST dress I tired on that day, just to make her happy! Of literally a dozen dresses that made it into the fitting room, only one came out on my body, yup, you guessed it, the pink one! I twirled in front of the mirror, and blushed, I did look good in that dress! But then the girl placed a rhinestone tiara on my head, and suddenly I was Cinderella. My friend Carol was with me, and when the tiara went on, the tears came out…yup, this was the dress!

Advance in time 3 years. My sweet husband let me turn a spare bedroom into my very own craft/sewing room! He drew the line at painting the walls pink, but anything else was fair game! So, I used pink as my inspiration. Now I find myself shopping for items, just for the color! The knick knacks on the shelves, the stapler and office supplies, the framed artwork on the walls, the clock, fuzzy pink shag rug on the floor, the switch plate covers, everything has pink in it in some form or another!

Then the obsession skyrocketed. If I see it, and it's pink, then it must be mine! A camera, a lap top, all of my computer accessories, a rockin' pink cell phone, my clothes, the roses in my garden. You name it, if it's pink, I probably have one! With the exception of my car, John draws the line there as well! And, if Apple would ever get off of their butts and make a pink ipod touch, it would be all mine! In the meantime, I am quite happy with my pink cover and of course matching headphones. :-)

Here are some pink things in my life, how many can you count?! LOL!



From left to right, my Sony Digital Reader with a pink cover and pink skin, a compact digital camera, my flamingo pink Dell computer, a small digital photo key chain, my ipod touch with a pink cover, pink external hard drive, pink LG Shine cell phone, and of course a pink mouse!

So…if you're ever stuck wondering what to get me as a gift, if it's pink, I might already have it, but a girl can't have too many pink things! Or can she…….? LOL!