Do you purge?

When I was growing up, we would put up the Christmas tree the Sunday before Christmas but not before we conducted a housewife purge the day before.
We'd go through closets and throw out anything we hadn't worn in a year or outgrew. Gather up old toys for my Aunts( bunch of nuns we never saw), pretty much an Irish version of Spring cleaning.
Haven't done it in years, but today I decided to do it. Just in two closets I came up with two large bags of clothes to donate, and in my closet I found a box from my move labeled sheets and spare towels. I didn't even open it, just tossed it. Came up with a nice box of canned and boxed food to donate and created some much needed space. It also brought up memories of purges past. While most of the time was spent cleaning, there were those moments of joy when you found a long lost toy or- Most memorably, finding a $5 bill in the pocket of your three year old Communion Jacket.

i think the last time i threw up i drank some covvisseiar since I saw it in a busta rhymes music video, than ate an appetizer, soup, steak, and desert while downing some wine. i ended up going to the bathroom to poop but instead I purged all over the front of the toilet while i was sitting on it

Quote: billryan

When I was growing up, we would put up the Christmas tree the Sunday before Christmas but not before we conducted a housewife purge the day before.

That must have made for a lousy Christmas dinner with your mother out of the picture.

All kidding aside: I occasionally go through my closets and CD racks and donate clothes or CD's that I haven't worn or listened to for awhile.

As do many others we replace the batteries in our smoke detectors / CO detectors on NYD.

I do but more for the new year than Christmas. I also will sometimes make a goal of throwing away one thing taking up space that I do not use or enjoy. Some of that I donate some is trash.

Americans have too much junk in their houses. I try to not fall into that.

Found $2 and change so far.

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Found $2 and change so far.

That ought to get you a juice box with your ribeye. Find another $1 and get some Mac and Cheese. Life is good.

#TrumpEconomy

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, and in my closet I found a box from my move labeled sheets and spare towels. I didn't even open it, just tossed it.

Don't be that guy who forgot he stashed a large wad of cash in the towel & sheets pack.

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Don't be that guy who forgot he stashed a large wad of cash in the towel & sheets pack.

I appreciate the thought but I don't hide stacks of cash. I've found a few small stashed away items, but nothing huge.

My buddy stashes weed all over the place in his condo, and then forgets where he stashed it.

He says finding forgotten stashes is a bit like xmas.

the day after Christmas is generally known as Boxing Day where duplicate gifts and unneeded items are boxed up for the poor.

I LIKE TURTLES.

I LIKE TURTLES!!!!!!

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I LIKE TURTLES!!!!!!

Fried or Soup?

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My buddy stashes weed all over the place in his condo, and then forgets where he stashed it.

He says finding forgotten stashes is a bit like xmas.

Hmm, can't decide if this is brilliant (the "like Christmas" part) or dumb, since you might lose some stashes and never find them again. The stoner's dilemma...

I know someone that said she would purge the doctors that got her fired if there was a purge, guess they prescribed her alcoholism.

yeah, when I first saw the thread title that word 'purge' had negative connotations and certainly didn't mean 'spring cleaning'.
I once knew a lawyer who did not want to own anything tht wouldn't fit on the back of his motorcycle.

boxing day is a good idea sometimes.