Story time
This morning, I decided to organize/purge my bookshelf. This was a continuation of my latest "purge all my random piles that have been here, untouched, for the past 3 years" project. So I started with the lowest shelf. I found:
I also found my binder containing 20 years' worth of chronologically organized Mormonads from the New Era. I'm not really sure what to do with that yet. But it's definitely not going to take up valuable shelf space any more.
The rest of the shelves were mostly books, not papers, so I just ended up organizing them better, DI-ing some nick knacks (all of which were from YW, incidentally - if I am ever a YW leader, I'm not going to give my girls useless crap), dusting, and putting 3 books on the pile to go to the used bookstore. Which I did next. It kind of reminded me of "flip that house" except with books, because two of them I bought for dirt cheap (read: 50 or 60 cents each) at the progressive book sale at BYU, and the other was a gift. And they were magically turned into $7 of store credit. Yay!
While I waited to get the verdict that they were worth $7, I picked up 4 books (because if I get rid of some, I can get more, right?) to purchase. (For the curious, they were Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, and Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb and Black Powder War by Naomi Novik.) When I went up to the counter to purchase them, I was delighted to hear the words, "You're our daily winner, so your purchase is free today!" come out of the cashier's mouth. It was pretty much awesome. And it saved me $15.75.
So now not only is my bookshelf much tidier, it's also better stocked. Hooray!
- Every report card I got in high school
- 4 years' worth of girls' camp letters, packets, etc.
- Every single Cortez colt horseshoe with my name on it that was made for Spirit Weeks during high school
- All of my notes from AP bio, AP physics, freshman and sophomore English class, and assorted other classes
- Programs from every concert/play/cultural event I went to in high school
- All my ticket stubs and receipts from my trip to Boston 3 years ago
- A year's worth of programs from Sacrament Meeting/Relief Society (carefully stored in my scripture case)
- My 6th grade (photocopied) yearbook
- A lot of other random papers that I had no idea why I kept
- User manuals for electronics that I got rid of ages ago
I also found my binder containing 20 years' worth of chronologically organized Mormonads from the New Era. I'm not really sure what to do with that yet. But it's definitely not going to take up valuable shelf space any more.
The rest of the shelves were mostly books, not papers, so I just ended up organizing them better, DI-ing some nick knacks (all of which were from YW, incidentally - if I am ever a YW leader, I'm not going to give my girls useless crap), dusting, and putting 3 books on the pile to go to the used bookstore. Which I did next. It kind of reminded me of "flip that house" except with books, because two of them I bought for dirt cheap (read: 50 or 60 cents each) at the progressive book sale at BYU, and the other was a gift. And they were magically turned into $7 of store credit. Yay!
While I waited to get the verdict that they were worth $7, I picked up 4 books (because if I get rid of some, I can get more, right?) to purchase. (For the curious, they were Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, and Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb and Black Powder War by Naomi Novik.) When I went up to the counter to purchase them, I was delighted to hear the words, "You're our daily winner, so your purchase is free today!" come out of the cashier's mouth. It was pretty much awesome. And it saved me $15.75.
So now not only is my bookshelf much tidier, it's also better stocked. Hooray!