(Buffalo, MO) -- Why do people collect things? Some do it to rekindle childhood memories. Others do it as a way to sock their savings into something tangible.

Whatever the reason, we've featured lots of collectors through the years on Oliver's Ozarks. And now another.

She's a banker in Buffalo who's amassed a sweet piece of pop culture. It's a collection many seek and others just eat.

Georgia Hale stays busy crunching numbers. She's the Assistant Vice President of a Buffalo bank.

"Banks pay people with titles in lieu of salary," jokes Hale.

But it's not all work and no play for Hale. One look at the walls in her office will prove it.

"I like to say I was accumulating before I knew I was collecting," says Hale.

Hale has about 4,000 different PEZ candy dispensers lined up on the walls of her office.  

Back in the early 1990's, Hale would buy the candy for her son. He didn't have much interest in the dispensers, but mom did. Soon, she was trying to get her hands on everything PEZ. From the Simpson's and Smurfs, to clowns and cartoon characters.

"And once you get them lined up you're hooked," says Hale.

PEZ candy comes from Austria. Introduced back in 1927, it was originally a mint meant to mask the breath of smokers. It wasn't until the early 1950's that the company started putting character heads on the product. Mickey Mouse and Santa were among the first. Today, collectors like Hale clamor to get their hands on relics that many people just threw away.

"You know they were kid's toys. They were sold for 19 cents. And kids chewed on them, stepped on them. Parents threw them in a toy box; they got sold at garage sales or thrown away. They're gone," says Hale.

She has some rare finds on the walls of her office. One is a baseball, home plate and bat set that would've come in a vending machine years ago. And even though they're small, some PEZ pieces are pricey.

"I can say I paid $200, but don't tell my husband," says Hale.

While Hale admits she's slowing down in her pursuit of PEZ, she hopes her collection will continue to bring happiness to others, like it's done for her.

"If you sit at my desk, and you're having a bad day, look at the wall. They'll make you smile," says Hale.

Hale actually goes to PEZ collector conventions in Kansas City and St. Louis where others like her get together to swap dispensers and share stories. She says bank customers marvel at her collection. And in fact, one 6-year-old boy liked her collection so much, that's he started his own.