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springyzone — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 00:40:05 GMT

Here's a link to an article I just read.

We need to stop buying stuff – and I know just the people to persuade us (msn.com)

It sort of resonated with me.

Is there anyone else out there who is a bit guilty of accumulating-stuff?

I've been telling myself for years I need to declutter before I die but I have gone from a home that housed 3 kids to an empty nest where those 3 bedrooms are still full. How did that happen!

Sitting right next to me in a big bag next to the computer are lots of high heel shoes I have decided I can live without and which I barely wore.😑

Yet I still love it when there's a delivery. The latest yesterday was of Christmas ornaments.

Does anyone else here have too much of anything they think might need a sort?

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papermoon.lady — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 00:48:57 GMT

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sandypebbles — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 00:54:17 GMT

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imastawka — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 02:50:23 GMT

I had a Bric-a-Brac shop in the eighties.

I collected so much stuff to 're-sell for my retirement'.

The garage is still chockers with shop stock.

.......................and still it comes through the front door.

I pity the person who has to sort out my house. (That would be daughter)

I just hope they know the diamonds from the dross.

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janeababe — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 05:51:19 GMT

Errr…. Does two double garages, plus a storage shed full of ~~**bleep**~~ stuff count?
mind you, we are currently erecting another double garage to move the current stuff, so we can renovate the double garage it’s currently sitting in…. Now there’s logic for you 😂

@stawks…. My mother also had a nick-nak shop in the 80’s. That kinda stuff was very popular back then.

I’m terribly addicted to antiques and garage sales.. Marketplace is my new ‘go to’….
I truly honestly COMPLETELY need to down size my ‘stuff’ 😎

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papermoon.lady — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 05:56:00 GMT

@janeababe wrote:
I’m terribly addicted to antiques and garage sales.. Marketplace is my new ‘go to’….
I truly honestly COMPLETELY need to down size my ‘stuff’ 😎

Me too. I love markets, weird stuff, and I like to be surprised... Actually it is more than love. I am totally addicted to markets and garage sales too.

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springyzone — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 06:00:14 GMT

OMG garage sales and vintage, talking my language.

I look at stuff on marketplace I am not even interested in buying.

But every now and again it gets me in like the cake baking tin for $5 and currently immersed in 2 tier cake stands.

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janeababe — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 06:03:28 GMT

@papermoon.lady wrote:

Me too. I love markets, weird stuff, and I like to be surprised... Actually it is more than love. I am totally addicted to markets and garage sales too.

I was once asked at an interview, *why I wanted this job?*

…I replied: because I’m addicted to buying antiques 😁

(I got the job) 😂

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janeababe — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 06:06:11 GMT

@springyzone wrote:
OMG garage sales and vintage, talking my language.
I look at stuff on marketplace I am not even interested in buying.
But every now and again it gets me in like the cake baking tin for $5 and currently immersed in 2 tier cake stands.

OMG…. I’m currently selling 3 cake tins on marketplace hahahahahahahhahaa…… do you need any more? Hint hint? 🤣

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domino-710 — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 06:42:49 GMT

I am a total minimalist - but can't figure why I have so much crop.

I'm working on it. 🤣

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papermoon.lady — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 06:47:30 GMT

I often cover up my stuff with party plastic tablecloths. 🙂

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domino-710 — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 06:51:05 GMT

Hoi - anyone need/want a you beaut bike - DD - yep - most is her ' stuff ' - hasn't ridden for years.

Perfect condition - Brit Racing Car Green - with extras - needs a good home.

So does she - after 4 months of lockdown - she also is up for a good home.

She's now going for - I'll pay you. 😀

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janeababe — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 07:10:02 GMT

I’m very big on ‘projects’…. I get on Pinterest and look at ‘stuff others have done’ and I think to myself ‘oh, I’m going to do that’…. So I buy the stuff to do it, the stuff gets stored in a shed until I have time to get to it, then next thing you know, it’s 5-6yrs later. 😆

Two days ago, I bought a wooden single bed, the idea is to turn it into a garden bench.
…I stored it in the …. You guessed it…. Garage 😂

I’ll get a round to it….. eventually. If not, there’s a single wooden bed up for grabs lol

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papermoon.lady — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 07:17:58 GMT

I have a garage too, but it is already full. On top of that somebody had left a couch in it when I moved in. 😞

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domino-710 — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 07:18:32 GMT

You're doin' it wrong. 🤣

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janeababe — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 07:23:49 GMT

@domino-710 wrote:
You're doin' it wrong. 🤣

Story of my life, mate 😁😁😁

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twyngwyn — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 07:49:14 GMT

lol....just get rid of it!

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springyzone — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 10:58:01 GMT

@janeababe wrote:
I’m very big on ‘projects’…. I get on Pinterest and look at ‘stuff others have done’ and I think to myself ‘oh, I’m going to do that’….
I’ll get a round to it….. eventually. If not, there’s a single wooden bed up for grabs lol
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There's a weirdly addictive site on facebook called upcycleit. I think you'd like it. It's a public group.
I'm not even into projects that much but I see some of what the posters there have done and think-yes! Doesn't look too hard and wow, isn't that great!
Not everything is great though and not everything is easy, but still, it is interesting to see sometimes what just a coat of paint can do.

Oh & I hear you about the single bed. In this same room I have a cot (taken apart) and inner spring cot mattress. Excellent condition, given to us for when we had grandkids over so now I am ready to pass it on to someone else for free. Just haven't got around to it, what with lockdown etc

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janeababe — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 14:06:34 GMT

Put your free stuff out on the curb with a sign that says FREE.

People love free stuff, they’ll take anything as long as it’s free, even rubbishy stuff.

I know! I’m one of those people 😶

………..I need help…… 😭😭(getting that free rocking chair in the back of my car!!!!)😂🤣😂

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papermoon.lady — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 20:34:11 GMT

Or put it in a box that looks like a parcel that has just been left in an unsafe place by AusPost... 😎