The big purchase in April that violated Crunchy Chicken’s rules was a pair of sandals. They were made in the US by Ana-Tech (Anatomical Technology) and purchased from Lithia Park. They feel comfy and I am glad I don’t have to wear sneakers throughout this summer. Too bad its going to be raining all weekend, I really wanted to try these out.
The other purchase was shipping tape which I’ve been using to clean out my clutter (to mail stuff out)
This is a cut the clutter update.
4 months after complaining about catalog choice, the number of catalogs showing up in my mail box has finally gone down. Today when I checked my post office box, I had one catalog from Title Nine which I had not asked catalog choice to remove yet.
Meanwhile I am working on getting rid of all our media. Now that paperbackswap.com is working so well for me, I’ve joined swapacd.com and added the cds I want to get rid of. I like the fact that I can list CDs for which I don’t have the original cases (which I tossed when trying to reduce the space my music took).
I have to admit that one reason I am so ready to get rid of everything is due to the many moves I’ve made over the years. Hurricane Katrina also played a huge role in how I view stuff. I had a friend who lost heirloom furniture in the hurricane and the thought of losing it all made me reconsider how much I wanted to hold on at any time.
I’ve sold or swaped about half our books. I’ve made about $100 so far (excluding shipping). And I used
old cardboard boxes to ship many of the books. For paperbacks, I shipped the books using paper.
There are some books that we picked up from someone else’s trash. The covers are torn or missing and these will be dropped off at the local thrift store since I can’t sell or swap them.
I’ve also begun to cut down our collection of bottles. Most of the bottles were holding other things such as bulk spices. As I finish them, I rinse the bottles and set it aside for recycling.
