I guess I don't feel too bad now, but I still have one whole large drawer of large cooking utensils, some mine some my grandmother's,, even after I gave a bunch of them away to a charity, and another full of both my silverware and my grandmother's. I have about 3 sets of measuring cups and spoons, 2 plastic which I want to get rid of, and one stainless which I adore and want more of. I bought new dishes and husband bought me a set of glasses, but I keep the old for every day, even though the new ones aren't a formal set and we almost never, ever entertain.
I don't go in so much for the electrical gadgets but I still haven't much used my stand mixer. I've just been so used to not having one all these years. It is nice for making bread and I couldn't have done the danish without it really.
I just love to stand in the middle of a kitchen store or the kitchen department of a store and ooh and aaah. I want to buy things but the two things that restrain me are the size of my kitchen and the lack of expendable income since individually my husband and I each make a salary at or very near poverty level.
But he still feels I bring home too many kitchen things and I do, but they're the small things, stray custard cups, measuring cups, and usually second hand from thrift stores. At any rate, my kitchen is totally full and that's why he's building me a small hutch. LOL
He did drive me an hour north of here yesterday morning to buy a small portable dishwasher that was almost new and sells for between $250 and $300 depending on where you buy it. But it was only $80 on craigslist. :o