Too Much Stuff

A friend told me last Friday that she was having a garage sale and asked if I had anything to contribute.

A blog that I read regularly about saving money at the grocery store is having a Declutter challenge that she began on Tuesday.

Yesterday, I received a postcard from our local thrift store saying a truck would be in our neighborhood to pick up donations in a couple of weeks.

Is someone trying to tell me something here? I know I need to declutter some but seriously? I wasn't aware that everyone else thinks I need to as well.

So, I can be a little slow, but I get it. It's time to clear out and organize. I can do this. And what do I start with? The most cluttered area in our house.... the master closet. Honestly! It's about the size of a very small bathroom but even after clearing it out and then only putting back in what was going to stay, I ended up with two kitchen bags of garbage and a very intimidating pile of giveaways. My son laid his hand on my shoulder last night and told me in a matter of fact voice, "The thrift store truck is going to love you."

But, hey, I did the worst first. The only other area that even comes close is the garage.

And I was brutal, baby. I got rid of stuff that I had been hanging on to for whatever reason for too long. And it was contagious because so did Hubby. Now, I've just got to find a place for it until the truck gets here.

Ugh!