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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Well done!
Yay you!
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.
I need to do that very same thing. I just never think about it until you blog about it. 🙂
Good job!
Sometimes all it takes is knowing you deserve cups with lids to see its time to let go. Cute purple cup!
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?