VTech Winnie the Pooh learning cell phone — With the original voices of Winnie the Pooh and his friends as well as exciting educational games — For children aged 9-36 months

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Her mom managed to retrieve him thankfully, but Deb jokes her life today would probably be very different had she lost him and moved on to a different soft toy. There have been many Pooh costumes over the years, with characters in Disneyland and other places, but it was the 1980s version that had been used in the Sears department store children’s department that she had her heart set on. I actually had an extra one,” she said. “So, I was able to send it to him and that's how he asked her to marry him. He actually had the ring with the Winnie the Pooh and he gave them both to her.”

She said: “My father worked second shift and so he would come home around 10 in the evening. I knew when he was coming home, apparently, and so I would always get up and tell my mom I had to go potty so I’d be up to see him. Winnie the Pooh is a classic children's character who has become a beloved icon worldwide. Created by author A.A. Milne, the character first appeared in the book "Winnie-the-Pooh" in 1926, and has since appeared in numerous stories, films, TV shows, and other media. Pooh is a friendly, lovable bear who lives in the Hundred Acre Wood along with his friends Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, Rabbit, Kanga, Roo, and Owl. He is known for his love of honey, his simplistic yet wise outlook on life, and his unwavering loyalty to his friends. Winnie the Pooh's stories are timeless classics that have captured the hearts of generations of children and adults alike. The character has become a cultural icon, representing childhood innocence, wonder, and imagination. With his gentle humour and timeless wisdom, Winnie the Pooh continues to inspire and delight people around the world. Hopefully the message that I give to people in the book is that when you set your mind to something and you go with it and have fun, who knows where it’s going to take you. As every item in her collection has to be unique, Deb will go through the things to search for duplicates. Deb says the reason most often is that people are downsizing and don’t have room for their collections any more.

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Milne’s character was based on a real-life bear who lived in London Zoo, who got there thanks to Canadian soldier Harry Colebourn.

It took her nine years to finally get her hands on it but once she did, she also fulfilled her dream of playing Winnie the Pooh at Sears. Before I knew it, I was collecting Winnie the Pooh again, it kind of just happened by accident,” Deb said. He was so tattered even when I was little that my mom had to sew a separate fur skin for him, so it’s kind of like a Pooh within a Pooh, but it’s tattered again,” Deb said.Deb says that her collection is constantly growing as about once a month, other collectors who are ready to leave their items behind will pass them on to her.

Deb has been supported in her endeavour by her husband, who often goes hunting around different stores with her to find new items. As she got older, like most children, Deb grew out of her teddy bears, but still held on to the eight or so Pooh Bears she had.She managed to find three of the six in the store, and another treasure hunt ensued to find the remaining three. Her collecting journey actually began with novelty telephones when she was 22 and married to husband Gary. I had a habit of sleeping on him when I was little so he’s kind of squished, and you wouldn’t recognize him without his red shirt on, but I love him and he’s still with us.” She explained that when she goes to “the big honeypot in the sky” she’ll be donating the entire collection to a museum in Canada to honour the character’s roots. Deb’s collection has become so much more than just having the items, she says she’s collecting memories.