Toss It Out Tuesday | A Peek Inside

You guys, it’s Tuesday which means Toss It Out Tuesday, your inspiration for getting that clutter out of your house! As I introduced previously, the concept is simple.

• Have 6 bins, boxes or bags labeled Donate, Move, File, Sell, Recycle and Trash.
• Pick an area of your home to begin with – even a small space, such as a linen closet is a great way to begin!
• Start tossin’.

Toss It Out Tuesday

This week, I tossed out a whole bunch of stuff, but sadly it was only 1 bag’s worth!

Here’s my problem. {Confession Alert} My dirty little secret – actually my “cleaning” little secret, is that if I have people coming over in 15 minutes and there’s STILL crap on the kitchen counter (usually because I’ve been dawdling in the kitchen too long), I toss it in a bag.

Not so much a problem, IF I took care of the bag’s contents, in … oh, I don’t know … a day after they were placed in said bag.

But I don’t, and the bag gets tossed around from room to room depending on which room’s being seen by guests, and then I’m faced with:

• Missing school papers that needed signed
• Expired coupons I could have used
• Missing checks (uh-huh, it’s happened. Don’t tell my accountant husband or accountant father. Scratch that, at least one of them reads my blog.)
• Purchasing duplicates of something unnecessarily

The bigger problem? I don’t just have 1 bag of this counter clutter. I have several. And while I’m hoping you’re on this journey with me, it’s one step at a time; and this particular bag I tossed had papers and coupons from 2013! Seriously!!

So for your amusement, and possibly my own humiliation, here’s what I tossed this week, from that one measly bag of counter clutter:

1. Donate: A couple small toys still new in package are being donated to Carlie’s classroom “treasure” box.
2. Move: Fourteen cents were moved into my wallet. That was exciting, wasn’t it?!
3. File: My dog’s vet record from 2013. My 5th grader daughter’s 2nd grade school picture. Crayon artwork from one of my children. It’s so old I can’t tell whose art it is.
4. Sell: Other small toys I placed in a “FREE” or “25¢” box that I use at my garage sale.
5. Recycle: Lots and lots of papers, old coupon inserts, and a couple of old magazines.
6. Trash: Another Barbie leg. I kid you not. A used paint stick (?!?!).

So I’m sorry this week I’m sharing the not-so-pretty peek into my clutter contents, but nevertheless this is my journey, and it’s one less bag I’ve tossed. So I’ll chalk that up to a Win.

Your Turn!

Here’s your turn to share what you tossed during the last week! Leave a comment below, sharing what you tossed (into any of the categories above). Everyone who comments on the Toss It Tuesday posts each week will be entered into a monthly drawing for a fun prize!

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