I don’t think I have OCD but I do obsess about things.  I have had many more obsessions over the years but I will mention a few and yes a new one.

 

* I started scrapbooking years ago.  I bought scrapbooking albums and got my Girl Scout troop interested in scrapbooking.  I have done two Girl Scout Scrapbooks, one partially done one for hubby as a gift, and one family album with about 4 pages in it.  I haven’t scrapbooked in about 5 years tho I still collect supplies for when I do.  I have drawers of supplies like stickers, stampers and even bought another scrapbook album about two months ago.  But have yet to actually scrapbook or print many pictures in years.

 

* I became obsessed with making my own jewlery at one time.  I started with beads of all sorts and moved on to buying clay and making my own beads.  I haven’t touched my supplies in about 3 years. 

 

*   I became obsessed with computers when I got my first one about 14 years ago.  I wanted to learn and know everything about them.  I taught myself html and wound up enrolling in college to learn even more.  I thought I was going to work with computers one day.  I had to quit going to school for other reasons but never went back and stopped obessing about computers.  Of coarse I blog, facebook, etc but I don’t study them nor care to anymore.  My geek status is in the toilet.

 

* When my husband was in the military he was stationed in Savannah, GA.  I had always wished we never left and missed the south.   Now and then I would mention wanting to move back one day but it wasn’t until we went on vacation an hour from Savannah that i became obsessed with it.  We have vacationed there every year since and my need to move there becomes a bigger obsession each year.  I don’t think that will ever die until I do move there.

 

* My newest obsession is painting.  A friend of mine and I came up with the idea to paint to let out some creativity and boredom.  I had never painted before and researched the net for some inspiration.  I came up with the idea to print out theme words and pick them out to use in each piece.  The first one I used was “smoking”.  I used actual cigarette pieces in my finished painting.

I have made a total of two craft store shopping trips in a week and spent over $100 on my new obsession.  I think I needed a creative outlet but I hope this one lasts. 

 

Is it a form of OCD?  I do get pretty crazy and obsess about having enough supplies.  I notice I especially get obessed with creative outlets but never keep up with them for some reason.