August Purge

[Tybee]

I am impressed, Klunick!

I have the same problem with overbuying trying to get something right, then having a hard time getting rid of it due to sunk cost I think.
So sometimes I'll replace it, but won't get rid of the first thing--like right now, trying to fix old computer instead of just getting rid of it.

Or planners. I try a system and don't like it and then get another one but then bounce back and forth between them. It's that time of year that I have to figure out the planner for next year--just ordered a new insert that started with July. But in the meantime, tried to make the other pages work, then shelved the daily ones because they are so expensive and I feel there's not enough room for notetaking on the weekly one.

So had two going for a while and today reduced that to one. I want to get something working really well by the end of the year. The one thing I like is my cover, which lies flat so I can write easily. It's not a planner per se, but a notebook, and I really like that part, so now I am limited to ring bound inserts.

[Klunick]

I have never been a shopper until I unlocked my love of seasonal decor. I have never been one to buy clothes, shoes, purses, gadgets, etc. Don't need the latest and greatest anything. Seasonal decor is the one area I have struggled to get a hold on. Doing the major purge last month really helped but I admit, I still look online for decor. Haven't bought anything because I keep telling myself it's not needed. That seems to be working.

[Klunick]

I got rid of the torchiere floor lamp that we had in the rec room downstairs. It still worked but a piece wasn't fitting right anymore so it was wobbly if it got bumped. I did keep the lamp shade because I have two torchiere lamps upstairs in the living room that I could use the shade if something happened to the current ones.

[Klunick]

Youngest got rid of a desk and everything in it pretty much. He bought himself a new gaming desk which meant his old rickety desk had to go. We filled up almost an entire trash bag with stuff from the desk drawers. The only things he kept were his Confirmation items, some old coins, and some fossils he's found over the years. I brought the pieces of desk to my work this morning to dump in the dumpster.

[Klunick]

Couldn't wait any longer and I decorated for Fall. Ended up decluttering a wreath and three small plastic pumpkins.

[rosarugosa]

I'm still going to be enjoying summer for almost another month. I don't want to think about fall yet, other than in the context of, "that project can wait until the fall."

[Klunick]

I'm still going to be enjoying summer for almost another month. I don't want to think about fall yet, other than in the context of, "that project can wait until the fall."

Fall is my favorite but I was really anxious to decorate to see how well I did after doing that major seasonal decor declutter last month. I was happy that I ended up decluttering a bit more rather than wishing I hadn't gotten rid of something and needing it.

[rosarugosa]

Fall is my favorite but I was really anxious to decorate to see how well I did after doing that major seasonal decor declutter last month. I was happy that I ended up decluttering a bit more rather than wishing I hadn't gotten rid of something and needing it.

That was good it gave you reassurance you had hit your "sweet spot."

[Klunick]

That was good it gave you reassurance you had hit your "sweet spot."

Yes and it surprised me that I ended up getting rid of a bit more. I had thought about getting rid of the wreath when I did the major declutter but I do like having a wreath on our coffee table, so I kept it. After putting a little wagon on the table instead of the wreath, and liking it better, I had no problem getting rid of the wreath. I tried to make the three little pumpkins work on the mantle and on the coffee table but I wasn't liking it so those got decluttered too.

[iris lilies]

Tying in to Klunik’s topic, I fear the buildup of holiday decor. Our house is on the Christmas house tour this year and they sell 450 tickets. So we should have at least 300 people through our house in an afternoon. I made inquiry as to how many people would come before I planned to really ramp up decor.

I was so disappointed with the small number that came through our garden in the June garden tour, it was only about 70 people. And whileit was nice to have that event force us to mulch and clean every flower bed we have, that was a whole lot of work for just 70 people.

And then there are the Christmas tablescapes that I do every year which is another fundraiser here in town. I collect a tub full of linens for that, and the dishes are exchanged every year for something new. That isn’t really hard because I need only 4 to 6 dishes that carry out the theme, and then I pair those theme dishes with plain white, red or green and carry out the theme with doo-dahs that can be jettisoned. I love the tablescape event and each year we are supposed to come up with a new theme, and I like that challenge of that,but I do not want to collect sets of dishes for this thing.