January Challenge Complete!

Our challenge for the last month was to get rid of 111 things in 1/11.  We started on New Year's Day and it seemed so easy.  We got rid of about 60 things in about 30 minutes.  And then it stopped being easy.  Here was my first post on the project.  Around 10:30pm on January 31, Husband and I went through the closets in the house looking for the last few items to help us meet our goal.  I was quite pleased!

I was gonna catch you up on the remaining items we took to Goodwill, but I can't find our list.  It's quite possible that Husband threw it away as item number 112.  But I was a little better about taking pictures, so I'll share those with you.

It was definitely a challenge but also definitely worth it.  What a great way to start the year by getting rid of stuff we were holding on to for no apparent reason.

Our January Challenge

I found this challenge to get rid of 111 things in 1/11.  Husband and I are pretty good about not keeping things around the house that we don't need/use.  We probably drop a load of stuff at Goodwill every 4-6 weeks.  But we both loved the idea of this challenge, especially as a way to start fresh for the New Year.  Here is our progress so far (sorry I didn't take many pictures):

1. Staples beanie
2. Black & Red hat
3. Black Staples hat
4. Navy Staples hat
5. Old Navy t-shirt
6. Yellow shirt
7. Green shirt
8. Gray stripe shirt
9. Baylor sweatshirt
10. AE t-shirt
11. Yellow polo
12. Red flower shirt
13. Black t-shirt
14. Charlie sheen shirt
15. Localmotion shirt
16. Pirate shirt
17. Blue long sleeve
18. San Diego shirt
19. Irish t-shirt
20. Black long sleeve
21. Red t-shirt
22. Pink & red sweater
23. Pink flower shirt
24. Black linen pants
25. Black t-shirt
26. Jeans
27. Jeans
28. Advent calendar
29. Christmas salt & pepper shakers
30. Digital photo ornament
31. Santa hat
32. Santa hat
33. Santa sign
34. 9 x 13 pan
35. blue sports jacket
36. SF 49ers jacket
37. Black gloves
38. Trivial Pursuit 20th edition
39. Trivial Pursuit Jr. edition
40. Valet
41. Shot glass
42. Pillow
43. Pillow
44. Stuffed bear
45. Stuffed bear
46. Gap jeans
47. Bunny
48. Neck pillow
49. Stuffed dog
50. Egg
51. Nutcracker bear
52. Green dino
53. Stuffed platypus
54. Elephant
55. Pound Puppy
56. Stuffed animal
57. Stuffed bunny
58. Stuffed leopard
59. Stuffed bunny
60. Stuffed animal
61. Pound puppy
62. Stuffed mouse
63. Pillow
64. Brown tank top
65. Whisk
66. Spiral whisk
67. Potato masher
68. Whisk
69. Photo Bookends
70. Ear buds
71. Camera case
72. Cybershot camera
73. Laser pointer
74. AC adapter
75. Pink pillow case
76. Pink pillow case

  And funny story about the photo bookends.  Husband and I received those as a wedding gift from some of his parent's friends.  When we opened them there were pictures of the couple and their children.  I've always wondered if they gave them to us knowing that their pictures were in there.  Or if they received them as a gift from someone who put the pictures in there and we were the re-gift recipients.  Either way, I think it's super weird that we got them with their pictures--especially since neither of us know them that well.  Re-gifting can be so dangerous...

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