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Decluttering Challenge Day 8-21


I've been trying to take pictures of everything I get rid of on the daily, but I feel like I may have missed a day or two. I have continued to get rid of stuff at least once a day! 
I've had this club soda in my fridge for months "just in case." And it was already expired haha!


My sister gave me this because she thought the movies inside were mine, but they were actually my mom's, so I gave it back to her. 


I was following a diet plan that required fancy mustard. I don't even like regular mustard haha! And this expired. 

Giving this to a friend who is going to have a baby.

Got rid of some old essays I wrote and other paperwork. 




I stepped on this fake candle from our wedding. It made me bleed! We still have others so I let it go. 

Got this from a used mom store and my baby didn't even use it! She was already too old by the time we bought it, so I brought it to the same store with some other used stuff to get store credit. 

I have no idea what was in here, but my baby has been playing with this. I finally decided it's OK to let it go because she's not playing with it as much anymore. 




I had a hard time getting rid of these pants because like my shorts from the seventh grade, these were given to me by someone with cute style and I wanted to be like her. I've had them for almost ten years and my pants are now see through lol. I cut it into pieces to use as rags. 


Old check books from 2007!

We have had this in a cabinet for years. We don't really drink and we had received this from someone at a party we hosted.

Found this in the back of our oven from the house's previous owners.

It's silly, but I had a hard time getting rid of this tag. I helped myself let it go by reminding myself that I can look up Moana baby pictures for my baby any time. 

I loved this bottle, but it was getting old and I could taste it in my water.

I didn't get rid of this movie, just the cover! 

Our coffee maker died after a year and a half. It was gifted from my mom during Christmas. We're back to using a french press. 


I have kept my baby's first toothbrush, so I got rid of this one which was her second. 

I also got rid of some Christmas ornaments that a friend gave to me while she was decluttering her house. 

Some days I feel like I won't have anything to get rid of, but I ALWAYS end up finding something. I may continue this challenge for the rest of the summer before school starts! We'll see...





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