I'll go first.
Pencils.
This is an actual photo of actual pencils that are actually in my house right now. It's a lot of pencils, right? Write!
I do still use pencils, so it might seem extreme, even though those are a lot of pencils, to state I should NEVER buy more pencils.
However, you should know:
I have at least three more unopened packs of pencils.
I have at least three more cups full of (okay, a mixture of pens and) pencils.
I have pencils in my car.
I have pencils in my purse.*
I have pencils in my computer bag.
I have pencils in drawers in the kitchen, in the living room, and in the bathroom (don't ask).
I have pencils in boxes in the basement.
I have a plethora of pencils. I have plenty** of pencils.
It is difficult for me to imagine using up all the pencils that I currently I have.
So I will not buy any more pencils.
I will, however, continue to pick up the perfectly good pencils that are left on the floors of the halls of the schools where I teach.
Waste not, want not.
*I always have at least six pencils in my purse. Unless I need a pencil. Then I have zero pencils in my purse. I do not understand this. It is always the same: zero OR more than six, with the determining factor being: do I need a pencil?
**I would like to point out that this plentiful plethora of pencils is only counting the standard pencils. Color pencils are a completely different category, and the jury is still out on whether I should allow myself to purchase more.
