Now that we’ve unpacked our boxes and watched one too many episodes of Clean Sweep, we’ve decided to sell, give or throw away our excess items. Our neighbor advised us of a good “sell” location just up the road where you pull up and sell out of the back of your vehicle but the catch is you have to get there EARLY. We got up at 4:30 and headed out by 5:30. While FM was packing the car, he was stopped twice by people trolling for tag sales on base. I didn’t think anyone else would be up at 5 am on a Saturday. When we got to the location at about 5:40, we were mobbed and some people even helped us “unload” the car so they could get first dibs. We got rid of a lot of things but we have more that wouldn’t fit into the car ~ if it doesn’t fit in the suburban, you know it’s a lot of stuff. FM is thinking about going again tomorrow but FG has put her foot down and refuses to go again ~ she wants one day to sleep in and I don’t blame her a bit.
Since FG is a huge pack-rat like her Daddy, I was proud of both of them for making an effort to declutter. We told FG she could keep the money for any of her items that sold and she had a say on picking out what we would sell that belonged to her. We noticed quite a few things from her “sell” box were disappearing throughout the morning. I thought FM sold them and he thought I sold them. So when we got in the car to leave, we were surprised to find these items had mysteriously migrated into the backseat of the car! Our tricky girl decided at the last minute that she wasn’t so keen on selling those things 😉 I have to say, she was pretty stealth about the whole thing since FM, nor I, had a clue what she was doing.
Ginger:
Good luck on your decluttering ~ looks like you’ve got quite a plan going. I checked your blog and will check back on your progress. It’s always motivational to hear about other people’s success stories 🙂
Nicole: Every six months? That’s so good. I should do that too but I have to say I have some OLD clothes in my closet. Mostly because I’m too cheap to buy new things 😉
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I’m just starting on a new Clean Sweep myself … nice to see I’m not alone. My hubbie is retired AF and I can tell you with all the moves, we have stuff we’ve moved from one house to the next without even opening the box. So, in my personal declutter challenge, I am planning to have one 90 gallon trash can full of junk each week to put out on the curb in addition to our regular trash. If it’s anything useful, I’ll donate to charity, but everything else “Buh-bye”!
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I love “Clean Sweep”. I’m not the pack-rat type…I go through my closets every 6 months and donate anything I haven’t worn in a year…and I LAUGH at some of the people on the show who have sweaters from 1988! That would drive me craaaazy!
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Hey, why are you selling the 8 plastic coke cups I got you fro Christmas!
Just Kidding! Marilyn
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Patti you did not think it was going to be that easy did you?
she is so funny,but I have a hard time getting rid of my stuff also.
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Good eye! The crib was in storage the whole time we were in Germany ~ we were going to have it delivered IF I had another baby. We figured it’s time to sell it 😉
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Patti –
Is that a CRIB I see? How many countries have you carted that thing around to?
We are planning an event like this when we get back into the states – take everything out of storage and sell, sell, sell! Great idea!
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