We made a recent visit to a children's museum that had a little store. Eldest immediately donned her apron and set to work putting everything to rights and welcoming customers. Unfortunately for her, Toddler was her first and only customer.
Eldest tried to explain that Toddler should carefully make her selections, place them in her basket and go to the checkout. Toddler laughed loudly, began grabbing stuff and launching it in the general direction of her cart. Some of it made it in her basket. Then she took off down the aisle, sending boxes and plastic food items flying everywhere.
Poor Eldest. She's the one that prayed for a little sister.
Today I was trying to find a cheap pair of sunglasses this morning at the store, because my two pairs of cheap sunglasses broke... and my olders found the bandz.
If there was ever a more useless, pointless waste of two dollars plus tax it would surely be these ridiculous bracelets shaped like any assortment of things you could imagine.
"You'll have to spend your own money." I warned them. They didn't care. They had to have 24 rubber nuisances (times two equals 48) that will only end up under the couch, stuffed in crevices in their rooms in annoying pieces and ALL over the car floor.
So as I was sanctimoniously thinking of how wasteful children are, I started to think about all the stuff I come home from the store with. How much of that could I really have left on the shelf? How much do I end up frantically donating in order to get the clutter out of my house a year, a month later?
So I'm TRYING to think about everything I buy. Will I still want this in a few months? Do I even like it now? If I'm not sure about something, if I'm just thinking "I'd like to try this" I'm determining to tell myself no. I'm tired of clutter. I'm tired of stuff we don't need. I'd rather spend money on a few quality items than thousands of cheap little nothings that aren't worth the trouble.
What are your thoughts about clutter? Leave a comment with your ideas, goals and suggestions.
Good night!
Um, I have some suggestions on increasing clutter. Seriously. I live by myself; I pay a college student to clean my house; I STILL live in a life-sized file cabinet.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I saw Faith Bandz at Family Christian Store. I immediately thought of your kiddoes. Remind me to send them a package of every variety.
i'm filled up to my brain with clutter too. where do all these stupid stray pieces of paper come from? and since it's like a mortal sin to throw any paper away that identity thieves would enjoy, i think "i should shred this". yet, i have no shredder. so i end up with a decade's worth of papers in my attic. lovely.
ReplyDeleteand then there's the basement. where the children play. oh dear.
the only clutter i'll abide is books. because i heart books.
Books are not clutter. Books are portals to different worlds.
ReplyDeleteI HATE the pieces of paper everywhere! I thought that was just my house. And even if you own a shredder the junk mail piles up faster than it can be disposedof.
Aunt Gwennie, Hannah has since given away about half of hers, so I'm not as worried anymore. I just hope all the little girls that promised to give her one back forget. Indefinitely.
I want to pay a college student to clean my house.
Kat, I read that at first as "I've filled up my brain with clutter, too." Because that is what I have done. But this isn't supposed to be spiritual post day, is it?
ReplyDeletehmm, i missed this post!
ReplyDeletei wish i could post pictures on comments. i HATE clutter, yet i am constantly swimming in it. ugh.
i've gotten a LOT better the past few months, but still so far to go...
Haha, brain clutter! I'll get right on that idea, Gwen! :)
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