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19 bars of soap

Posted: Aug 30, 2011

It's been over a year, and I am finally down to 19 bars of soap. I have had to walk away from the soap aisle just to stop myself, resisting the urge to purchase even more. What is up with that? Also, I must have 20 plates and 20 coffee cups, with just me and my 10/yo living here. Most of those are going to have to hit the thrift store, since I just bought 4 more! I know I'm nuts. Just wondering if there are others out there who cannot stop themselves -- just for fun ---

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coffee mugs - Happy MT Robin

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I buy one every time I go somewhere on vacation, sometimes more than one. At one point I had them all hanging on my kitchen wall on display, but they had to come down when I moved the fish tank into that corner, so they're all in storage boxes right now.

Everything else I don't have space for and had a huge garage sale over the summer which was extraordinarily liberating (even sold the fish tank with the guy's promise to take care of my fish).

It's one of the good things about living in a tiny house - there's no room for any extra stuff.

Stuff and such. - Mcg

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Shot glasses. I have over 100 and don't even drink that much! I counted them when we moved back in March and meant to write down the number. It's ridiculous.. lol.. darned things are in the cabinets and on the counter just taking up space.

Hair products... and I have thin hair which these products do absolutely nothing positive for, but I can't help it. My guy says I have every hair product known to man.. for all of my three hairs.. LOL!

MCG - I'm laughing so hard about the hair products.... - Probably because it

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sounds just like me!. I prob have about 2 to 5 hairs myself. I get razzed about it all the time...."Why do you have SO much hair stuff?" Maybe it IS a thin hair thing.....I just believe all the BS that it will suddenly make my hair full and volumnous....but alas it doesn't...ahhahahah You should see my shower...10 different shampoos, conditioners, treatments. Then on the counter....various hair sprays, mousses, root lifters, oh, and the hair vitamins.

Shot glasses made great little tea-light candle - holders when the power goes out.

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They throw off a lot of light, too.

PS: Guess what's the BEST lamp for tea-lights? - Old artichoke heart jars. s/m

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I kid you not. When I'm done with the artichokes, I clean them out really well, peel off the label, and they work even better at providing light than any tea-light lanterns I've ever bought.

Shoes, shoes and more shoes - AnaPhylaxis

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I have an obscene number of pairs, from extremely high end to ones from Ross and Marshall's I bought at discount.

My husband swears I wanted the place we live in just because it had a triple-sized closet with built in racks and shelves for shoes (and he's partly right, though I'd never admit it).

In my opinion... - 4vrtpng

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You can never have enough shoes or good friends.

Too many pairs of skates! - SF Skater

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Even the old ones I don't use, I just don't have the heart to part with them.

4 pr. Rollerblade inline skates: Viablade (rec), Activa (speed), Wings (rec/speed), & Fusion urban skates (tricks).
2 pr. Reidel old-school quad skates (rink and roller disco).
1 pr. figure skates (ice).
1 pr. hybrid inline figure skates (ice- skating boot with a frame-and-wheel setup that simulates how ice skates feel.

SOLD:
1 pr. K2 soft boot inline skates.
1 pr. Rollerblade commuter skates, with a hiking-type boot and detachable frame/wheels, so you can skate to the train or bus stop, then take off the wheels and walk onboard.

Why do I need so many skates? I don't know, I only have 2 feet. But I'm already eyeing a pair of speed quads for roller derby. I guess it's the same as earrings. I've got hundreds of those, and only 2 ears.

ketchup - dont know why

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I must have 35 bottles of ketchup. Every single time my husband goes to the store, he buys ketchup! We barely eat it. I think I am going to put some bows on them and pass them out for x-mas gifts this year!

Trash - It is what it is.

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Hurricane Irene blew through our basement, leaving a foot of water. We had time to move the really important things upstairs, lost an old fridge, and the boiler and hot water heater were repairable. But everything else was really trash. We had boxes, old lumber, doors, folding chairs, nails, screws, bolts by the coffee can full. Heck! We even had empty coffee cans just in case we needed them to store more stuff! It all ended up at the curb waiting for the town storm pickup. None of that stuff was really useful. We didn't need to keep it. We didn't need to own it in the first place! Over the past 26 years, the basement simply became a repository for stuff we "might" need one day, and didn't know where to store. Oh, and we also spent lots of money over the years buying things like nails and screws and bolts, because we couldn't find the nails, screws and bolts we had shoved in the basement! Moral of the story. . . we're never letting that happen again, are keeping only what we use regularly, and staying organized so that we can find it when we need it.

I have a couple of "junk drawers" that I save odds - and ends in. (s/m) - Meerkat

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I tend to save things like metal rings, pieces of wire, tiny screws and eye-bolts, hooks, snaps, and any number of other potentially useful hardware. If I make something by cutting out part of an old wire coathanger, I save the rest of the wire. Also large beads, key rings of every size and description, thumb tacks, paper clips, rubber bands (especially the big fat ones that come on broccoli at the supermarket), combination locks, regular locks, velcro, old nylon dog and cat collars.

I'm always making things, or jerry-rigging things to work, and it never fails: If I throw away something in my junk drawer, I will INEVITABLY need it a few days later!

EXAMPLES:
The other day I wanted to hang a bird feeder in one of the trees. The left-over coathanger (with the bottom cut out for another project) has one built-in hook at the top, and I just bent the 2 other wires to form a 2-pronged hook to hang from the tree branch. Voila. Bird-feeder hook.

The other day I needed to hang a motion light from another tree to light our dark walkway. I found a small square of wood (I also save wood!), and mounted the light to that. Put 2 of my eye-bolts from the junk drawer on either side. Then, took a long piece of picture-hanging wire (save that, too!), and hung the light from the tree with that.

I can never have enough old pet-collars! Loop one through the little tabs at the back of most sports shoes and boots, and you've got an easy way to carry them. One can be cut in half and sewn to old luggage, bags, etc. that have no strap, in order to form a sturdy new one. Heavier nylon collars make excellent front straps for horse blankets, as the leather ones that usually come with them rot and break. Hung from backpacks, they make good straps for tying on a bedroll, or a windbreaker. They can be used to hang things from bicycles, or from a belt (such as a water bottle). A pretty, sparkly, bling-ey collar can be made into a cute choker to wear.

I also save buttons, even though I don't sew that often. And my mom gave me her old button box, that I remember playing with as a kid.

I got clear metal boxes to keep my growing collection of screws in. I save screws - even if I just find one lying on the ground, I pick it up and bring it home. Never fails, that ONE screw I picked up will someday be the exact one I needed to complete a project.

I save old shoelaces. No limit to what you can do with those! I save twist-ties, too, keep them in the spoon drawer in the kitchen. I'm always needing an extra twist-tie! And 2 twisted together make great little "spider" for my cat to bat around the kitchen floor.

"One person's trash is another person's treasure!"

;)

Oops, I meant "clear PLASTIC", not "metal"! - I never heard of "clear" metal! (sm)

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Also, to keep cut nylon straps or collars from fraying at the ends, try "candling" them, by putting the cut end in a flame briefly, til the plastic melts a bit.

What do I have too much of? - Fatigued Fingers

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Pens ... I have pens by my computer, pens in the living room, pens on my writing desk, pens in the kitchen, and even a couple in the bathroom. Just this week I ordered 2 boxes of pens ... one box contains 60 pens and another 12. No kidding.

I just tell people I am a crafter - but

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I just can't seem to get around to all the projects I have in mind. Now, my sister. . . she has a drawer that has about 40 rolls of Scotch tape. She does give a lot of gifts, but it is strange. She also has about 50 bottles of shampoos and conditioners that are about half full, really.

Crafter, does your sister have thin hair? - Mcg

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I just thought since your sister had so many half-full bottles of shampoos and conditioners, maybe she has my problem, thin hair.

BTW: My guy LOVES long hair, of course, which makes me feel like a complete loser because my three hairs don't look very good long, but I had let it grow about 4 inches below my shoulders. I hadn't had a hair cut in many months because of finances but had been cutting my bangs. It was a mess. We got a little ahead, so I decided I wanted a long, sexy shag.. you remember those? Also, there was this very cool-looking hair salon in town where the stylists were really "with-it" looking. I went and asked for a long shag. You ought to see it. Oh, I got plenty of layers.. about six thousand layers for my three hairs with little wisps hanging around the bottom just below my ears.. looks really great because it's so thin, that the little wisps stick straight out when I walk around while the rest of it is flat to my head. Dayum. I mess with it all the time and have completely freaked out my guy. I was almost crying when I came home. He looked at me and just said, "let it grow." Everyone else just looks at kind and says, "looks good." You can always tell if people really like it or not, they don't. When I get up in the morning, it's sticking out all over my head, especially on top, and those little wisps are then stuck down to my face and neck.

Fabulous!

Mcg, No, not the same - crafter

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My best friend had hair like yours, she used to perm it and it would go to frizz immediately. She now just wears it very short, almost boyish, and looks very cute. Always has very nice jewelry. If you just wear it with pride and sophistication, everyone (including your guy) will think you are a fashion statement. Your guy will always like long hair, its a man thing, but if you have confidence (even fake confidence) it will work for you.

My sister has these crazy areas.

Crafter - Mcg

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I'll try, but did you read the description? LoL. I really wasn't exaggerating at all. I figure I might as well laugh about it, though. I might be crazy (actually the crazy ship sailed long ago), but I still have my sense of humor

I have VERY thick hair and 900 bottles of - hair product.

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Ever since I moved to the deep south from the desert, I just can't make my hair behave. It used to be straight, now it's kind of frizzy-curly and BIG. I tried layers, my hair got bigger. Now, all one length and very long, which kind of weighs it down some, but it is still just BIG. I wish I could find a product that would kind of make it behave without having to spend hours with a flat iron or a blow dryer (which just damages my hair and makes the initial problem that much worse). If I had that magic product, I could finally get rid of the hundreds of bottles of stuff that are affecting my marriage.

soy sauce, duck sauce, etc. packets from - Chinese takeout

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Don't ask me WHY I can't bring myself to throw them away.

I swear I could open my own Chinese restaurant.

I don't even order out that much, but over the years...

NAIL POLISH!!! - Silly Girl

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I realized last night that I have bottles and bottles of nail polish - some not even opened yet! The funny thing is, I don't paint my finger nails - just my toe nails but I love love love all those pretty colors!!!

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