My Monopoly® Page

When I was a kid I played Monopoly® with some of the kids in the neighborhood.  Later I bought my own set (a now well worn 50th anniversary edition) with my own money! (quite a feat for a twelve-year-old)  I am so proud of that set.  I wanted the one in the tin but I didn't have enough money so I bought the one in the cardboard box.  I now have a tin thanks to my wonderful in-laws!

The best games I ever played were with my friend Maria in the backyard of my parents house.  We made up our own rules and I added a ton of money to the game to accommodate inflation :)  I always loved the game although I really didn't have many friends to play with so I ended up playing alone a lot and using my teddy bears as opponents.  

After a while I forgot about playing games and it wasn't until I met my husband that I rekindled my love of Monopoly®  It started innocently enough with a new game for Christmas.  Then I got a Monopoly® watch.  Next came the sweatshirt and some Rich Uncle Pennybags earrings (I will never understand the switch to "Mr. Monopoly")  I was hooked!  I have spent the last couple of years trying to seriously augment my collection and now I am dedicating this space to it.  Affectionately dubbed "the shrine" in our old house, we are expanding the collection and dedicating a room in our new house to it.  (As I've unpacked it seems I may overflow even this bigger space *eek*)

This will probably be a work in progress for a very long time as I am not the best at web page making or digital photo taking but I will try my best :) My most prized pieces are the Department 56 houses that my husband's parents gave me for our anniversary last year.

P.S.  Those nice people at Hasbro are the true Monopoly® trademark owners and I would never propose that I am so brilliant or creative to have come up with any of their stuff!  This is just my way of telling the world how much I love Monopoly®