40 Bags in 40 Days UPDATE #1

 Remember I told you I was taking the 40 Bags in 40 days Challenge

Well after I finished my bathroom makeover

I figured I should get started organizing the drawers and cabinets

Cause who wants a pretty bathroom with messy unorganized cabinets

They look soooo much better with the pretty paper

I mean I know its nothing spectacular

but hey it looks ten times better than before

 

 I threw away a bunch of stuff, old lotion, body sprays, expired makeup

a whole bag of trash just from the bathroom...

 

 I also tackled my large dresser in my bedroom

drawers that were once overstuffed

have neatly folded clothes

I plan to take two of these bags to Platos Closet to sell some of the better items

and the other bag is mostly old t-shirts, socks, and clothes with defects and is headed to the trash

only 36 more bags to go........

40 Bags of Stuff

Have you heard about the 40 bags in 40 days challenge!!!!

 The idea of 40 Bags in 40 Days is that during Lent (40 days) rid your house of 40 bags of "stuff".
This "stuff" can be things you don't use... junk, clothes you don't need/wear, clutter, old toys, garbage, and anything else you don't need.

I started this  challege before but never finished

this time I am much more motivated

because so many rooms, spaces, closets, and cabinets

look like a bomb went off

I can't wait to get started

because there is a lot of STUFF I need to get rid of

Here is my 2013 List:

This weekend I plan to:

• Clean out and organize the bathroom closet and cabinets
• Clean out and organize the laundry closet

and finish up the Master Bathroom redo, see the sneak peak here.

Are you participating in the 40 days challenge? If so whats on your list this weekend....

40 Bags in 40 Days (Update)

After being inspired by Sarah from Clover Lane, I am committed to getting rid of 40 bags of stuff from our home during the 40 days of Lent.  So far I went through the house and picked up things that I knew needed to go and tossed them into a big bag for Goodwill, see here is my proof.



Inside you will find a window valance, crib sheet, crib bed skirt, scrapbook paper that I didn’t use, and a couple of other items that I don’t even remember, I guess they really weren’t that important.  I also had a bag that I labeled Consignment, I figure I might as well try to make a few bucks in my simplification process.  I did give myself a few ground rules when it came to this pile.

1. Item should be something that I would potentially have purchased at a consignment shop.
2. Items must leave the house within a week and I can not go back to this pile and take stuff out.

So far these two simple rules worked very well and I took all of this stuff to consignment.

 

Lets hope I make a few bucks to go towards my long home improvement list.  Do you eBay, consign, or just simply take all your discards to Goodwill?
2 bags down 38 more to go!

Simplify

I have a 101 things going on it feels like and I am trying to juggle them all, trying being the operative word. At any rate I know that I need to simplify, declutter and introduce better structure in my life. Every corner I turn in my house it seems like I find something that needs a bit of organization, my hubby would just say you need to throw that s@#t away. I really am not a hoarder, but I do have a lot of stuff that could easily be sent to the Goodwill or to the trash bin.

One of my goals this year is to become better organized, but why. Did you know that clutter has a cost and often times its a big one?

• Clutter causes you to feel stressed, overwhelmed and frustrated.
• Clutter steals much needed storage space (If you have run out of storage space you have to much STUFF)
• Clutter makes life harder because you spend more time looking, digging, and screaming to your family because neither of you can find what you need.
• It takes a lot more time to clean when you have clutter.
• If you cant find what you need, you have to repalce it.
• Clutter takes away the calm, peace and joy of being at home.

I am ready to put some more action behind my words. For the next 40 days I am going to work my little butt off to rid our house of 40 bags of clutter in 40 days. Last year Sarah from Clover Lane completed this task in her home and had a great experience. I am sure that I can find 40 bags of stuff to get rid of. I've already decluttered our Master Closet, Bedroom Drawers, , Toys, and Junk Drawer during Toni's challenge early this year so I feel like I have some momentum going into the challenge.

Its my hope that by the end of the challenge my rooms will feel lighter and that we will be able to find everything that we need. This space is at the top of my declutter list