One of my goals this year is to simplify and one of the ways I plan to do that is to sell or donate at least 1,000 ordinary items that are crowding our closets and drawers by the end of July. My goal date is set for the end of July because my neighborhood has a big community yard sale every summer and while I don’t mind dropping stuff at the thrift store, I’d like to see if I could make a few bucks at the yard sale first.

Ahh the garage. Can I just say I am glad it’s finally cleaned out? Well, I mean all my yard sale boxes are stacked up in there but the general cleaning? It’s done. And it feels good to check that baby off my list.

9 flower pots, 1 owl bucket, 1 vertical garden and a crazy heavy cast iron lantern I bought at one of Girl Girl’s yard sales like 12 years ago for $10. I bet I can still get $10 for it too. 😉

25 tiny terra cotta planters, 1 plastic plant mold, 1 rusty muffin tin and a plastic shoe mat. Oh, and a pair of antique scissors that you could probably use to stab an intruder to death with.

Have you ever seen someone sell chemicals at a yard sale before? Don’t you think some guy will come along and be happy to pay a quarter each for these? I mean seriously, it might make having to ride around with the little woman all morning while she checks every yard sale in town for that long lost cookie jar of her youth totally worth it for someone.

Radom blue bar, Nylon rope that I swear has been in our various garages for at least 10 years, some sort of metal wire and I think that might be a tool to pull up tile.

Rollerblades. Remember these? When I was 18 and working at a sporting good store, a rep came around and all the employees got to try a pair out in the parking lot one night after closing. THEY WERE AWESOME. Apparently my kids didn’t think so though and now it’s time to say bye bye.

Which is actually a good thing because they are kind of dangerous. But then again so are skateboards, bikes, scooters and anything else that’s fun.

Only 151 more items to go!

~Mavis

Year to Date Totals

Donated: 26 items
Gave Back: 45
Recycled: 24 items
Tossed in the Garbage: 59 items
Yard Sale Pile: 697 items

So far this year I’ve purged 849 items.

See what else I’m getting rid of this year:

• Gamma Lids, Scientific Calculator, Frames and More
• Jam Jars, John Mellencamp, Clothing and Maps
• More Kitchenware
• Halloween Treasures and Craft Supplies
• Magazines
• Party Platters, Placemats and More
• Cleaning out the Closet
• Gift Bags, Binders, Glass Frogs and More
• Casserole Dishes and Pie Plates
• Dessert Plates, Crock Pots, Tablecloths and More
• Cookie Cutters, Pickle Forks, Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer and More
• Used Books
• DVD’s
• Rubber Stamps, a Soldering Iron, Seashells, Smencils and More

 

One of my goals this year is to simplify and one of the ways I plan to do that is to sell or donate at least 1,000 ordinary items that are crowding our closets and drawers by the end of July. My goal date is set for the end of July because my neighborhood has a big community yard sale every summer and while I don’t mind dropping stuff at the thrift store, I’d like to see if I could make a few bucks at the yard sale first.

A 3 gallon crock, Apple TV {we now have Amazon Fire} a glass vase, 6 American flags, 1 Monopod my husband insisted we needed 4 years ago {and haven’t used once!} and the most awkward ceramic vase {remember when Martha Stewart had her mail order catalog?} that I bought a yard sale 8 years ago.

I’ve tried using it as a vase, to store crafts, to store pens, random stuff and nothing seems to look right. I LOVE this vase… but it’s time to let someone else figure out what to do with it. 😉

An old binder, a gamma lid {they are super cool and great for food storage} Monkey Boy’s scientific calculator {I’ll list it on eBay in the fall}, canning rings, fairy house jewels, wooden forks, 100 Hug tickets, English flash cards, a meat thermometer, and a letter and number stamp set for garden markers.

And last but not least, {4} 8×10 frames, 1 shadowbox and 42 Halloween balls.

Seriously, if I’m not going to use it…. I’m getting rid of it. Yee-Haw!

~Mavis

Year to Date Totals

Donated: 26 items
Gave Back: 45
Recycled: 24 items
Tossed in the Garbage: 59 items
Yard Sale Pile: 640 items

So far this year I’ve purged 792 items. Only 208 more items to go!

See what else I’m getting rid of this year:

• Jam Jars, John Mellencamp, Clothing and Maps
• More Kitchenware
• Halloween Treasures and Craft Supplies
• Magazines
• Party Platters, Placemats and More
• Cleaning out the Closet
• Gift Bags, Binders, Glass Frogs and More
• Casserole Dishes and Pie Plates
• Dessert Plates, Crock Pots, Tablecloths and More
• Cookie Cutters, Pickle Forks, Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer and More
• Used Books
• DVD’s
• Rubber Stamps, a Soldering Iron, Seashells, Smencils and More

 

One of my goals this year is to simplify and one of the ways I plan to do that is to sell or donate at least 1,000 ordinary items that are crowding our closets and drawers by the end of July. My goal date is set for the end of July because my neighborhood has a big community yard sale every summer and while I don’t mind dropping stuff at the thrift store, I’d like to see if I could make a few bucks at the yard sale first.

I think I need to have a free pile at the yard sale. I seriously doubt anyone would pay $0.50 for 10 mini used jam jars, but someone might take them home and reuse them for crafts or something if they were free. What do you think?

Lucy’s PET egg bed. She loved it when she was little but has since outgrown it in favor of napping on the top of the couch cushions. And really, who can blame her? Hopefully someone will snatch it up for their cat or dog and love it as much as the puggle princess did.

Do people use paper maps anymore? Michael Middleditch makes the best city map guides on the planet and we use them everytime we travel. Somehow I ended up with an additional copy of his London Mapguide so I’m selling my extra book. Streetwise Maps are great as well if you’re in the market for one.

I think it’s time to let go of my John Mellencamp concert program from the spring of 1992. He was playing in LA and I went to see him 2 nights in a row. Time to move on Mavis… time to move on.

The taxes are done and I am so ready to get rid of my old school organizing system. Hello electronic receipts, goodbye paper.

Random clothes nobody will miss but I don’t want to ask them if I can get rid of them because I don’t want to deal with them hanging {unworn} in a closet for the next 10 years. Somethings… are better done in secret.

Another week, another box for the yard sale. Yes!!!!

~Mavis

Year to Date Totals

Donated: 26 items
Gave Back: 45
Recycled: 24 items
Tossed in the Garbage: 59 items
Yard Sale Pile: 572 items

So far this year I’ve purged 724 items. Only 276 more items to go!

See what else I’m getting rid of this year:

• More Kitchenware
• Halloween Treasures and Craft Supplies
• Magazines
• Party Platters, Placemats and More
• Cleaning out the Closet
• Gift Bags, Binders, Glass Frogs and More
• Casserole Dishes and Pie Plates
• Dessert Plates, Crock Pots, Tablecloths and More
• Cookie Cutters, Pickle Forks, Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer and More
• Used Books
• DVD’s
• Rubber Stamps, a Soldering Iron, Seashells, Smencils and More

 

One of my goals this year is to simplify and one of the ways I plan to do that is to sell or donate at least 1,000 ordinary items that are crowding our closets and drawers by the end of July. My goal date is set for the end of July because my neighborhood has a big community yard sale every summer and while I don’t mind dropping stuff at the thrift store, I’d like to see if I could make a few bucks at the yard sale first.

Just when I think I’m done with the kitchen… I circle back and FIND MORE STUFF I don’t use on a regular {or even yearly basis} that I know I can do without. Seriously, by the time this is done, I should be able to cram everything I want/need into the back of my car and head east.

Gee, to feel 19 again… wouldn’t that be like, totally RAD? Remember when you could stuff everything you owned in the back of your car? It was a magical time I tell you. Pure magic.

On a side note, my husband hasn’t even noticed my decluttering efforts. But then again, it’s not like he opens cupboards. Wait. That’s not true. Occasionally he will get up before for me and use his french press to make a cup of coffee which means he has to open a cupboard to retrieve a cup. But still. You’d think he would have noticed by now something was up.

But then again, when you’ve been married for 20+ years you probably don’t suspect your spouse is boxing up all the excess junk you’ve got lying around and has plans to sell everything but the essentials at your neighborhood yard sale. You probably just think wow, things look really organized around here. She’s finally got her crap together. Bahahaha.

How many cake stands does one family need? Seriously, I’ve whittled my collection down to 2 now. And you know what, I can’t imagine I’ll ever bake more than 2 cakes at a time so I think I’m good.

Ahhh. Getting rid of clutter. It’s cool. You Should try it.

~Mavis

Year to Date Totals

Donated: 20 items
Gave Back: 45
Recycled: 24 items
Tossed in the Garbage: 59 items
Yard Sale Pile: 556 items

So far this year I’ve purged 704 items. Only 296 more items to go!

See what else I’m getting rid of this year:

• Halloween Treasures and Craft Supplies
• Magazines
• Party Platters, Placemats and More
• Cleaning out the Closet
• Gift Bags, Binders, Glass Frogs and More
• Casserole Dishes and Pie Plates
• Dessert Plates, Crock Pots, Tablecloths and More
• Cookie Cutters, Pickle Forks, Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer and More
• Used Books
• DVD’s
• Rubber Stamps, a Soldering Iron, Seashells, Smencils and More