anniebygaslight
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Post by anniebygaslight on Aug 6, 2014 5:54:17 GMT
Only $5? You got a bargain there. Throw or recycle something else and you will have squared up with yourself.
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Scrappin_Mommy
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Post by Scrappin_Mommy on Aug 6, 2014 5:57:03 GMT
I am failing at decluttering too but for different reasons. Whenever I drop off a donation, I find it necessary to go in and take a look around. I don't think I have ever left without buying anything. Me too!  Glad I'm not the only one who does that. @**GypsyGirl**, I really love your story! I'm happy that your LA valances are safely back in your home.  ~Ronda |
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Post by airforcemomof1 on Aug 6, 2014 10:28:58 GMT
Love it!! There are a few things I have sold at garage sales that I would buy back if I could find them.
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Post by theboydbunch on Aug 6, 2014 11:43:47 GMT
After all this time, they were still there, it's a true sign you were meant to be together!  |
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Post by lbp on Aug 6, 2014 12:18:10 GMT
I totally get it! It is so weird to see things that you donated in the thrift store. I always have the urge to buy them back, but I don't, at least not yet!
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Aug 6, 2014 12:20:23 GMT
Great story! Those valances were just obviously meant to be yours.  |
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Post by mikklynn on Aug 6, 2014 12:20:52 GMT
That's awesome! Don't worry, we won't tell your husband. I love it. |
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Post by kelly316 on Aug 6, 2014 13:06:29 GMT
I am trying to live with less, so I am purging like crazy. However, this is NOT your fault. YOU had the strength to get rid of this item once. You are powerless to the fact it reappeared in your life. You should take it as a sign you should keep them. You probably still shouldn't tell the husband though. He just wouldn't understand how much courage it takes to let your stuff go.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2014 13:13:06 GMT
Yeah I would do that!
I decluttered my bedroom. This is a small room and I took all the crap out and threw out everything. Now? Looks as bad as it did before. GRRRR
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scrappert
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Post by scrappert on Aug 6, 2014 13:19:07 GMT
That's a great story! I think you can keep your decluttering badge. |
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Post by CarolinaGirl71 on Aug 6, 2014 13:36:34 GMT
I have to share this here because there is no way on God's green earth I'm going to admit this to DH! Back story: Years ago I made very nice valances for our first house (1988) from gorgeous Laura Ashley fabrics. They never fit in our new house, so I eventually took them to our other house where my mother lives. She never did use them either and I told her she could donate them to the local thrift store. This week I am visiting mom and went on the round of thrift stores today. First stop is the one she donates things to. I walk in and go straight to the linens/fabric department. Lo and behold, there are my valances hanging on the rack, still with the dry cleaner tags on them!  Just as pretty as the day I made them! I seriously could.not.help.myself - I bought them back! I spent $5 to buy back something I had donated. Pretty sure my badge for being a good declutterer will be taken away any moment now. So now I've got to make sure I get home before DH on Friday so that I can sneak them into my sewing room. Once in there, he'll never be able to find them! Because if he finds out what I've done, I will never, ever live this one down!  The one good thing (besides the fact that I have my vintage Laura Ashely fabric back) is that the local Habitat for Humanity fund is a little richer tonight! So there you have it, my story of shame! I LOVE this story!!!  Thank you so much for letting the Peas in on your secret. We won't tell your DH!!! |
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Post by donna on Aug 6, 2014 14:16:01 GMT
So when do you share a picture of these reappearing valences with us?
I don't blame you for not telling your dh. Mine would never let me live it down!
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 6, 2014 14:17:13 GMT
GypsyGirl, you get an "F" in decluttering, but you get an "A" for preserving your beautiful LA valances.  Many years' ago, after my grandmother died and we were going through her things, my brother chose to keep a set of beautifully bound 1947 World Book encyclopedias. I still think they were one of the most beautifully bound set of books I have ever seen. They are hard to describe, but each volume had a beautiful cutout map of the Earth on the cover and the books were this beautiful muted shade of blue. I used to look at the pictures in those World Books for hours when I was a little girl. One day I went to the thrift shop where my sister in law volunteered and there was a set of World Books just like my grandmother's set. I was pretty sure my sister in law donated them without realizing the sentimental value. (My brother probably told her it was fine to donate them). I almost bought them, but then decided it would be too big of a hassle to box them up and take them home. (I was pregnant at the time). A few weeks later, I went to the decorator's showcase home and there were those World Books featured prominently in one of the main rooms. I was sick I didn't buy them, but my grandmother loved beautiful things and I'm sure she would have been proud to see her books displayed so prominently in a room so many people would see. |
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Post by meowgal on Aug 6, 2014 15:22:38 GMT
Best anti-decluttering story I've heard! You are my hero! LOL |
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Post by jmurray on Aug 6, 2014 15:23:37 GMT
I can totally understand doing that. Not that I've done it, but I probably would if I'd been in the same situation!
If you don't want lots of pillows, maybe you could make them into a nice quilt or a throw blanket that has a solid backing colour?
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Post by cannmom on Aug 6, 2014 15:25:35 GMT
Love it!! That's really funny, but vintage Laura Ashley fabric absolutely don't blame you. I would have done the same thing.
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amom23
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Post by amom23 on Aug 6, 2014 15:41:19 GMT
Good for you for owning up to it. |
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Post by lollapealooza on Aug 6, 2014 17:59:10 GMT
Your badge is safe. I am a lieutenant in the decluttering police, and I will see that you keep your badge. You can't be held responsible when insanity is involved.
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oldcrow
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Post by oldcrow on Aug 6, 2014 18:14:41 GMT
This story made me giggle because it is so cute.
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Post by papersilly on Aug 6, 2014 18:42:48 GMT
a friend of mine had a yard sale where she sold a magazine rack with her name painted on it. shortly after that, I was at an "antique" mall and I saw her magazine rack but the new seller had painted over her name (an not very well because she only used one coat of paint and I could still see the name underneath it). no, I didn't buy it back for my friend.
another time, we sold a coffee table set at a yard sale. a few years later, we ran into that same set at an estate sale. the people had stained it darker but yup, it was the same set we sold. no, we didn't buy that back either.
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Post by papersilly on Aug 6, 2014 18:43:33 GMT
I understand - really, I do! After offering my brother and I first dibs, my parents donated a large load of miscellaneous items to a local St. Vincent de Paul store. I was shopping there a week later and saw a very crude, crooked end table that my dad made in shop class while in high school. It even has his signature underneath. Something came over me and I just couldn't leave it there! It doesn't match anything I own, (and it always lived in my parent's basement) but now it's next to my bed with my cpap machine, alarm clock and books. I'm so glad I bought it! okay, that I would have bought back. |
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Post by yivit on Aug 6, 2014 23:33:21 GMT
Ok, I won't tell your DH. It'll cost you food and booze though.  |
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Post by mama2three on Aug 6, 2014 23:36:13 GMT
add me to the list of those LOL!
Sounds like a story you need to preserve. time to scrapbook
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samantha25
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Post by samantha25 on Aug 7, 2014 2:04:24 GMT
Could you use them for something else? I don't know your family if you have little ones, but they would look fabulous in a kid's play house. What about using the fabric to make a stuffed bear? My mom did that with one of my grandma's quilts and gave a bear to each of the kids. And LA fabric... come on.... beautiful..
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Post by 950nancy on Aug 7, 2014 3:35:43 GMT
You know dang well he has some tool or car part story he hasn't mentioned to you. It's all good.
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Post by Sassenach on Aug 7, 2014 3:42:11 GMT
I loved everything Laura Ashley in the 80's too. And I love that you found and bought your own valances. What a great story!
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Glad I'm not the only one who does that.
The one good thing (besides the fact that I have my vintage Laura Ashely fabric back) is that the local Habitat for Humanity fund is a little richer tonight! 
