So I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit this but I shall anyways since I am so proud of my hard work and accomplishment this evening. My house was overrun with papers. With junk mailers, shit I've kept for some unknown reason. In true packrat fashion, close to my roots, I have saved every piece of shit that has been mailed, given or handed to me and packed it all in drawers, closets and more drawers. Every single drawer I could find in the common areas of my house that were not dedicated to silverware or utensils had become a "junk drawer". Coffee table, end tables, desk drawers and 4 kitchen drawers all included for a massive total of 10, not including one closet.
The other night I mentioned to hubby in, I believe after we had crawled into bed, that we needed a shredder, a good one. One that cross cut and did not fit on top of a trash can. A couple days later he told me he had gotten one of my Christmas presents through his work and that it had come in that day. I quickly mentioned that I had already given him 3 of his Christmas presents in the form of shirts I found big time on sale at Belk that he could wear to work. Without too much twisting of the arm he went out to the car and came in with a box revealing the beautiful little black and stainless steel shredder that I had in passing requested. (oh he does listen after all). Since then I have been shredding and shredding. We also went out today and purchased a pretty filing cabinet and 4 bins, one to go under the bed for Ashy's artwork, one for her cards (I always save have and will continue to save these), one for markers and one for playdoh so they can all be neatly put away in the closet. This evening I have cleaned out 11 drawers and demolished the contents of a closet that hubby cleaned out this morning and everything with the exception of a small stack has been filed. I have more to do in the form a storage room that is built into our garage but I am thrilled to pieces with the fruit of my labors in the form of a more organized less cluttered life with only 1 "junk drawer" left to speak of. Ahhh, it's embarrassing but oh it feels so good. I leave you with that as I go to sit on the couch and feel good knowing what is NO LONGER hiding in all those drawers! Wait, now I'm so pumped up I'm off to the kitchen to reorganize the food closet. Here's to a shredder, a pretty filing cabinet and beautiful plastic containers to store goodies away neatly and massively organized!
5 comments:
But do you still have "junk in the trunk?" ;) <3
now you know I do.
hm, Should I be afraid because you had fun with your shredder this weekend?? ha ha ha. Hey, good for you. Looks like you took on quite a task. Kudos to you for a almost no clutter free zone.
ahh that sounds niiice...;)<3
I love getting rid of stuff, too. I try to throw away on a regular basis, but sometimes it just doesn't happen for me. I, too, enjoy a few hours with a good shredder from time to time...who doesn't?? lol
Who is anonymous asking about junk in your trunk??
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