68. This little broom we had that we had no use for - into trash
69. a child's lip gloss I shouldn't have bought my daughter - she's forgotten about it, so I snuck it also into the trash
70. Returned a magazine that belonged to a friend's son
68. This little broom we had that we had no use for - into trash
69. a child's lip gloss I shouldn't have bought my daughter - she's forgotten about it, so I snuck it also into the trash
70. Returned a magazine that belonged to a friend's son
96. a chapstick I didn't like to the trash
97. wore a jacket yesterday to double check if I wanted to keep or give, it's going to thriftshop
98-100 3 paperweights to antique/flea market
101. clock to antique/flea
Woo! Hoo! one month done.
Float On: My "Happy Place" is on my little kayak in the coves of Table Rock Lake.
Congratulations, Float On!
71. Into the trash: a sweater that got 3 holes in it from the GENTLE cycle of the washing machine
72. Into the trash: my old bedside table which had one broken drawer. I initially put it out on the curb, but there were no takers, so now it's in the trash.
73. Returned a sweater I bought that I didn't love enough to keep.
74. Passed on a DVD to a friend
75 -98. Dropped off 24 items (old toys, old clothes, old books) to Good will.
Almost there!
It's the end of January already. I'm enjoying the extra space created by this purge challenge.
Amount of stuff gone:
- 35 pounds of paper recycled
- 46 books given away or sent to used-book shop
- 19 pcs. clothing
- 12 pcs. useless non-recyclable items to waste bin.
Total of 112 things... I didn't count the individual sheets of paper.
Good job Wren! Space is great, I agree.
(Looking forward to February's lists)
Float On: My "Happy Place" is on my little kayak in the coves of Table Rock Lake.
Ok net total is 12 less things this month (I'm keeping a running total for the year).
28 things gone, but amazingly enough 16 things acquired (I included individually some folders I bought individually to hold tax info. And yes a new salad spinner was among the things included - and the old melted salad spinner not yet subtracted as I think I can maybe take it for recycling). Yes, I always do pessimistic (in I.T. terms) or conservative (in accounting terms) accounting, it's a pretty strong habit of mine (ie the count which is least favorable to me - that is counting some stupid folders even). Of course I don't count perishables (I'm not counting food or laundry detergent or aspirin or something). But I'm not trying for an set amount or anything anyway.
Oh I've thought of limiting things I buy for the house, to 1 a month at most (I had a brief blanket and towel obsession for a few months so that's kind of getting carried away is what I'm trying to limit). No limit on books (I have my vices) nor clothes (this isn't even a vice, it's more that I tend to procrastinate buying clothes till the point I'm wearing rags - I'm already too extreme in the other direction, I don't need to perfect the homeless bag lady look anymore than I already do!) I may include shoes in that household category, I do have enough of those.
Trees don't grow on money
So there were another 34 articles of clothing to be donated. My total for January was 206.
To finish recording for January-
previous subtotal: 67
2 - wicker baskets to my daughter
1- plastic bin with lid to my daughter
26 - my collection of alphabet books, to the kindergarten teachers at my school
2 - phone books to recycling bin
3 - books to the library at church
Total: 101: One hundred, plus one, for the first month of the year.
On to begin February this afternoon, goal is 102!
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