From the category archives:

De-cluttering

Would I Know If I Was a Hoarder?

by mapgirl on September 11, 2009

DogAtMyFinances writes “I think you would know before you’re even close to that level of hoarding, right? I mean, if nothing else, they had a lot more space to fill with thrift store junk and a lot more time to go to thrift stores.”
My reply is, “I don’t know.”
I truly do not know thee answer [...]

{ 4 comments }

Selling Off My Crap

by mapgirl on July 30, 2009

Cap would be so proud. My boyfriend gets rid of stuff on eBay and Craigslist all the time. Now that I can point to stuff and say, “I don’t want it anymore,” he can sell stuff for me in less than a day.
Latest sale was my old Trek 1000 sport-entry racer. I bought it for [...]

{ 5 comments }

Cleaning Up Is Hard To Do

by mapgirl on August 15, 2008

I’m learning how to be more ruthless throwing stuff away. I’ve watched my boyfriend clean up his house. He’s extremely tidy. He doesn’t keep paper around. He shreds it or throws it away immediately. He does not sweat the small stuff. I think the only receipts he saves are for taxes. If it’s not tax [...]

{ 4 comments }

Abundance In My Life

by mapgirl on October 31, 2007

As we head into the holiday season and enjoy today’s holiday of gluttony, I just wanted to take a moment and reflect on the abundance in my life.
During my regular knitting gathering this week, we were talking about S.A.B.L.E., Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy. For those of you who don’t knit, ’stash’ is your yarn [...]

{ 6 comments }

Yes indeedy. I did it.
I am cheesed off with Wachovia for charging me to download from within Quicken, but not so cheesed off as to kill that account. I really do feel more comfortable with a brick and mortar bank locally. So this means my Philadelphia based checking bank is going the way of the [...]

{ 5 comments }

Just Get Rid of It!

by mapgirl on April 9, 2007

This woman is selling everything. Or darned close to it.
I think this is amazing. I often think of doing something like this. I don’t know why I have half of what I own. I have a few things still boxed up and my mom and dad’s house, but I can live without it daily. I [...]

{ 0 comments }

Getting Rid of My Books!

by mapgirl on February 2, 2007

I know a lot of PF bloggers are selling their books through Amazon or eBay. Great. Good luck to them. I’d rather not wait in a post office line.
Today, with a friend, I donated books to a non-profit literacy charity and used book store. It was awesome. They took every book I had. I made [...]

{ 6 comments }

Get Adobe Flash playerPlugin by wpburn.com wordpress themes