use up what i have in terms of disposable goods before i move

Currently in the midst of National Eat Up All the Nonperishables in my House Week. The kitchen will soon be empty.

I am officially out of candles. And, I no longer have a backlog of shampoo or face wash—I’m using a bottle of each right now that are the only ones I own.

While cleaning my room, I discovered that I have approximately seven partly-used boxes of floss. Using these up will give me an incentive to be aware of my dental hygiene (as if I’m not already…toothpaste is the one thing that I never had a backlog of, because I use it up quickly, always brushing my teeth).

The lotion/body wash/shampoo/soap/perfume/deodorant backlog is down. Cleaning my room this week, I found five (!!!) sticks of deodorant. I threw away one and put one in my bag, and i’m using one exclusively until it’s gone.

I’m getting much better about using my pretty stationery and not “saving it for a special letter,” because every letter I write is special.

I also threw away some candles that had gotten old and greasy and generally unusable.

I’m out of tea lights. And…I got rid of a bottle of liquor. (Yeah, I drank with my roomies last night.)

My wallet was lost/stolen/misplaced/in short, I’m an idiot and can’t keep track of my own stuff. So I have to wait a couple of days before I can access any of my checking or savings accounts, because I have to get my new cards in the mail and activate them. Today and yesterday have been really edifying…I had a total of thirty dollars that I could access, and I spent $24 on a MetroCard (because when you lose your wallet, your MetroCard goes with it…I’d just bought it that morning, it was the $76 month-long pass). I’ve really had to force myself to eat/drink what my roommates and I had here in the house. Fortunately, we’re kind of in the habit of buying nonperishables at a rate faster than the rate at which we consume them, so I have coffee, rice, and pasta, as well as a variety of sauces and a dozen eggs. It’s forcing me to eat up my own food rather than spending money on it—because, while there are a ton of really cheap places to get a meal, I just simply don’t have the money, period. (Er…I have it…just can’t access it. This should really become the status quo, though…it would force me to eat more fresh fruit and drink more milk, which can’t hurt at all.)

I’m also tearing through my supply of cleaning products that I had but rarely used. In completing my one-chore-a-day goal (see below), I cleaned the entire bathroom, used up a damn lot of Clorox wipes and Brillo Pads (it needed it, badly…I swear). And lighting candles in the bathroom makes it smell like…well, not like funk.

I’m slowly going through my supply of disposable items. I’m trying to only have around what I’m going to use, rather than buying a ton of extras.

In regards to:

Candles
Nonperishable food
Bath products (I’m doing much, much better with this, but I still have more than I should)
Paper and office supplies
Blank books (though I probably won’t be able to resist a new one now and then)
Liquor/wine
Derg toys (he’s spoiled enough, he doesn’t need any more)