Clutter-Busting Challenge Accepted

Money Saving Mom is blogging this month about a clutter-busting challenge; you are supposed to find 7 (or more) items to get rid of each day.

The idea is to get things out of your house.  You don't have to throw them away; you can give them to someone else, donate them, recycle them, whatever is best for those items.  I am going to participate because I can always use some help with clutter. 

I thought I would just post a quick picture each day of the items I am getting rid of.  But then, I started worrying.  What if the item was a gift?  What if the gift-giver sees my blog and knows I am getting rid of it?  I would feel really bad.  Then I realized that this very thing is at the root of my clutter in the first place.  Don't we all have stuff that we feel emotionally tied to that we should be getting rid of?

So, what do you all think?  Would you mind if you saw that someone was donating a gift you had given them?  Would you care?  Should I post the pictures? 

I'll start off today with 7 things that should be safe =)

 

My seven items for May 1st are:

-pair of Erin's jeans that are too small, have holes in the knees and paint on them

-4 pairs of my socks that are too itchy to wear

-1 postcard of our church missionaries that I am supposed to be praying for (this is one of those items that makes me a little guilty.  I am supposed to keep the card on my fridge.  I'll just have to remember to pray by looking at this blog post)

-1 postcard that my cousin Mary sent me a few weeks ago. (I feel safe that Mary won't mind that I am not keeping the postcard forever)