For some bizarre reason, my grandmother decided I 
collected china dolls when I was about 7 or so.  
So every birthday, christmas, etc. I would get a 
china doll.  ^^;;

And when beanie babies were popular people would 
just seem to give them to me!  At work I got 
about 20 or so from different people.  My family 
& friends would see them & think "wow, Anna would 
love that" & get me them.  I bought about 5 of 
actual beanie myself FOR myself - all cats.  The 
rest were all gifts.  SCARY gifts. :)  Some of 
those beanies were UGLY.  But I have over 2 boxes 
of the darn things.

ugh...