Anyone find themselves collecting more than smoking?

[guado]

I have found myself to be in a rut right now. I have purchases mass quantities, traded alot recently and have hardly smoked anything lately. Partially because I am busy but it seems I enjoy seeing my beautiful cigars sitting peacefully in my humidor as if I am checking in on a baby ever so quietly to not awake them.

Between trades, gifts, and purchases I have aquired many GREAT cigars which I am itching to try but fear loving it and not finding more. I thnk I am possibly OCD with it too. I cannot stand to see a single cigar. I MUST have pairs at the least. The ones that do not have pairs get smoked first. Unless it is something rare that I cannot find easily locally.

I have found I tell myself that I am "aging" them but in reality it seems as if I have grown attached to my collection and do not want to disturb the beauty.

Help me out fellas. What can I do to break this viscous cycle?

I really need to have a Tampa area HERF or something of the like. I am still a newb to all of this so don't get me wrong. In the last few months I just went nuts buying a bigger humi(150 stick to go along with my 20 and 40 stick models) and they are all full now. My pallate is still growing and I am enjoying all that I learn but something is not right!


Thanks for listening. I just went through my humidors and tupperdors tonight and found I was saddened again that I only grabbed a cheap "yard gar" to smoke vs something that I knew I would truly enjoy.
~Eddie

[cls515]

I don't have that problem, but it sounds really nice. At the end of the day I just enjoying smoking great cigars. What are some of your favorites in your collection?

[Newfie]

Guado, I'm with ya!!

I'm just getting home from vacation and today spent another $400 US on smokes in Buffalo. I'm looking forward to putting them to sleep in one of the humis, or in the coolidor, of maybe one of the tupperdors.

Oh my good God, I'm hooked!!!

[Leeroy_Fan]

I have an easy fix. Just send everyone in the forum a few cigars each. That way you wont be so worried all the time.

[illilli]

Guado, I have been feeling the same way myself. I still keep buying cigars and I don't seem to have the time to smoke them at the pace they seem to be accumalating. However, I am sure they will get better and better and better with age. I am guessing that sometime around next year at this time, I will have some pretty tasty treats to dive into.

[thepyrofish]

I envy your problem. I smoke faster than I accumulate lately. Oh well, I got two interviews on Tuesday!

[stjohnroe]

I find that I am buying 30 - 40 cigars a month but only smoking 10 - 15, just invested in an Igloo cube cooler so I now have a lot more room beside the 2 fifty count humidors that I use for my general rotation.

I often find myself thinking "I'll save that one for a special occasion", but I try to smoke a good (premium) cigar once a week just to keep my palate active.

Anyway, at least I will have a very nice collection for when I retire (probably another 30 years) and acquire the time to enjoy them.

[Raider_Dave]

I often find myself thinking "I'll save that one for a special occasion", but I try to smoke a good (premium) cigar once a week just to keep my palate active.

Changing the subject a bit, what type of cigar do you consider a good premium cigar? Because for me, a good cigar would be one that is found at my local cigar shop, buy one that I can afford to buy a box of, like a nice Romeo y Julieta, Cuesta Rey, AVO, Arturo Fuentes, etc...and I wouldn't want to be smoking anything less than one of these. A premium smoke would be something like a nice Liberty (2004 was AMAZING, 05 was ok, 06 better), or a limited edition CAO.

Anyways, curious as to what everyone else's standards of smoking are.