I got a new travel mug this week.
A really cute purple and white one.
I brought it home, washed it, and put it immediately in the coffee-mug cabinet. All in the same day. For me, an accomplishment. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve found cutesy stuff in a bag three months after I got it.
Anyway, after closing the cabinet door (ironic in itself, I know), I realized that I should follow the One In One Out Rule that I only finally understood about a year after I began my deslobification process.
If you get something you didn’t NEED, but that you do want to keep . . . get rid of a similar item that you already have. The goal is to keep from collecting too much stuff.
So . . . I got rid of another travel mug. One that hasn’t had a lid in who-knows-how-long and therefore hasn’t been used in forever.
One that I should have thrown out a very long time ago.
Whatever. Now it’s gone.
And that’s my detail for the day. See what my 31 Days of Details Series is all about.
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Lenetta says
Well done!
Alana in Canada says
Yay you!
Barb-Harmony Art Mom says
I just did this like five minutes ago…bought a new shirt, came home and couldn’t find a hanger, decided I should just empty one and use it. Got rid of a shirt with a stain that I haven’t worn in a year. 🙂
It works…..LOVE your purple coffee mug.
Dori says
I need to do that very same thing. I just never think about it until you blog about it. 🙂
Cherish says
Good job!
Brittani A. says
Sometimes all it takes is knowing you deserve cups with lids to see its time to let go. Cute purple cup!
Jennifer says
Okay, i got an awesome water bottle for christmas (nalgene style). Problem is, i don’t have another water bottle to replace because i already decluttered my wate bottles of all the broken, leaky, or ones i just don’t like. (I tossed 4 or 5 of them) Plus the only other one i use regularly is a totally different style, so i could legitimately say that they serve separate purposes. does this absolve me of the one in one out rule?