Week Three, Items 21-28

Creepy gingerbread thing

We host an annual party near the end of the year to which our friends wear tacky holiday stuff. We deck out our house in a similar fashion. To do so, we've rounded up some holiday decorations from thrift stores. This thing in particular weirds me out a little bit, and I'm happy to have an excuse to get rid of it. Back to the thrift store it goes!

Star of David tablecloth

We've had this tablecloth since 2006, when we first hosted our tacky holiday party. After several years of use, it has some tears and stains, and I think it's time to put it out to pasture. We certainly got our money's worth out of it; it only cost a dollar. This is exactly the type of item I don't want to bring into our house anymore, though—things that are cheap and disposable, as if they are meant to go straight to landfills. I don't want to be part of the cycle of cheap consumerism.

Dreidel set

I think the idea was that people would actually use these at the holiday party. To my knowledge, though, no one ever has. I don't feel the need to hold onto these in the hopes that someone will use them this December.

Silver flats

I really like silver flats in theory. In practice, I'm not that crazy about this particular pair. I hardly ever wore them. Better to own things I love and use than to own things I think I might grow to like more someday. It's pretty obvious which category these fall into.

Aflac duck

Someone gave me this little duck at an event I worked at as an intern. My internship was awesome, but I don't need an Aflac duck to remind me of it (my internship wasn't even at Aflac—there was just someone from the company at this particular event). There's no good reason for me to have kept this for so long. It's just something that made its way into a box of stuff from college, which has moved with me from place to place, but never been unpacked.

Set of flower magnets

Another item from the box of random college-era stuff. 

I used these magnets on the mini fridge I had in my room, but I haven't used them since. Honestly, I had totally forgotten about them. That's definitely a sign that they are something I don't need to keep.

Headlight replacement bulb

The headlight replacement bulbs for our old car came in a pack of two. We only had to use one. But now we have a different car, so this won't do us any good. It's just one more thing we don't need to have in our house.

Square brads

We used these when putting together our wedding programs. The finished products turned out great (thanks to a few friends who helped us assemble them), but putting them together was a giant pain. I want nothing more to do with these—fortunately, I know a creative, crafty person who could put them to good use. 

Progress: 28 items out of 400 = 7% done.