So: I work fully time, and have been with the place I'm at for may years. I'm a mom as well but my son, though awesome, isn't into ponies. He still will put up with me checking store inventory sometimes, as long as he gets a chance to look at his own stuff too, lol.
As for me as a collector: I grew up with G1 but didn't get back into mlp until G3.
I'm a sporadic collector, or maybe I'm just over picky. My fav ponies tend to be the art ponies or those with mostly the cool colors (mostly meaning blue and purple but green is good) or black.
I came to the Arena looking for info to help with tracking down the blind bags. But, generally I have to squeeze in this kind of recreational stuff so I don't often post much but read more instead.
I think that's all the highlights...