and I am a pin-o-holic.
My story is to blame the CT Contingent for my recent obsession with pin collecting. No, really, it kinda started on our trip to WDW in 11/2000. I purchased a few pins for my daughter at the time as souvenirs, not knowing what I was getting into or setting myself up for, I would say about 15. I had originally framed them, thinking I would collect pins from the 4 parks surrounding a picture of our family visiting that park, harmless. I had 4 frames on the wall with 3 or so pins in each frame. I would buy pins each time we visited. Then I had an idea, I would only purchased framed pin sets, that would be harmless too, and only anniversary ones at that. 12 sets later, and 19 snow globes (another habit I picked up along the way) I saw a post while passing through the collectors board that read a meet was happening at our local mall. I thought it would nice to meet other DIS'ers. I told my wife about it and off we went. We met Cynthia and Dom...Peggie and Leslie, I couldn't believe the amount of pins they each had. I told my wife, I would never be like THOSE people. That's crazy. All the money they are spending on pins. Then a few of the folks had extra pins, from recent trips to WDW, for sale...WOW, some of those would be good for my empty frames I said. Still harmless, right? eBay, what's this? I can by pins here too? Well just one won't hurt....The rest is history. I have almost 200 pins, still relatively small compared to many of your collections but that was my beginning, 3 months ago. I am now one of THOSE people.
My name is Mario and I have been married to my wife Annette for 15 years this October. We have one daughter, my pride and joy, Nicole. I work as a transportation planner for a metropolitan planning organization in Connecticut. I cannot get enough of anything and everything Disney. We made our first visit to WDW in 1998 and we became hooked at that time. I never had visited WDW as a child. As I mentioned earlier, I collect framed sets as well as snow globes and now pins. I collect Walt and movie poster pins, and a few mystery pins too. You can check out my website for pins and globes at
EPSON PHOTO CENTER and type
dolphin01@snet.net in the VISIT ALBUMS section. You can see pictures of my daughter at
NICOLE'S SITE and I also have a Coronado Springs Resort page listed there at the bottom. I am listed as buzz2001 under pinpics if anyone has a possible trade to make.
Out of all the boards I visit on DIS, the collectors board seems to me to be the closest group of them all, willing to help out each other all the time. I'm glad to be a part of it now that Michael has officially given me my coat of arms.
Thanks everyone!
ps - thanks to one of Laureen's other threads, I forgot I also collect the Disney x-mas ornaments. The one's in the leather-bound look-a-like book. I DO need help!
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