Post by imojoebunny on Jun 6, 2013 20:14:58 GMT -5
I hoard nothing, but my DD makes up for it. If I get rid of a toy she hasn't played with in two years, the next day she will come asking for it, and tell me where it was. She has a crazy ass memory for the location tiny plastic crap. She also never loses anything, which is her brothers saving grace. He loses everything, so it is easy to make his extra junk go missing.
consumables that only go on sale periodically. right now it's toilet paper and laudry soap. in september i will buy a years worth of tampons.
and completely unintentionally, i seem to be hoarding tables at the moment. there are 5 on our deck alone, and another 3 inside. in a tiny ass apartment. 1 actually belongs on the deck, 2 are tables turned work benches that will go in our wood shop when it's finished (soon, i hope?), and 2 others are going to be donated or consigned this weekend. but right now our deck looks like the place where tables go to die. what an odd collection.
Another toiletry hoarder here, if we stay in a hotel I put the ones we aren't using in my suitcase so they give me more.
My DH hoards books, I am looking at the pile of books he is currently reading and there are four books and a magazine in his pile. How does one read four books at once? This drives me batty.
Gift bags. I just can't throw them out when they are in perfectly good shape. I reuse them. But one only goes to so many weddings and baby girl showers.
Fabric and vegetable seeds. I have more seeds than I could possibly ever plant in a season. Lots of the packages are several years old and wont germinate anymore. I seriously need to do a clean out.
Body wash, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, deodorant, anything that seems to run out often. I hate shopping for this stuff, so when I have a bottle left, i'll buy 4-6 of them at a time.
For foods, I hoard ketchup, salad dressing, canned spaghetti sauce, chips, meats, etc. I hate having to go to the store to pick up one thing. We dont meal plan so its always annoying when we want to cook something and cant because we're missing an ingredient. So I like to keep stock of food haha.
Essentially I hoard things that I will need. Otherwise I hate clutter.
I have moved so much that I still keep many of the boxes things originally come in (appliances, etc.) This habit really bugs DH.
genet313 and DarcyLongfellow should never come over. I only stock up on TP when there's a hurricane or snowstorm warning. Otherwise, having 4 rolls in the house is pretty good. I think that's the actual number we're at now. I go to the store almost every day anyway, so picking up more TP has never been a problem.
eBooks. My friends and I all share eBooks we purchase, and I'm constantly on the hunt for more things to add to my kindle. Since getting it in December, I've read something like 20 books (would be more if grad school didn't suck away all of my free time) and about 160 more to read. I may have a problem...
Post by MadamePresident on Jun 9, 2013 21:04:08 GMT -5
Clothes that I might need if it comes back in style or I find something that matches with it perfectly. I have been better about getting rid of things lately.
I also have a weakness for requesting shampoo samples, but I rarely use them. In April when the Girl Scouts came through, I emptied out my closet.
I also hoard jewelry. I have tons of costume jewelry. If something breaks I always save the beads intending to restring or make something new with them and I never do.
I hate clutter as well, but since we live abroad, I have a lot of bathroom items that we imported with us that are hard to get here - deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, etc. The funniest is probably tampons. I have a whole basket full because they are hard to find here and very expensive when you do find them. I also have a lot of plastic bags and paper bags that I always think I need to hold on to and then realize I never use them.
I used to have a lot of hotel size toiletries and toiletry bags stuff from when we flew business, but the group I volunteer with collects them to hand out to families so I've cut down a lot on that. I only keep 3-4 on hand for traveling and guests. If you have a lot that are unopened, there might be a group in your community that collects them.
Along these lines: he little containers that plants come in. I like to start my own seeds, give people splits from my garden and have containers with which to bring splits home in. I did a massive landscaping project over Memorial Day and actually ran out! I bet I have 50+ little black containers in my garage for plants...