Name: Spiff
How much do you think you'll get rid of: I'll say 50!
Why are you doing this: To have a clean space
How do you think you'll feel after getting rid of things: Awesome!
What things are you getting rid of first: Paper!
Gone:
1) Boxes! Four gone so far: one filled with paper & odds and ends, one empty copier paper box, one file box filled with things I have for trade/sale (items moved to a dresser drawer), and one very odd storage box I used to think was cool. Storage box is being donated, cardboard boxes are being recycled.
2) Tiaras! Haha, I had a bunch of weird items that came with some ponies I bought. Two tiaras, children's sunglasses, a little doll, etc. Donating to thrift store.
3) Two reusable shopping bags - got them yesterday from a thrift store instead of plastic bags for my purchases. Re-donating.
4) McDonald's Monopoly codes entered online & thrown away (I had a nice pile started...)
5) Coke bottle caps - codes entered online & recycled (another nice pile I had started...)
6) Magazines! Latest issues of three fashion magazines are being donated.
7) Sold TWO ponies on eBay! Every little bit helps!
8) Package of stick-on reflectors - purchased at thrift store, but not what I expected. Re-donating!
9) Eleven books of checks (they were free! lol) Don't write checks, to the shredder!
10) Three Marvel pins I got as a promo at Wizard World
...I've ventured into the bathroom!
11) A mostly empty bag of Epsom salts
12) Two unused sponges (going to repurpose them for the two CaM Design Labs I'm trying to sell/trade)!
13) Six partial bottles of hand sanitizer (condensed into two)
14) A mostly empty bottle of Veet
15) Almost new bottles of Shampoo & conditioner a family member gave me. Donating!
16) Two sample-sized spray bottles with hair gel
17) Nearly empty bottle of Odor Eaters Foot Powder (...when did I last use this? Oh, yeah, like two years ago)
18) A warehouse size Tampax Box (only a few left in there; fit in my cosmetic bag)!
19) Nearly empty bottle of soap
20) Crustly looking contact lens case (where did it come from?)
21) Pledge Multi-surface wipes - only a few left, cleaned the mirror!
Found:
1) Rechargable batteries! Looking for the charger...
2) Printer paper! A stack 2 inches high - yay!
3) Lab order from my doctor for bloodwork (I thought it was in my day planner! Whoops!)
4) A really nice Burberry box that's now used to keep my magazines in order
5) Post-it note pad!
6) TRU savings card to add to my keyring
7) Sports Authority savings card to add to my keyring
8) Almost new bottle of contact lens solution (I thought I had to buy more! Saved some $ today!)
UPDATE 8/9/2013
Oh no, oh no! I ADDED more stuff! Okay, so it all started with getting the mail. I got a Twinkleshine from MustBeJewel (yay!) and a box of dog toys and treats from Kong (totally unexpected, will post more in another thread)
THEN I went to the thrift store and found PONIES! Oh, woe is me
Added to my collection are Princess Cadence and Twilight Sparkle. I also have some temporary residents (Sunny Rays, Pinkie Pie, a big ole G3.5 Playset, and a bag of unidentified robot toy things...zoids? I dunno...)
The good news: The ponies were in two baggies at the store. Three in one baggie with a bunch of other junk, one in another bag of junk. I asked the cashier if it would be okay if I only took what I wanted, after I paid in full of course, and re-donated the junk. She was cool about it and saved me from 1) bringing more junk home 2) saving me from having to re-donate at a later date.
UPDATE 8/16/13
I've been...sluggish...about cleaning. Back at it again today!
GONE:
22) Pile of beauty magazines (recent issues of Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar, etc. 5 total, but so heavy!)
23) Clinique makeup bag
24) 10 lithographs that were freebies at Wizard World
25) Two comic books that were freebies at Wizard World
26) Big 'old book about Zombies
27) Bottle of Nivea body lotion (going back to Target, this stuff STINKS)
28) Second bottle of Nivea body lotion was almost gone - slaped the remainder on my legs and threw the bottle out!
29) Venus razor shower caddy-thing.
30) Filter for old vacuum - I had washed it out three months ago and in the meanwhile bought a new vacuum
31) 4 partial bottles of cleaning stuff: bottle/can of Barkeeper's Friend, a small jug of Mr. Clean, 1 gal, & 1.5 gal bottles of Clorox. That stuff was taking up a lot of room & I had no idea both bottles of Clorox were partials!
32) Swiffer-like broom from a Woolite Carpet Cleaning Kit (which DIDN'T work, oh by the way)
This doesn't count, but I rarely drink coffee. I'm boxing up my Mr. Coffee, Mrs. Tea, and all the little doodads including an old school stovetop percolator. It's going to save SO much room on my kitchen counter! Leaving out a french press. The 'lil french press does it all anyway!
UPDATE 8/19/13
Slooooow movin' on the cleanin' Maybe packing away that coffee stuff wasn't a good idea...
33) Box of Perler Bead pegboards (there are like 15 in there!)
UPDATE 8/21/13
Here I go again!
34) Mrs. Tea automatic teapot - SUCH a hard decison! I love this thing, they're no longer being produced, makes really good tea...but I can make GREAT tea with my Frenchpress without cluttering my kitchen. Listed on Amazon!
35) Mr. Coffee, you're going the way of Mrs. Tea...except you're on your way to the thrift store!
36) I sold some stuff! Got rid of three packages, including a second second-hand Mrs. Tea, lol
37) Cleaned out the tea/coffee drawer - got rid of a bunch of K-Cups (I don't even own a Keurig!), coffee filters, two cans of old icky generic coffee, and some stale loose tea.
...cleaned the fridge and it looks like there was almost nothing to get rid of! How awesome is that? So I moved on to a cupboard and noticed that I had THREE bottles of balsamic vinegar. Two brand new, never opened...and one NEARLY empty bottle (like 2 oz left, LOL)...
38) Fridge/Kitchen cabinets: Bag of Baby Spinach I forgot about that went bad (eep, I keep doing that!) & nearly empty bottle of balsamic vinegar.
UPDATE 9/3/2013
Less than a month left! I haven't been feeling my best, so cleaning has fallen by the wayside. Still feeling horrible, but as long as I can sit for a few minutes, I can clean out a drawer!
39) The Game of Life in a Collector's Tin (oh, I love this game, but I have no one to play with...womp womp. My $1 thrift store find is going back to the thrift store!)
40) A box! I had a large box for Christmas cards. Combined them with my "All Purpose" greeting cards. Gave the box to my mom (it's too purdy & has 1,000+ uses! I <3 boxes)
UPDATE 9/27/2013
Wow! I was up to 40?! This is going to be easy-peasy! Okay, so I did lose track of what I've gotten rid of. I mean, I've been thrifting, buying on eBay, trading, etc. HOWEVER, I know I have less stuff than I did since my last update. How do I know? One of my two sales bins is EMPTY! Yay! Plus, another bin (maybe I should say drawer? It's an organization unit-thing...anyway...) is nearly empty because that's where I was storing my bubble wrap/envelopes.
I am at it again today!
41) Cardboard! I was kinda-sorta hoarding cardboard boxes for mailing bigger items. What I did was figure out what I have to sell/trade and put them in boxes now. All the spare boxes are outta here!
42)...working on this right now!
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