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[yukonsally]

Today I'm shipping 3 things to friends--one box of clothes, one pack of random things, and one package containing two shawls. I knit things for the process and rarely know what to do with the finished products, let alone shawls that I never wear. And I found out my alma mater is collecting prayer shawls for current students--and I tend to gravitate to my alma mater's colors when I pick yarn! Keep your eye out for opportunities to rehome things!

The thing for sale hasn't sold yet, but it'll be gone this weekend one way or another. Giving another thing away tonight (on top of the 3 packages!) and have things for a friend to go through next week when I see her.

Lots of small steps add up, friends!

Things you can't let go

[fred_mouse]

Sometimes, it is the strangest things I can't bring myself to let go of. Today, it is a pharmacy bottle which used to contain witchhazel. It dates back maybe 25 years, and was bought while it was still common for pharmacists to dispense that kind of thing, rather than selling a pre-packaged option. I don't use witchhazel often, and so it has languished in the cupboard. I've now used up the last little bit of the contents, and have failed three times to put the bottle in the bin. Nothing rational, just an affection for the shape of the bottle and the history that it represents. Instead, I've washed it, and I'm going to add it to a display. I'll just have to find something else to rehome instead.

To reassure myself that this isn't weird, I'd love people to tell about something that they keep for no good reason that they can articulate.