Pickles & Dimes

Last weekend I decided it was time to go through our DVD collection and thin the herd. I counted 211 DVDs and with Shauna’s help, was going to take a long, hard look at all of them and only keep the ones that we REALLY needed, or ones that had a chance of being watched multiple times. After a half-hour of soul searching, we were able to part with 19 DVDs. We not only got rid of ones that we wouldn’t be watching again, but ones that had never been viewed - or opened for that matter. Did I really need a 3-disc set of “Blind Date” episodes? No. Did I really need my “Girls Gone Wild” DVD anymore? Maybe. But under the watchful eye of my fiance, I decided to part with it.

The 192 DVDs that are left don’t include the multiple disc sets, like every season available of “Seinfeld,” “King of Queens,” “Scrubs” and “NewsRadio.” Along with the entire series of “Friends” and Shauna’s favorite: “X-Files.” We will, slowly, watch all of those. Of all the movies I kept, some may not be viewed again (”Drawing Flies” and “Vulgar”) but I bought them, so I’m keeping them. Plus, I’m proud of myself for being able to part with 19 of them.

Do I go through my 700 CDs next? Ha, ha, ha… NEVER!!