Identify and Rid Myself of 43 Items of Überclutter

I’m unwell, stuck at home instead of being away for the weekend as originally planned, not happy! Being in a bad mood is actually a good thing when clutter clearing is involved. I revived this goal, as I seem to have not completely rid myself of all the clutter last time. I rearranged the furniture in my room earlier in the week, and suddenly hidden items seem to have sprung out of nowhere.
Here’s my progress so far on my (gasp!) second round of 43 items of uberclutter;

(1)A couple of plastic lids in the bathroom cabinet. Have no idea what containers the lids were for

(2)An inflatable mattress repair kit. I sold the mattress at a yard sale several months ago, so I don’t need a repair kit for it now

(3)A pocket calendar for 2008. I could wait several years for the days to align again, but I’m not that patient

(4)Various scraps of fabric that I thought I might use for projects. I have other projects on the go now, so no time for playing around with scraps

(5)Random receipts. One was for a taxi ride in 2004!

(6)A few expired discount vouchers

(7)A pair of slippery sandals. Whenever I wore them, I would think to myself, “I wonder if I’m going to slip this time?”

(8)A pair of sandals that I stopped loving when I saw a friend of a friend who had the exact same pair. Donating these to charity

(9)Lipgloss in a ‘not quite right’ maroon colour

(10)A few make up brush type things. One I believe is a cuticle stick. I wouldn’t know how to operate one of those things, so it’s gone

(11) A bookmark I remember buying for $1 on a high school excursion to the art gallery. It had seen better days

(12)Breath drops. I can only imagine they came free with an airline toiletry bag

(13)A very depressing postcard from a friend interstate who was having trouble finding work at the time. I received this postcard five years ago, and somehow it has remained in my possession, just to remind me that postcards shouldn’t always be a happy event?!

(14)A deposit slip for a bank I no longer belong to

I tried to wear them on Friday. But I didn’t even make it out of the house before it was clear that I was going to seriously injure myself. My feet are too narrow for mules, I tend to walk right out of them unless I flex my toes with each step. And the heels were off center to how I step, so it was a struggle not to twist an ankle. Too bad, they were cute. They went into the clothing swap bag (which is were I got them in the first place).

I got these miniature doll house lights from my father who got them from his mother when she died. She had bought these to make a doll house for my sister when she was a little girl (about 30 years ago)!

I posted these on the woodworking lists I frequent and someone who does miniatures was willing to take them.

12-14) 3 swathes of fabric that I bought in high school and am never going to use.
15) 1 blender that was a gift, but I use my Cuisenart for everything and it was like a $10 blender anyway and smelled funny when you ran it
16-17) 2 pairs of boxer shorts that I had planned to make skirts out of… in high school.
18-19) 2 pairs of not-so-flattering blue jeans
20-21) 2 dresses – one that as stretched out and one that had a stain and didn’t really fit right
22) 1 purple sparkly cardigan that I had bought for the 8th grade dance
23) 1 pair of pants that were coming apart in spite of the unfortunate fact that I’d just had them tailored
24) 1 worn-out bra
25-28) 4 tank tops
29) 1 of A’s sweaters
30) 1 not-as-flattering-as-I’d-hoped/imagined pink velvet blazer
31) 1 never-used compost bin
32-33) 2 of A’s t-shirts
34) 1 evil round brush (which I believe was a gift when I was like 15)
35) 1 Tupperware thing that I bought on impulse but would never use
36) 1 wallet that I don’t like and bought because I thought the pattern was so ugly that it was cool, but it turned out to be a very popular pattern
37) 1 weird polyester shirt with oranges on it that was a hand-me-down from my sister
38) 1 maroon skirt with an unfortunate slit
39-47) 9 Miscellaneous shirts with pit stains, loss of form, etc.
48) 1 set insoles from athetic shoes that we had replaced the insoles in
49) 1 scarf I bought years ago that was pilled
50) 1 sweater I bought at the now-defunct County Seat in 6th grade
51-54) 4 pairs of pants that are stained, don’t fit or otherwise worn and torn
55) 1 pair of icky leather Chucks that seemed reasonable when I bought them but make my feet feel not good.

For now, that’s it! 5 bags of stuff for Goodwill.

I think I’m counting that right, but I’m pretty sure this goal is done. Yay!

6-9) Three empty makeup container pots that I am always tempted to hold on to for no reason
9-11) Two gooey useless bottles of nail polish

Talk about uberclutter! This old bathrobe has been hanging on the hook on the bathroom door for sooo very long, it practically blended in with the door. I happened to notice it the other day, and realized no one in the house has worn it in years. I washed it and donated it to the Goodwill.

Leftover strips of aluminum from the mis-sized garage door gasket I’d put in ages ago. We can put scrap metal in our recycling now!

That was easy. Mom says yes, absolutely, please give us your printer. We’ll pay you for it. So while it’s physically still here (I didn’t have time to unhook it before I went out there tonight), it’s basically taken care of.

And I’ll get money to go towards my new printer. Speaking of, I need to be researching those. I’ve decided to get the best one I can that will play nicely with 64-bit (and that doesn’t cut too much into my savings). The last one I bought was on clearance, and it lasted me 10 years…imagine how long a super-duper nice one would last! (Probly about 10 years, but let me have my little pipe dream here.)

::forehead smack:: Totally forgot about this one. FFB also took my old computer off my hands. I’m doing better than I thought. Nearly halfway there…

FFB was over tonight, fixing R’s computer and determining that mine will not access my new printer (64-bit is cool, but it definitely has its limitations), when he noticed my old printer has a USB connection. Since his computer won’t take old printer connectors, he’d previously told me he couldn’t use it. But USB he can do. So that’s one less piece of junk cluttering up this room.

Now I just have to get rid of this printer and buy a new one. (The cycle of clutter never ends, apparently.) My parents might like to have this one, so that’s not a huge deal. And R’s offered to help me buy a new one (not sure that I’m taking him up on that, though). I’ll figure something out.