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Post by PaperGrace on Jun 5, 2016 21:20:35 GMT -5
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Post by ohblondie on Jun 6, 2016 6:43:57 GMT -5
Oh my - I totally forgot I can count items from my work desk purge. Off we go!
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Post by mouseanne on Jun 6, 2016 10:53:59 GMT -5
Previous 5/22 566
361 recycle +27 013 give 035 donate +10-6 pillowcases, melon cutter, books 186 trash 006 personal 022 used up 623 6/7
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Post by Rory on Jun 6, 2016 13:46:26 GMT -5
One old rusty roasting tin which would be very useful and I couldn't bear to part with it and I could still retrieve it from the rubbish which won't be collected until tomorrow morning.
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Post by Rory on Jun 6, 2016 14:56:53 GMT -5
So following the examples and support here (thank you everyone) I've gone further and out went, one big sauce pan that I used for pasta and which had a handle which is about to break (think five liters of boiling water over me), a small stainless steel pan which is useless as the metal is so thin, another bigger roasting tray which is rusting away, and well not yet but the pyrex measuring jug with the chipped spout really does need to go. Watch this space!
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Post by Rory on Jun 7, 2016 9:44:32 GMT -5
"the pyrex measuring jug with the chipped spout really does need to go" and it did (not all by itself) this morning. The refuse collectors came, and did, and that rubbish has gone.
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Post by TwinkleToes on Jun 14, 2016 6:04:26 GMT -5
Way to go, Rory!
Items carried forward = 142
1 ill fitting sweatshirt 1 ink pen that didn't work for crap
Total items= 144
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Post by ccd on Jun 14, 2016 16:19:36 GMT -5
--shirt that needs mending AND is too small --cute little brass mouse whose tail is meant to be used for holding papers but has never been used for that purpose
1841 items to go
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Post by TwinkleToes on Jun 18, 2016 6:43:38 GMT -5
Carried forward = 144
1 dress 2 skirts 1 shirt (all gifted to my sister) 2 rubber bracelets 2 clown noses
New total = 152 items gone
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Post by mouseanne on Jun 21, 2016 12:37:37 GMT -5
Previous 6/7 623
379 recycle +18 013 give 035 donate 195 trash +9 008 personal +2 032 used up +10 662 6/20
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Post by TwinkleToes on Jun 22, 2016 12:50:03 GMT -5
Carried forward = 152
1 embossing folder (gifted to MIL)
New total = 153
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Post by PaperGrace on Jul 1, 2016 7:51:08 GMT -5
Moving total over from June-Purge-A-Thon: 51 I know I should be glad that there are 51 fewer things in my home, but I'd really hoped to get purging last month, and it just didn't happen that way. old total 23 plus 51 = 74 It's halfway through the year, and my first inclination is to beat myself up over how badly I'm doing at this. A few things stop me though: 1. It won't encourage me to keep working at it if I dread judging myself over how I'm doing. 2. I usually do most of my purging at the end of the year, or during a move. 3. I have been throwing things away and acquiring less, it's just getting to be more of a habit than a struggle, so I have no idea how many times this year I've tossed out a rag, evicted a broken toy, tossed out something that wasn't serving us, or just culled down some stuff I've got too much of. I've given away a lot of craft supplies as children's gifts without counting them for example! This is where we want to end up right?
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Post by mouseanne on Jul 2, 2016 20:54:06 GMT -5
Hang in there, PaperGrace. I didn't really join the purge a thon this year either. Gave to friend coordinated new tote purse hat scarf. She was delighted. Gave another friend the 4 new Avon camis. Had ordered 2x. Sent back for 1x. Washed one then discover the 1x is too big too. BTW FYI avon isn't honoring their money back guarantee any more. Ordered 5 bras. 3 were defective pushed my bosoms under my arms. 2 were unlined lace. I need more fabric than that. Sent them back in 2 weeks. No $ back, I have to take it in product. Tossed about 75 things today in dining room clean out.
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Post by mouseanne on Jul 3, 2016 22:56:39 GMT -5
Donate 4 new cutsie frames 2 aperitif glasses 5 wine glasses sheltie stickers 2 roaster lids bases had been used as dog water
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Post by TwinkleToes on Jul 4, 2016 12:03:57 GMT -5
Gifted to my sister
1 blue seater that has never fit right 2 canning aprons -- both too small
New total = 156
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