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DVD Decluttering Part I


We love movies! We love movies more than most TV shows! My husband took a movie class back in the day and loves to look at the deeper meanings of a movie, all of the symbols and metaphors. We had so many movies. They are all displayed in our living room and sometimes we watch the same few movies over and over again. Some movies I we haven't revisited since we purchased them.

I finally have moved my decluttering journey to our movie collection. I knew this would be a little difficult because my husband is very attached to most of his movies. I am really proud of him because he did get rid of a lot and was willing to not have all of his movies displayed.

Here is our before photo:

Not pictured is two Trader Joe bags of DVDs that my husband filled a couple of months ago. I was determined to clear two shelves full, but I only accomplished one ): We will need to purchase a new DVD disc container to store more of them. 

I decluttered my CDs a few months ago (I wish I would have documented that journey!). I had two cases full of CDs. 


Not only did I have my CDs in these two storage cases, I also kept every single plastic case for each of them in drawers (why?!?!?!). I got rid of all the plastic cases except for my favorite bands and I narrowed my CD collection down to one CD storage case. I decided to fill as many DVDs as I could with the one that was now bare. 

Going through this collection was interesting because we had a lot of duplicates. 

For example, why (other than the fact that I am really cool) do I have two copies of The Phantom of the Opera?! 


The other duplicates we had because my husband and I combined our collection from before we were married. We had double copies of: 
Nacho Libre 
Nine
The Forty Year Old Virgin
Knocked Up
Superbad 
Avatar 
Zombieland
Twilight-both my copies, not my own haha 

WE HAVE THREE COPIES OF THE DARK KNIGHT (we love Batman in this family).
I decided to gift my oldest daughter some of those copies (all except The Forty Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and Superbad). I also gave her a copy of The Phantom of the Opera. She's a teen now, but these are movies we watch together over and over. We quote Nacho Libre at least once a week ("Get that corn out of my face!") We listen to The Phantom of the Opera soundtrack FOR FUN. Nine was the theme for her six year old birthday party. I know she values these movies so that's why I decided to gift these to her. 

There was one movie I've had for years that I've tried to watch but just couldn't get into. 
 I like movies that make you overthink, but I just never finished this one. I think the last time I attempted to watch it was seven years ago. I came to accept that I will never watch this movie, so it needs to go. 

I asked my husband which DVDs he wants displayed and he picked his favorites and got rid of a few (so proud of him). After filling the case we have, I had to display the rest that we decided to keep until we purchase another.

I was thinking that I was being smart and would sell the DVDs for some cash (I purged some books last summer, sold some and received some cash for them). I went to two different sites, but the minimum price to sell all the DVDs listed had to be $15 on one site, $20 on the other. Of course I didn't make it to those prices. I then found the F.Y.E. website. I thought, they should be trustworthy, there used to be a store in the mall I think. After scanning 50 DVD codes, we were given an estimate of $21. BUT, they will only reimburse for up to $5 of shipping fees. I KNOW it will cost way more than that to ship. I think there is still an F.Y.E store in town we can try and sell them to, but it just may not even be worth the time! I am annoyed that I spend so much time scanning to three different sites as it is. Sometimes the money is just not worth it! 

Box of DVDs to be given away
So here is what our DVD collection looks like for now:

Though it is a huge improvement from before, I would still like to put more DVDs in another container. I also need to declutter some of the decor we have on the top shelf now (I moved them from another area I was clearing out). 
Hoping to post part II very soon and to be more happy with the outcome! 





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