1 pair of jeans. I just bought 2 new pairs so I probably should find a second pair to purge.
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Saturday, February 20, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
#1-7
I give myself full license to purge my 40 Lenten items at any rate I see fit between now and Easter. That said, let mr present items 1-7
1. Blue monogramed sweater (f you moths!)
2. Green sweater (double f you moths!)
3. Blue v-neck top with neck discoloration.
4. White too small / shrunken twin set
5. White cardigan from I swear 9th grade
6. Red double v-neck top
7. Black skirt (how many of these do I own???)
33 more! Yay!
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1. Blue monogramed sweater (f you moths!)
2. Green sweater (double f you moths!)
3. Blue v-neck top with neck discoloration.
4. White too small / shrunken twin set
5. White cardigan from I swear 9th grade
6. Red double v-neck top
7. Black skirt (how many of these do I own???)
33 more! Yay!
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Spring Cleaning?
OK, it's hardly spring... snow days are definitely a major perk of this job, but it is around the corner (or at least far off on the horizon). With this in mind, guess who still has too much crap? this kid.
As if getting rid of facebook weren't enough, I propose that beginning tomorrow I rid myself of one clothing related item every day for 4o days. That's 40 items by Easter. Note that this is all clothing related.
Deep breath...
WTF was I thinking?
In a stroke of brilliance I decided that maybe I should give up facebook (aka my #1 addiction) for lent. I'm not crazy into the church thing, but I can definitely get behind going without something in hopes of self betterment. With this in mind I began taking stock of how much time I log on facebook via the interwebs and the iPhone and when I realized that I was missing the opening ceremonies of the Vancouver Olympic games because I was face-deep in facebook, I knew I was on to something. Not really one to appropriately cope with anxiety and apprehension, rather than wait for midnight to roll around, I deactivated my account this afternoon. I am FULLY prepared to make it 46 days (who knew that each Sunday in the lenten season was NOT counted in the 40 days talley?) without this website... after all, I made it 22 years.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Purge Day 10 (The Last One!!!)
Ok... so the goal for the final 10 items is for everything to be of the clothing variety...
This is going to be difficult, but I can do it.
1. 1 pair super cute gray tweed shoes... too small :(
2. navy blue fitted t-shirt (that I have worn since junior year of high school... no biggie)
3. 1 pair pajama pants
4. v-neck fitted t-shirt
5. Obama fitted t-shirt that I never wore... I have another one that I'll keep for posterity's sake
6. Ugly Srat t-shirt with creepy children on the back
7. super worn srat t-shirt that has unfortunate associations with it
8. srat t-shirt from a formal that was before my time (and is also a size medium). Generally I found that by getting rid of t-shirts that weren't really mine or weren't size small, I was able to cut out several... I still need to get rid of many many many of them though.
9. Bread Loaf T-shirt from my summer in Santa Fe. The back of the shirt is awesome, and the front of the shirt is super lame / awkward. I only wish that I had been in the computer lab when WWIII broke out over how to do the logo on the front. I would not have been on the winning side, but my opinion would have been heard nonetheless.
10. 2 non-fitted polo shirts!
This is going to be difficult, but I can do it.
1. 1 pair super cute gray tweed shoes... too small :(
2. navy blue fitted t-shirt (that I have worn since junior year of high school... no biggie)
3. 1 pair pajama pants
4. v-neck fitted t-shirt
5. Obama fitted t-shirt that I never wore... I have another one that I'll keep for posterity's sake
6. Ugly Srat t-shirt with creepy children on the back
7. super worn srat t-shirt that has unfortunate associations with it
8. srat t-shirt from a formal that was before my time (and is also a size medium). Generally I found that by getting rid of t-shirts that weren't really mine or weren't size small, I was able to cut out several... I still need to get rid of many many many of them though.
9. Bread Loaf T-shirt from my summer in Santa Fe. The back of the shirt is awesome, and the front of the shirt is super lame / awkward. I only wish that I had been in the computer lab when WWIII broke out over how to do the logo on the front. I would not have been on the winning side, but my opinion would have been heard nonetheless.
10. 2 non-fitted polo shirts!
FINISHED!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Purge Day 9 - Wednesday (aka Saturday 10 days later!)
Usually when I sit down to blog / purge (I do them simultaneously) - I usually know where I'm going to start, what I'm focusing on / something that is DEFINITELY going today, but today, I have NO clue where I'll be starting - I think that although this is where the process gets more arduous, it's also where I'll feel the most alleviation from clutter / too much stuffedness.
1. 2 pairs of underwear that I do not like
2. 2 pairs of sunglasses that I do not wear / use / need (of course as soon as I say this I'll lose the pair I do use - can I then count them as an additional item purged?)
3. shirt with a hole in it :( - I was actually wearing shirt today, and noticed the hole. How convenient.
4. 1 pair of gym / painting shorts
5. 2 pairs of boxers to be mailed to a friend in a far away land
6. an ill-fitting "going out" type top
7. 2 glass milk bottles - I used one to keep change in, but I cashed that in, and now I've been using a smaller piggy bank - so the bottles can go away.
8. one long-sleeved t-shirt from a srat formal that was not mine
9. "old" school pictures from my first year teaching.
10. old pair of tennis shoes
And it took me over a week and a half to find these ten items - MUST DO LAUNDRY - MUST PURGE CLOTHES - I think the goal for the last ten items will be for it to be ALL clothes - (and to have them posted by Wednesday... we'll see)
1. 2 pairs of underwear that I do not like
2. 2 pairs of sunglasses that I do not wear / use / need (of course as soon as I say this I'll lose the pair I do use - can I then count them as an additional item purged?)
3. shirt with a hole in it :( - I was actually wearing shirt today, and noticed the hole. How convenient.
4. 1 pair of gym / painting shorts
5. 2 pairs of boxers to be mailed to a friend in a far away land
6. an ill-fitting "going out" type top
7. 2 glass milk bottles - I used one to keep change in, but I cashed that in, and now I've been using a smaller piggy bank - so the bottles can go away.
8. one long-sleeved t-shirt from a srat formal that was not mine
9. "old" school pictures from my first year teaching.
10. old pair of tennis shoes
And it took me over a week and a half to find these ten items - MUST DO LAUNDRY - MUST PURGE CLOTHES - I think the goal for the last ten items will be for it to be ALL clothes - (and to have them posted by Wednesday... we'll see)
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Purge Day 8 - Tuesday
I definitely thought Monday was only day 6. It's a bit of a relief to know that I'm well into the downhill stretch (only 30 items left...).
1. bra that I do not wear (I could do something awesome like take a picture of me wearing it, but I'd probably get fired and feel like a major slore for doing that - so I'll pass).
2. bra that I do not wear
3. fuzzy slipper socks - If I had to choose between my slippers and these socks, I'd take the slippers - so I'm choosing, and the slippers are staying - bye-bye socks!
4. package of rubber bands (hair ties) not strong enough to hold my hair up to my preferred standard (ever since I had really long hair, which I no longer do, I haven't been able to go back to the smaller rubber bands - and when I run I use TWO of the jumbo ones, so I go through those rather quickly too).
5. assorted half-used cosmetics that I'm not sure why are still in my bathroom
6. THIRD box of books for classroom library!
7, 8, 9, box of reading quizzes from another teacher - One set of quizzes for Romeo & Juliet, one set of quizzes for the Odyssey, and one set of quizzes for Animal Farm. I'm definitely a hoarder when it comes to teaching materials, but I figure that by the time I'm teaching high school again (if that even ever happens), I'll be completely ready and wanting to create my own materials.
10. a very gross, very dirty (in the dusty sense) doll. I always have issues getting rid of "toys" - but this really has no sentimental meaning, and is beyond the state of being clean-up-able such that I might allow any future as-of-yet non-existent child of mine to touch it.
OK this is officially hard - I definitely need to go through all of my paperwork and purge files, but even if I do bank account, IRA, and student loan purges, that's still just three items... then there's also the matter of the VHS tapes - maybe I need to just resolve that WHEN I buy a new TV (hopefully soon), I will get rid of the entire box? (If I had the cash flow to purchase the TV now, I'd make the old TV & box of VHS tapes items 99&100 as a present to myself!)
1. bra that I do not wear (I could do something awesome like take a picture of me wearing it, but I'd probably get fired and feel like a major slore for doing that - so I'll pass).
2. bra that I do not wear
3. fuzzy slipper socks - If I had to choose between my slippers and these socks, I'd take the slippers - so I'm choosing, and the slippers are staying - bye-bye socks!
4. package of rubber bands (hair ties) not strong enough to hold my hair up to my preferred standard (ever since I had really long hair, which I no longer do, I haven't been able to go back to the smaller rubber bands - and when I run I use TWO of the jumbo ones, so I go through those rather quickly too).
5. assorted half-used cosmetics that I'm not sure why are still in my bathroom
6. THIRD box of books for classroom library!
7, 8, 9, box of reading quizzes from another teacher - One set of quizzes for Romeo & Juliet, one set of quizzes for the Odyssey, and one set of quizzes for Animal Farm. I'm definitely a hoarder when it comes to teaching materials, but I figure that by the time I'm teaching high school again (if that even ever happens), I'll be completely ready and wanting to create my own materials.
10. a very gross, very dirty (in the dusty sense) doll. I always have issues getting rid of "toys" - but this really has no sentimental meaning, and is beyond the state of being clean-up-able such that I might allow any future as-of-yet non-existent child of mine to touch it.
OK this is officially hard - I definitely need to go through all of my paperwork and purge files, but even if I do bank account, IRA, and student loan purges, that's still just three items... then there's also the matter of the VHS tapes - maybe I need to just resolve that WHEN I buy a new TV (hopefully soon), I will get rid of the entire box? (If I had the cash flow to purchase the TV now, I'd make the old TV & box of VHS tapes items 99&100 as a present to myself!)
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