Melonius Thunk

Tuesday Toss 3-16-10

 

My friends call it my uniform:  black pants and a sweater twin set.  The twin sets were the focus of my purge today as I needed something quick and easy to tackle.

With their snags, holes, and such, they're not in the best condition.  Definitely not fit for donation.  And yet they've been hanging in my closet all cozy with my wear-ables.  I don't know why it has taken me so long to sort and toss the sweaters . . . .  Procrastination I suppose.

The stack may not look like much, but it's a good portion of my twin sets.  The best part, though, is that before this process I was planning to order some new twin sets and I don't think that's necessary now.  So I've saved myself some money in the process, too!

Even though they are in ill repair (and not worth repairing), I still hate to toss them into the trash to ultimately end up in a landfill.  I've racked my brain for a crafting project so that I could repurpose them, but aside from the buttons (which I will keep) I haven't come up with any good ideas.  If they were wool sweaters I could felt them and make some fun accessories like Shannon did here.  They're cotton sweaters, so that's not an option.  Someone else suggested I make "yarn" out of them like this "yarn" made from t-shirts, but I don't knit or crochet enough (or well enough!) to use them so I'd just be shifting from one useless pile to another.

I think I'll sleep on it tonight -- just in case I am blessed with divine inspiration via my dreams.  Otherwise, it looks like they are destined for the dump.

Tuesday Toss (3-9-10)

Today's SHEDing efforts focused primarily on my kitchen. 
Here's a sampling of the toss/recycle/donation/yard sale bounty:

 

1 Popsicle Mold
1 Pair of Old Shoes
2 Candles
2 Jars
3 Empty Wine Bottles
3 Telephone Books
4 Old Mugs
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16 items

The popsicle mold seemed like a good idea last summer, but I wasn't that fond of the Crystal Light pops.

Yes, even the old shoes were in the kitchen.  Strange, I know.  If my memory serves correctly, I kicked them off beside the refridgerator to dry after a (muddy) trip to the dog park.  That was over a year ago!

The candles - one orange vanilla and the other vanilla spice.  Both smell nice, but I don't need any food smells enticing my appetite.  Besides, I have way too many candles and several that I enjoy more than these two.

I've been holding on to the empty wine bottles thinking I'd use them in some re-purposed manner.  Cut the tops off and use them as glasses or vases?  Cut the bottoms off and use them outside to keep candles from blowing out?  As they are as candle holders a la intimate Italian restaurant ambiance?  I have no plans to do any of these things in the foreseeable future, so they went into the recycling bin.  (Besides, there's always more where they came from!)

Two of the telephone books were outdated.  The third was one of those "fake" yellow pages deals.

I've had 3 of the 4 mugs since college.  I don't remember the last time I used them.  And I needed their space on the shelf to house my super-duper Oxo salad spinner!

My goal was to find 10 items to purge today and I ended up with 16.  Not bad!  There were other items that went straight into the trash can or the recycle bin, but they didn't warrant counting.

Happy Tuesday all!