I will prob play catch up from being so lazy yesterday, so close to Christmas. Oh well. I am still going to try to get in 2, maybe even 3 yoga sessions since I did not walk yesterday. It was cool and windy/drizzley most of the day but when I walked my dogs at 4:15 I realized it was dry enough I prob could have gotten in a walk - darn! Oh well, it feels good to ease off just a bit. Until I can't fit into my carefully cultivated wardrobe! Ha.
So, today I am ticking off a check list of all the stuff I have to do 1) before we go to RH/state for Christmas, 2) what I will accomplish before we come back to the city and 3) prepare for Christmas Eve and Day in the city. That means, I will have to buy couple more grocery items before we leave so that I will have plenty of time to unload the car, take a walk and get ready for 5pm chuch when we get home (after 4 hour drive) Sunday! Oh well, life is good - too much family/friends/activities and food...will be like a blur when we look back in cold/quiet January. I always have liked that part of the year as I have gotten older - quiet January. I time of really backing off and being quiet and intentional. I wonder if this transition feeling will change next year when we are retired/semi retired?
So today I mailed off a large poncho I got a few years ago at a festival. My friend remarked about the sizeable box I carried (we park and walk in together most mornings - 2 blocks in the cold/dark morning). I explained that I no longer give in to the thought of buying an object that basically serves one purpose. A poncho. A blanket is a blanket and can be a poncho too. But a poncho is just a poncho. So, gone! Out the door. I did not sell anything else, but I am not surprised - only a week out from Christmas. At this point, I have been selling on PM for exactly one year. I remember last year it was quiet right before Christmas but surprisingly busy very soon after - all seemed like it was all through January. People are spending Christmas cash I guess. So, I have pretty much decided that I am going to continue through Jan and then wind down. It takes a lot of activity to get stuff seen/sold/packaged/mailed on any forum - but especially lately. Last year it seemed to happen much more easily, now I have to share/share/share and list/list/list...just getting tired of it. I have decided that good quality clothes that are useful...I will store in plastic totes under guest room bed - that is ALL I will store! The rest will fit in master closet/dressers and overflow/dressy/seasonal in larger guest room. Anything more than that - we DO NOT NEED! The smaller guest room will be used for craft/office closet. It is a tiny walk-in that has shelves that cover 2 walls (and 3rd wall up high - that I put in). I will store little used fabric up high and down low I will literally make an office "desk" and I am going to take the doors off and store them in the attic. The room also has built in drawers that hold craft stuff and I put in a sleeper sofa and a chair. I plan to use that room for company overflow and for a sitting room if one of us wants to sit and watch a different TV show, or read and just have a bit of privacy. It is small! But cozy.
Other than that - not much frugal/projects/clearing out got done this past weekend, but it felt great to sit and relax all afternoon. Have a great Monday!
