Sunday, September 23, 2007

Seven Things Spring week 3: I made it (just)

In:

* 2 pairs canvas sneakers (Kmart was having a sale: buy one pair get the second half price. So 2 pairs of sneakers were $15. I just wish they'd had more in my size...)
* 2 black and white serving bowls
* 5 pieces of vintage fabric, 1 white toothbrush, 1 book (and a bottle of Baileys which doesn't count!) from Taph
* Sept/ Oct NRMA member magazine Open Road
* Oct 2007 Madison (subscription)
* Black plastic storage basket
* Sun Herald Sunday Swing CD
* Dress (in fact, a dress so cool I had to buy one for a colleague in Sydney and post it to her)
* Short sleeved swing jacket (cause I was cold just wearing the dress!)
* October 2007 Elle Decor (subscription)
* Batiky short sleeved shirt (OK, I don't really need this but was imagining wearing it as I leaned on the railing of my ship watching everyone else head off to look at big lizards)
* 105 cm length of black and white spotty ribbon, frugalled on my behalf by Taph
* US voltage hair straightener
* 48 things from Friday

Total In this week: 69 (gulp!)

Out:

* 29 bits of memorabilia from my memory box: farewell cards from jobs left years ago, funny postcards that I can't remember why I kept, cartoons ripped out of magazines (you know the sort of thing!): recycled
* 1 Queen Mary 2 cruise T shirt: sold on eBay (I have another in white if anyone's interested?)
* 1 knitting bag, 5 recent magazines, 2 videos: gift to Taph
* Howard's Storage World catalogue: recycled
* 1 set fridge magnets: included as an early birthday present with a book I'd borrowed from Princess B's library and had to post back to her.
* 1 pair of shoes that were always just slightly too small, 9 videos that I've watched and probably won't want to see again, 4 pillow cases, 1 cap, 6 tops and 1 skirt, 1 necklace that I've never worn and the tupperware container I bought for my buttons (when my stash was so small it could actually fit in such a small space!): donated to The Smith Family* 12 misc travel and cruise brochures for trips taken or trips that by the time I start planning them I'll need more up-to-date information: recycled

Total Out this week: 76

Shake-it-all-about:



Net items out so far during Seven Things Spring: 117

4 comments:

  1. Oooh, well done. You know what's really scary? How close our numbers are this week. Well, that and how we are the receptacles of each other's clutter (and creativity - my maths, your actual talent).

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  2. Hi sis,
    I was wondering about the counting of things you gain and things you get rid of, what is it for? Whats the purpose - (I may have missed something earlier here) please enlighten me :-)

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  3. Dear Stressed Studying Sis

    After a month of telling you erxactly what I ate (June) I decided a month of telling you exactly what I bought and got rid of was only fair...

    Seriously though - a number of us are doing a challenge called "Seven Things Spring". See here for the beginnings:
    http://theshoppingsherpa.blogspot.com/2007/09/seven-things-spring-season-starts.html

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  4. Aaah ha! Clarified :) Thanks

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