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Lothlorien
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Not so much decluttering, but certainly sorting and tidying happened here today. I have a small storage room in my apartment which I use as a pantry and as storage. I put some very solid metal shelves in which have been good, no bending or moving. However the shelf part had metal at a wider spacing than many bottles etc needed so sauces fell over . I found downstairs in garbage area that someone had moved out and left five big wire baskets and the frame for them. Didn't want the frame but happily brought baskets up and spent all morning re-organisng pantry into them. There's a small mesh on bottom so bottles are now secure. Things look much better and I found I don't need some things in next grocery order.
I think I have made two cakes in the 16 months I've been here. So why did I have two packs of four different colours for icing? And similar. I found some tins which I knew I had bought but couldn't see.
At least I shouldn't have any more bottles of vinegar tipping over and oozing all through shelves and a box of yarn because lid wasn't tight.
I feel very self satisfied.
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Welease Woderwick
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Not decluttering in the physical sense but more sort of e-decluttering - my PMs are now down to 5 in and 3 out!
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Huia
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WW ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif) That is such a boring job.
Cleaned out my fridge yesterday ![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif) - the freezer's next.
[ 27. June 2012, 09:08: Message edited by: Huia ]
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Jenn.
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still here, still moving. Feeling ridiculously stressed though, so I called a removal firm. I'm getting a quote including packing We'll see if that is manageable. I feel like I'm doing ok, but hubby works all day and doesn't want to do much in the evenings. I cant get much further without help.
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Little Miss Methodist
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Originally posted by Jenn.:
still here, still moving. Feeling ridiculously stressed though, so I called a removal firm. I'm getting a quote including packing We'll see if that is manageable. I feel like I'm doing ok, but hubby works all day and doesn't want to do much in the evenings. I cant get much further without help.
Go with the people who pack for you, if you can afford to!
I did for my last move and it was amazing. What would take you several weeks of intense work to do, they do in a day. Ok, so once you've moved you find they've packed stuff in weird boxes and brought some stuff with you that you didn't want, but that always happens when you move anyway!
I really can't recommend it highly enough.
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comet
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I'm starting Project 333 on the first. Anyone want to join me? clothing clutter is my worst, so I'm actually pretty excited about this. I'm not ordering their official program (I'm broke, plus I don't feel it's necessary) but just going on the basis of 33 clothing items for 3 months. the rules are that underthings don't count, workout clothes don't count (if you only use them for workouts), jammies and grubbies don't count, and wedding rings and similar don't count. for myself, I'm also including the caveat that show clothes don't count, as it's essentially a work uniform and I don't even keep any of my costuming here at home. I'm also declaring that socks don't count - I'm calling them undies. I hardly ever wear them in the summer anyway.
anyone else like to play? I'd love to see other people's "keep" lists.
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Good move, Jenn.
I started packing three weeks before we moved and still had to spend a whole weekend and take two days off work to get everything done. And we are three autonomous adults. Stressed me out beyond belief, so anything you can do to improve on that sounds very good to me.
I believe a friend once used a removal company's packing service and while they were very good - nothing got broken, everything wound up in the appropriate room in the new house - she thought they moved some very peculiar things, like the contents of the wastepaper bins! Still, if you know that's a possibility then it lets you concentrate on whether things should be coming with you and delegate the packing up and the getting them there to someone else.
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Enigma
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The spring clean of my house I now declare officially to be complete. I will now need to move out so I can keep it clean. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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comet: going on the basis of 33 clothing items for 3 months.
I probably use less than 33 clothing items for three years! But I'm a guy.
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Jenn.
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I'm really unsure if we'll be able to afford the packing, but we might just have to make cuts elsewhere to make it doable. We are in the slightly awkward position of being in a part furnished place, so they will struggle in some rooms to do it for us. I'm hoping we can sort something though.
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Thanks for the kind advice Enigma, I had to rest as I got laid low for 2 days with a nasty upper respiratory tract bug ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
Normal service is resumed today, even though my voice is still squeaky .We are going slow and steady as Mr B has chronic pain issues and I am just very unfit. But progress is still being made and the garage is nearly cleared so that we can store our furniture in.Just need to move the Harley out to its new home!
Jenn, having moved several times in 10 years I really sympathise with the horrible stress and I would definately get packers in if possible. Even when we have moved ourselves, we still ended up bringing a black bin liner full of rubbish 600 miles to our new home!
That project looks good Comet, but even though I dont have that many clothes I still need to relocate the ones I cant wear due to size issues. Mind you the only time I lose weight is when we move, so maybe I should hang on to them?
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Belle Ringer
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Originally posted by comet:
I'm starting Project 333 on the first. Anyone want to join me? clothing clutter is my worst,
Clothing clutter is me!
But 33 items including shoes and jewelry? Like, right now I'm wearing shirt slacks, shoes, earrings, and a wrap against the AC, that's 5 items? Church clothes would be 5 items and you'd wear the same church clothes every week? So 33 items is about 7 outfits. Don't think I can do it, I do laundry at the 'mat every three weeks, I need 3 weeks of outfits between washes, and in this heat no shirt is worn two days, nor slacks or shorts more than a few times between washes because of the sweat.
But I have read most of us wear about 4 outfits over and over again. Years ago I put a blank "price tag" on every hanger, to be removed if I wore the item. I really ought to get the gumption to give away the clothes that STILL have a price tag hanging from its hanger! Means I haven't worn it in YEARS but I still think I might some day?
Mostly things that need ironing. Nice looking shirts, but I live more informally now, throw on a T.
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Thyme
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Project 333 sounds interesting Comet. I've just decluttered a massive amount of clothing but I need to get rid of more.
Does it need its own thread do you think?
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Originally posted by Huia:
Nenya when we cleared Mum's stuff .after she had died I found a card I had made when I was 6 or 7 that she had treasured ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif)
Well done on facing the hard work.
Huia
Thank you. I was hoping I was going to be glad about the freed-up space, rather than thinking it'll be good that my kids won't have that stuff to clear when I shuffle off this mortal coil. As it is I just feel sad. Those things were irreplaceable and now I don't have them any more.
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Originally posted by Thyme:
Project 333 sounds interesting Comet. I've just decluttered a massive amount of clothing but I need to get rid of more.
Does it need its own thread do you think?
I think it fits fine on this thread - and I'm in!
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well, I've managed to put more than half of my clothing in the giveaways, but I'm a bit stuck on the rest. I'm going to box up some and if I haven't missed it in the three months I'll take it to the second hand place then.
I'm having trouble with seasonals - I can box up the real heavy duty winter stuff, but things like sweaters - I do use those in the summer sometimes. and then there's the costumey stuff - I have a lot invested in this stuff, even if it gets used only once every year or two. I suppose I could put it all in a bin and store it. maybe that's the answer. and then there's the really oddball things - the punjabis my mother brought me back from nepal and the really spiffy thingies she bought me in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. I'll never wear them, but they were gifts and they're kind of cool. maybe I can donate them to my theater costume shop?
grr. decisions, decisions.
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I've decided to give myself a pass on scarves, hats, and jewelry for now. I actually wear most of them as my clothing is almost all neutral basics - my "dressing up" is the scarves, hats, and jewelry. plus they take up a lot less room. once I sort the rest of this epic amount of CRAP(!!!) then I'll get to those, but it won't happen before Sunday.
I've been brave and decided to unload all the clothes that are so nice but don't quite fit - you know, the "stuff I'll shrink into" collection. It was hard! but I figure, when the shrinkage happens I can reward myself with new stuff. no use hanging on to the old. it's a struggle, though.
sorry for being bloggy here but it's helping me make some of these decisions and hopefully can help others with the process. I'm finding the 333 concept really good - rather than agonizing over what things to get rid of, I'm looking at the huge pile and thinking what things I HAVE to keep. it's a mindset change; but very helpful.
Belle - I was worrying about the laundry too, as I also have to haul it all in and do it. but the thing is - if I only have a few items, I'll have less to do overall (at least for me - the kids still have a ton!) and one trip to the laundry a week with a small basket (and in an out in an hour!) is better than every couple of weeks with a giant pile in garbage bags and my whole day taken up. it will actually be a time and money saver. I did this a while back with dishes and find it's much better to have to wash a few dishes daily than to wash an enormous and gross pile weekly.
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Eleanor Jane
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Originally posted by Nenya:
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Originally posted by Huia:
Nenya when we cleared Mum's stuff .after she had died I found a card I had made when I was 6 or 7 that she had treasured
Well done on facing the hard work.
Huia
Thank you. I was hoping I was going to be glad about the freed-up space, rather than thinking it'll be good that my kids won't have that stuff to clear when I shuffle off this mortal coil. As it is I just feel sad. Those things were irreplaceable and now I don't have them any more.
With sentimental things, could you store them in a less bulky way i.e. take photos of them or scan them and have them on a memory stick or hardrive? Or just keep a sample in a scrapbook?
Comet - I agree about the washing. Coming to England with just a few clothes, we're on a constant cycle of washing and drying but I'm really getting my use out of things! One load at a time isn't arduous. I am getting sick of wearing similar things all the time, but the weather keeps changing so that helps me wear different things. I guess that's good, though I'd prefer more summery temperatures.
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Thyme
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The laundry problem has been bothering me too.
I now have a small amount of clothes I wear regularly (a larger amount that I have to make hard decisions about soon).
But I am wondering what is the minimum load for my washing machine?
The last washing machine I had was quite a large capacity and you were supposed to put towels in with small loads or it got unbalanced. It died quite soon despite being good quality so maybe I wasn't doing this enough. I resented washing and drying towels that didn't need it.
The new one is smaller. But I am still struggling to find enough laundry to make a full load each time. I will have to look at the instructions. But running the machine, even on a quick wash cycle for just a few items seems wrong.
Perhaps I just need to get over it.
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Originally posted by comet:
I've been brave and decided to unload all the clothes that are so nice but don't quite fit - you know, the "stuff I'll shrink into" collection. It was hard! but I figure, when the shrinkage happens I can reward myself with new stuff. no use hanging on to the old. it's a struggle, though.
I've done that with all my clothes except the jeans - I can't bring myself to get rid of gorgeous jeans (which I have in all sizes from 10 to 16!)
How can I persuade myself?
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comet
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Thyme - can you hand wash as needed and just stick the stuff in the washer for a quick spin? I don't have laundry facilities and often don't have money, so I hand wash fairly regularly. not towels or jeans or blankets or other heavy duty stuff, but underwear, socks, t-shirts, and other lightweight stuff. wash and rinse and wring in the kitchen sink, and hang on a rack overnight in the shower. sometimes I have to hit them with a hairdryer to hustle up the process if I'm in need. it's not a bad way to go, just labor intensive.
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Originally posted by Boogie:
How can I persuade myself?
well, a total limit of 33 items is helping me a lot! don't want to take up one of those slots with something that won't get used.
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33 items wouldn't even keep me in earrings.
I contend that you have to look at the levels of your wardrobe. I have a layer which is Party Frocks: they don't get a lot of use, but OTOH there is no real argument for radically diminishing the choice available for when I do need them (though there probably is an argument against augmenting it). That applies to a few other categories like pool/ beach wear.
That leaves a fairly wide expanse of Everyday - but with a lot of graduations from gardening/ sloping about the house to various kinds of social interaction, again internally graded from Who Cares to Quite Smart.
It makes it quite difficult to shed, since there is usually a level below wherever they are - but I am making an effort. Accepting that there are 15lbs that are not coming back, I am bagging trousers and skirts that no longer stay on without the aid of safety pins and tops that show a Carmenish tendency to slip off one shoulder.
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Thyme
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I'm going to have a sort out tomorrow. As well as the categories the project rules give I am also not going to count jewellery or shoes. One thing at a time.
I had a big sort out of jewellery recently, part-exchanged most of it with any monetary value for a very few nice pieces, and donated a lot with no value.
I'm very happy with the results of this and next week I am going to see if I can part-ex some more.
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Thyme
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Comet, I didn't see your post about the laundry before I wrote my previous. Yes, in theory handwashing could be answer. I know from bitter experience that I procrastinate terribly over handwashing. Also, there is a bit too much for handwashing but not enough for the machine if you see what I mean. But it is a thought. It could be solution for items I want to wear again very quickly.
Mr T will just have to wait for his laundry.
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Originally posted by Thyme:
Comet, I didn't see your post about the laundry before I wrote my previous. Yes, in theory handwashing could be answer. I know from bitter experience that I procrastinate terribly over handwashing. Also, there is a bit too much for handwashing but not enough for the machine if you see what I mean. But it is a thought. It could be solution for items I want to wear again very quickly.
When I'm on holiday I take the smalls into the shower and wash them there - it's a good routine (I find routine helps a lot to prevent procrastination)
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Originally posted by Boogie:
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Originally posted by comet:
I've been brave and decided to unload all the clothes that are so nice but don't quite fit - you know, the "stuff I'll shrink into" collection. It was hard! but I figure, when the shrinkage happens I can reward myself with new stuff. no use hanging on to the old. it's a struggle, though.
I've done that with all my clothes except the jeans - I can't bring myself to get rid of gorgeous jeans (which I have in all sizes from 10 to 16!)
How can I persuade myself?
Tell yourself that no one over the age of 25 should wear jeans. Frightfully unbecoming.
I've been reading Miss Minimalist's book on my Kindle and she had some timely things to say about decluttering sentimental stuff and how hard it is when it comes to things related to your kids' past. But you can't recapture the past with things; your kids are the people they are today and keeping their year 3 maths homework won't change that. I feel a very little better about it; and I have kept some things, so I may make some nice scrapbooks.
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Nenya said:
Tell yourself that no one over the age of 25 should wear jeans. Frightfully unbecoming.
I am over twice that age and I still wear jeans -albeit adapted with stretchy bits. It is possible peeps. And if I am unbecoming to others I am happy with me. Sometimes!
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Originally posted by Nenya:
Tell yourself that no one over the age of 25 should wear jeans. Frightfully unbecoming.
But if I didn't wear jeans, what would I wear?
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Boogie
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Originally posted by Nenya:
Tell yourself that no one over the age of 25 should wear jeans. Frightfully unbecoming.
You are JOKING!!!
I look great in jeans.
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Originally posted by Enigma:
Nenya said:
Tell yourself that no one over the age of 25 should wear jeans. Frightfully unbecoming.
I am over twice that age and I still wear jeans -albeit adapted with stretchy bits. It is possible peeps. And if I am unbecoming to others I am happy with me. Sometimes!
I am over three times that age, and I still wear jeans. I make my own, so that they will fit.
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Godlet moves with girlfriend Red to New Jersey tomorrow. They sold off many of their belonging, but were still left with some household goods, desk,nightstand... and I agreed to take some of the stuff. As if I needed more.
I raised him that way -- you throw away nothing if it's still good. Rather, you find someone who needs it.
I bet I could outfit three households now...
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Jeans are wonderful at any age. Even as business attire, in some places.
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Originally posted by comet:
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Originally posted by Boogie:
How can I persuade myself?
well, a total limit of 33 items is helping me a lot! don't want to take up one of those slots with something that won't get used.
OK (big breaths)
I will keep just two pairs that don't fit, and see how I go from there.
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33....that's quite a lot now i come to check out my wardrobe....
Mind you having the entire contents of a caravan recently offloaded in our home is playing pop with the de-cluttering
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Nenya
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I didn't say, did I, that I thought no one over 25 should wear jeans. I was just suggesting it as a way of motivating oneself to have a clear-out of them.
I should be decluttering again this afternoon, there are still drawerfuls of stuff to sort. After the trauma of last weekend I'm kind of reluctant so have made myself a cup of tea and hopped online instead.
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Thyme
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I have 75 items I currently wear. I am shocked. I didn't think it was that many. Also I have counted outfits, ie matching dress/trousers/jacket as one item. In my defence I only have four of those. Four sets that is, not items.
There are 60 items that are not being worn for various reasons.
This is not counting cleaning/gardening type things.
This does not include three items I put out for donation.
During this week I will go through and see what I can cull this time round. Also make a better separation in the wardrobes(closets) between the various categories so I can see more clearly what there is.
I think I can throw out some current cleaning/gardening stuff and demote other stuff into that category.
Dearie me, how delusional was I thinking I had a small but perfectly formed capsule wardrobe?
I can't do any more right now. I am too shocked.
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Thyme
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I have decluttered 3 items from the currently wearing or not wearing categories.
I have decluttered 18 items from the gardening/cleaning category. I had a lifetime's supply and I don't do a lot of either activity anyway
I can't really remember now what category I counted the decluttered items as on the first count. So I have assumed they were mainly cleaning/gardening.
But at least it is 21 items out of the house.
So there is a lot more space in the wardrobes.
I'm going to leave it at that for now. There is other stuff I know in my heart ought to go but I can't let go of the idea that I might wear it again.
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I have 75 items I currently wear. I am shocked.
I was too, though I didn't count. I took 4 large trashbags full of donations out the door. 4! just mine, not kids!
I'm not quite at purely 33 items yet, because I still have a big bunch of laundry to do and then sift through, but I'm at 33 in my available dresser and closet. once I get everything accounted for, perhaps I'll post a list for interest's sake. I have enjoyed the "what are you wearing?" thread in heaven, in part because it shows just how much we all dress alike, at least in our off-work time.
some things I've learned -
1. none of my jeans fit right. I essentially ditched all but 2 pairs and I'm going to replace those with better fitting ones as soon as I can. I was wearing ill-fitting stuff and thinking I had other pairs that fit better and all the while none fit me right. weird.
2. I love skirts more than I realized, but don't really have the ONE I want - the one that I can wear with casual stuff both on and off work, that is comfy and flattering and neutral colored so it goes with everything. I know exactly what it is I want, but may have to make it.
3. when I have very little in the way of clothing, picking out stuff is so easy. too easy - I worry a little about looking like I'm always wearing the same things. but it's also easy to put things away and find everything. huzzah!
anyone else down to 33, or close to it? how's it going?
(next week - books! eep!)
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Originally posted by comet:
anyone else down to 33, or close to it? how's it going?
(next week - books! eep!)
I'm down to 50, so a way to go yet
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Welease Woderwick
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...3. when I have very little in the way of clothing, picking out stuff is so easy. too easy - I worry a little about looking like I'm always wearing the same things...
I worry about this one but actually I think we are the only ones that notice, I'm sure nobody else does.
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You've got all the combinations,
3 trousers, 3 shirts and trainers&shoes, jumper&coat give you over 100 days of noticeably different outfits. At this point, for us, adding other clothes really duplicates (which is good for the nose) or start getting things which clash (although allow the range to go from casual to formal-which is a plus but doesn't gain from the combos)
On your side of the gender line, dresses are a bit one outfit items. But then you could add skirts (& vary tights/sock flavours) other tops and more shoes and quick hairstyles, you'd have three decades of nice variations from 20 counting items (and almost able to wash them).
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Until the cool weather returns, I suppose I could live in the half-dozen sundresses I bought this past Spring. A couple of jeans, a couple of T-shirts, a couple of nicer casual shirts...
Oh, Lord, the task is monumental.
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After the trauma of trying to sort sentimental paperwork I've left that well alone and have been sorting the understairs cupboard while Mr Nen's away this week. Three bagfuls of empty carrier bags. What's that all about? ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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One bit at a time - sweet Jesus - that's all I'm asking of you?
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Welease Woderwick
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Nenya, is Mr Nen related to HWMBO? We have bags of carrier bags here too.
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I'll see your 3 bags and raise you a wicker laundry basket. The rationale is that it is a supply for putting things in that you are taking out of the house. Except you can't use that bag - it's a good, strong one better for (some yet-to-be discovered purpose) and you can't use that one because it's a souvenir of that little place on Corfu, and that one we've had for ages, and look this one has a picture of a kitten on it...
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Originally posted by Firenze:
I'll see your 3 bags and raise you a wicker laundry basket. The rationale is that it is a supply for putting things in that you are taking out of the house. Except you can't use that bag - it's a good, strong one better for (some yet-to-be discovered purpose) and you can't use that one because it's a souvenir of that little place on Corfu, and that one we've had for ages, and look this one has a picture of a kitten on it...
It all makes absolute sense when you put it that way. ![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif) Glad we're not the only household with empty carrier bag issues.
I'm working up now to sorting the paperwork on the breakfast bar. It always builds up there, no matter how hard I try to keep it clear. I've bought some clear plastic wallets to sort everything into. I just need to, um, do it.
*clicks off humming "One more bag along the world I go..." and "One bag at a time, sweet Jesus..." *
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Originally posted by Nenya:
*clicks off humming "One more bag along the world I go..." *
Darn you Nenya - I will start laughing next time we sing that at church - along with "Lord of the Bags"
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