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I've been meaning to post here, as I was going to go through the house and pick out 100 things to discard this month, BUT now I almost feel like I've cheated! :)
I'm changing jobs, which means I can let go of a whole bunch of books and teaching materials. So, 16 books sold to Half Price Books ($49); 28 books donated to the elementary school library; and 38 math and science books, a box of misc math materials (I'll count as 10), box of misc. science realia (I'll count as 10), a bag of balls (8), and 8 hula hoops to a friend who is going into teaching math and science! Total: 118
Whoo-Hoo!! Freed up a whole bookcase, and a whole shelf in the storage closet, not to mention those balls and hoops that were forever falling all over every where.
Next month I'll take a box around the house for (another) 100 items.
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That's not cheating in my book, you could just as easily have turned your head and stuffed it all back in that closet, but you didn't. Wishing you the best on the new job!
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27 a hand mixer I've never liked....but I bought one to replace it so that doesn't really count
26 go back one space (this is feeling like a board game) I finally bought an electric tea kettle and I love it
26-27 two winter coats
28-30 son #2 giving up a couple of blazers
31-35 several old blow up air mattresses that were patched beyond repair and wouldn't hold air. I'm not sure why I had them stuffed under my bed for 2 years. I think I thought I'd use them as pond liner cushions if I expanded my pond.
I can't remember if I counted this in August or September but I finally met up with the artist buying our art show tent earlier this month, she was passing through our area on her way from MI to TX. Made $600.
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After spending yesterday with DD, I brought home from her house a huge rubbermaid container and several bags of things she had sorted for throwing away. I set about 1/2 aside for donation, kept a few for resale, and threw out the nasty stuff. I don't think I should count this towards my 100 items but starting next month, I will keep better track. DH and I are committed to cleaning out the basement this winter and maybe having a count will help him stay focused. If nothing else, it makes me see that we are making progress.
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My DH likes the count, actually. He just listed two storm windows for free on CL after getting no bites to sell them and he told me that then I could add two items to my count.
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43-50 misc. old hair ties and expired medicine and female supplies I don't need anymore to trash.
I actually took the previous stuff I counted and dropped them off at Deseret Industries on the way home yesterday, so they are gone, gone.
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I have been keeping a separate list because one of my New Year's resolutions was to get rid of 365 things this year. I made that goal in the summer, so now I'm aiming for 500. I know that doesn't seem like much, but I have serious clutter issues, so it's a big deal for me.
The total number of things I've gotten rid of in October is 42. 38 of those were old clothes of mine and my daughter's that I took to the thrift store.
I did pack up a bunch more to divide up between the consignment shop, the thrift store, and some relatives who have a daughter a year younger, but may not actually get that stuff out the door until next month because work is busy right now.
In any case, my total for far for the year is 464, so I'm hopeful I can maybe even reach 600 by December 31st.
The counting REALLY helps me, as does reading all of your posts. Thanks for the inspiration!
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#43. Threw an old, stained bathroom in the the trash. I did replace it, but I'm counting it anyway.
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2 storm windows given away
1 calculator to garbage
1 scale to garbage
1 item to garbage that DH threw out but I forgot what it was, tee hee
3 dishwashing items to garbage
Lots of food used up, but I won't count that here, even though it feels good.
TOTAL = 26!!!!
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I sold 82 book to half price books yesterday for $30. My count is at 128.
In the interest of full disclosure, I actually bought some new to me books at the library used book sales this month, but I still had a large net out flow of books. Plus I have more books set aside to sell today. It seems like most of the books I bought new end up available at the library book sales sooner or later, so I really try to only buy books there now when I can get stuff for a $1 a book or less or maybe even $5 a bag. Between buying books at the library sales and selling them at the used book store, this month I will actually make a small profit on my book collecting hobby.
