Faustian Bargain Basement

The state of our basement in the old house is abhorrent. At our New Year's Eve party two years back I found a dear friend asleep down there and almost passed out with embarrassment and a wee bit too much bubbly. I'm excited that we will be forced to change this and please let us keep it that way ::fingers crossed::

The biggest issue is just plain STUFF. We have way too much stuff (shocking, I know.) This is mostly my fault, I am a keeper. I was raised by a grandmother who taught me to wash out zipper bags and keep every rubber band and twist-tie beneath the sink. I think she still takes crackers home from every restaurant. To be fair, this is a good thing for the new house since we are need of my air conditioner and microwave from when I was in high school and when I first moved out. The two boxes of dishes from when I first moved out on my own when I was 19 (eight years ago...?!) are however, decidedly unnecessary.

Gotta love a Scottish engineer!

Lucky for us, there was a sale on 20 gallon plastic storage tubs. We got some in teal and in green because this girl has color favorites. The goal is to take all of the excess in the basement and fill those tubs until "she can't take any more"

James rented a van for us to heave and ho all the crap out this afternoon. We were going to do it this weekend but James didn't feel well, then yesterday when I got some stomach bug. But no more excuses!

Now, does this mean that I will no longer take advantage of good deals? Heck no! We just inherited a beautiful dining table and chairs from my Grandmother. This frees the Ikea jobby we have to become our desk in the office and thus save a few bucks.

It does, however, mean I need to pare down on extraneous items. That mixtape I made in 1996 that's unplayable? Time to go, sir.  Every single note passed between my friends and I in high school? Just keep the juicy ones and let the past stay there. This is all pretty straight forward and I really should know better. Luckily the house is coming along really well and I quite like the way it looks without being jam packed full of trinkets. Because before you know it...

Goose: Throw it away and add it to that nasty collection of yours!
Be careful - a rotten egg can be a regular stink bomb!
Templeton:[patting the egg] I know what I'm doing. I handle stuff like this all the time