I cannot believe how fast last month came and went. A large part of my disbelieve stems from long work hours and a weekend trip to Ohio, which both ate into an already shortened month. Decluttering took a back burner...but it was not too late! With my work hours back to normal and a full week + weekend, I overcame procrastination and purged my belongings.
I broughtvery little more than I realized into the house last month.
The short of it (Long of it at the end of the post, for records) - Out & In:
Next weekend we hope to tackle our bedroom and the upstairs bathroom. Remaining on the list: The upstairs closet, known as the Angel Closet, the living room, dining room, kitchen, downstairs bathroom, coat closet, basement, garage....oh goodness. I also have to go through 3 large tubs of clothes. Ack! But it sure feels good.
The long of it:
I bought a facial cleanser/moisturizer set (4 small sample bottles) replaced all the body spray/lotion/wash that I got for Christmas this year. I brought 8 bottles of unused body stuffs into the lab - made available to any of our students who'd like to smell like a vanilla cupcake or a pomegranate (?). I'm particular (and minimal) about what I use on my parts.
We received a gift basket while in Ohio, many of the items go straight into the donation box, bypassing the 1-in-2-out rule, such as a stress-squeeze foam boat and sailboat cheese knives (there was a nautical theme). However, the coffee mug and inkpen will stay. I donated my plastic flatware caddy (doesn't have enough slots for our flatware needs) and gave my rice cooker to a student at work who will get more use out of it than I ever did. I also tossed two pens that ran out of ink (why I kept them, I don't know).
We received a belated wedding gift-box: a set of hand crocheted dish towels, a set of dryer balls that are supposed to replace dyer sheets (I'll review these and post later), and a stylish glass vase. 3 in, 6 out: 3 pairs of jeans either donated or given to my sister, 2 pairs of sandals that Sammit never uses, and an old vase.
We used the remainder of our Macy's gift card during a sale and brought home a knife sharpener, 2 travel coffee mugs, and a microplane. I donated the grater I unsuccessfully tried to use as a microplane, a hamster wheel and water bottle (we've been holding on to them since Owen died last Christmas), a bamboo salad bowl & tossers (that I'm going to count as 3 items), a vegetable steamer basket (I like the idea of the veggie steamer, but I have other multi-purpose items that work better), and a less-than-ideally designed travel mug.
I brought
The short of it (Long of it at the end of the post, for records) - Out & In:
- 8 body spray/lotion/wash bottles > 4 skin care system bottles
- Rice cooker and flatware caddy > Coffee Mug
- 2 dried ink pens > Ink pen
- 2 pairs of shoes > Set of crocheted dish towels
- 2 pairs of jeans > Set of reusable wool dryer balls
- Pair of jeans + glass vase > New (gifted) glass vase
- Hamster bottle + wheel > Knife Sharpener
- Hand-held grater + steamer basket > Mircoplane
- Bamboo Salad bowl + Utensils (2) + Travel mug > 2 reusable travel mug
Next weekend we hope to tackle our bedroom and the upstairs bathroom. Remaining on the list: The upstairs closet, known as the Angel Closet, the living room, dining room, kitchen, downstairs bathroom, coat closet, basement, garage....oh goodness. I also have to go through 3 large tubs of clothes. Ack! But it sure feels good.
The long of it:
I bought a facial cleanser/moisturizer set (4 small sample bottles) replaced all the body spray/lotion/wash that I got for Christmas this year. I brought 8 bottles of unused body stuffs into the lab - made available to any of our students who'd like to smell like a vanilla cupcake or a pomegranate (?). I'm particular (and minimal) about what I use on my parts.
We received a gift basket while in Ohio, many of the items go straight into the donation box, bypassing the 1-in-2-out rule, such as a stress-squeeze foam boat and sailboat cheese knives (there was a nautical theme). However, the coffee mug and inkpen will stay. I donated my plastic flatware caddy (doesn't have enough slots for our flatware needs) and gave my rice cooker to a student at work who will get more use out of it than I ever did. I also tossed two pens that ran out of ink (why I kept them, I don't know).
We received a belated wedding gift-box: a set of hand crocheted dish towels, a set of dryer balls that are supposed to replace dyer sheets (I'll review these and post later), and a stylish glass vase. 3 in, 6 out: 3 pairs of jeans either donated or given to my sister, 2 pairs of sandals that Sammit never uses, and an old vase.
We used the remainder of our Macy's gift card during a sale and brought home a knife sharpener, 2 travel coffee mugs, and a microplane. I donated the grater I unsuccessfully tried to use as a microplane, a hamster wheel and water bottle (we've been holding on to them since Owen died last Christmas), a bamboo salad bowl & tossers (that I'm going to count as 3 items), a vegetable steamer basket (I like the idea of the veggie steamer, but I have other multi-purpose items that work better), and a less-than-ideally designed travel mug.
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