2013 items for 2013

[Snow mom]

NEW TOTAL: 77

Week of 1/12-1/18

Thrift/ freecycle:
1 drysuit
3 lamp timers

Sold:
1 book ($35)
7 toys ($130)
1 necklace ($45)

Trash/ recycling:
1 gift bag
1 cookie tin
1 bag of papers from DH's file cabinet
5 phone books
1 motel6 directory
1 broken flashlight
4 long empty pacifier boxes
5 infant toys
1 crummy old electrical outlet replaced by GFCI that has been sitting in the shed for a couple of years
1 pumpkin left over from Halloween
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Week total: 33

NEW TOTAL: 110

Approximate $ recouped: $330.50

[niccig]

DS and I started in on the garage today...yes DS. He was begging me to hurry up and get started - wish he would be like this when I tell him to clean up his lego.

Anyway we did:

3 huge boxes in car to take to recycling (too big to cut down for recycling bin)
Filled recycling can
Filled Trash can

Tomorrow: (I'll report back)
I'm dropping off old carseat (still w/i expiry date) to carseat tech that I know
Someone from freecycle is picking up 2 bags full of cloth diapers
List 2 outgrown bikes on craigslist (need to get photos)
List play kitchen on craigslist
List DH's old bike on freecycle (not worth it to sell as 15 years old but still fine)
List Old Grill on freecycle (still works, but really old)


I stil have a lot to go, just in the garage let alone the house, but it's a start.

[94bruin]

Broke down some more boxes that have been taking up space: 5
Cleaned out my purses: 20

35

10 old plastic hangers
25 old clothes to give to friends/co-workers
3 books to give to co-worker

73

[mickminmom]

got going in a big way(for me!) Wish is was easier to let go of stuff...sigh!

But, off to new families who will need/use instead of taking up space in our basement

Donate:
3 strollers
snap n go
pack n play
lots of clothes
books
Pampers splashers that we never opened from two summers ago..
baby/toddler shoes
mittens
coats

Running total: 105

[mickminmom]

Brought stuff to consignment store today and sold shoes and clothes

Items: 35

New Total: 140

[mom2one]

I'm in!!! I discovered the 2012 purge thread in December. Great idea ! I will report back soon with numbers.

[Seitvonzu]

i'm another whose getting rid of years and years of girls clothes i'm committing to consigning this stuff FOR REAL this time. i think i have 10 bins of it...plus the random bags and boxes of it. why? why? why?

and toys.

it's pretty sick.

i did finally get rid of a bag of hangers, so guess what i'm going out and buying for the consignment sale? uncool! (and i think part of my hoarding problem in the first place....)

[Melaine]

I am not sure I can make 2013 but any progress is progress so I am ready to tally again. We have about 60 items at the door to give away. We found out through facebook about a set of sibling girls age 4 and 5 who were taken from their home due to abuse. Apparently they went to a relative with only a couple of items of clothing. So we are giving them tons of matching clothes and some toys (doubles, of course). The same thing happened last year, we found out about twins that had been abandoned with next to nothing. It's so fun to share things with someone who really needs them (and especially knowing our double items are going to be enjoyed by siblings).

So, I'm going to say 60 items.

Passed along a few things to my neighbor who is having TWINS!

Changing pad cover, jumperoo, bumbo with tray, diaper pail, car mirror.

New Total 66

[Seitvonzu]

is .018% done---

37 stained baby clothes items i've been keeping for 5 years! ick. gross. in my defense, i'm sure they didn't look like that when i kept them (mystery yellow stains!)....but still ! gross. some of these are so thin and yucky i'm sure i wouldn't have used them on hypothetical baby of the future anyway. but i guess in my "i still have an infant" haste, i just kept everything

these were only the things that were deemed too icky for an oxyclean bath. bleck. i have lots of other stuff in the "still hopeful" pile that might end up toss. i have about 20 things ironed on hangers- that's for a consignment sale. i've been doing laundry like a maniac today

[Seitvonzu]

(oh...and counting that "trash" was COMPLETELY embarrasing... i can't believe i have 37 cheapie gross little baby items to throw away-- and that was just being gentle with myself-- i have piles and piles of onesies-- i had ONE baby- why?)