Jan. 3rd, 2011

helenorvana: (stock - snow-covered trees)
[personal profile] helenorvana
I lived with roommates for about three years before moving back in with my parents, and accumulated quite a bit of stuff that I haven't seen for a year as it's been sitting in a storage unit since I moved back. But my sister's getting married on Saturday, which means she's moving out and clearing all of her stuff out of the storage unit. Which consequently means my parents want to clean everything out of the unit and get rid of it.

I've not very organized and rarely pick up after myself in my own room, and thus two or three times a year will end up cleaning, reorganizing, and tossing/donating a ton of stuff that I never remember I had in the first place. I finished this most recent "spring" cleaning last week and have a ton of stuff to donate/recycle, but wasn't anticipating needing to clear out room for more stuff coming in. *pouts*

As far as the pens are concerned, every time I "spring" clean I go through my pen-holders with every intention of clearing them out, but I always end up testing the pens to see if they write, and keep all of the ones with ink left that still work. I have pens that I acquired through some fashion ten years ago that I just can't manage to justify getting rid of to myself. :S

So, my total last week, Out: Three bags of clothing, two black bags of trash, a laundry basket each of recycling and items-to-be-shredded, a bag of bags (purses, backpacks, etc), two jewelry boxes, a variety of smaller boxes/containers, a large container, I think a lamp, and a number of other smaller items that various siblings walked off with in the process.

And this coming week, In: Whatever I have left in the storage unit, including but not limited to a drawing desk, a 20- or 30-pound stuffed English Bulldog I've had since I was fourteen, possibly a bookshelf?, and boxes of more books, DVDs/CDs, and potentially clothes.
littlebutfierce: (otome youkai zakuro op)
[personal profile] littlebutfierce
Hi everyone. I'm excited to be here & look forward to being inspired by everyone's uncluttering to keep up with my own!

Here are the things I'm struggling w/: I'm a US American who moved to the UK 2 years ago with my partner & our 3 cats. By necessity we did a ton of decluttering when we moved, & because money has been fairly tight since then, we were doing fairly well at not filling up our new place w/stuff.

However, things do creep in! Our city has a really vibrant freecycling/general swapping things around culture, as well as a ton of charity shops. In addition, our library system sucks, which means if I want to read something, chances are I'll have to buy it. And... I like a house that has a fair number of comforting objects in it: things that remind me of my friends or a show that is my comfort re-watch. Something to brighten the walls or a cozy blanket.

Over the holidays, while visiting my parents, my mom's said that she wants to go shopping w/me, b/c everyone else gets to go shopping w/their daughters but she doesn't, since I live in a different country. Letting her buy me something means a lot to her -- I recognize this is a way problematic attitude, but there are so many ways in which I'm a bad daughter & this is a relatively easy way to be a good one, so it's easy for me to cave. That & I tend to run my work clothes into the ground & really do need, say, new work socks & new black trousers.

All that to say, this will be a real challenge for me!

Items out: 4 (a shirt I brought w/me to wear that turned out to have a big stain on it; 3 books I don't need to bring back w/me)

Items in: I can't even count. :/
helenorvana: (stock - great arches)
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Out: Two bags of photo frames, one each for trash and donation.

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