#71-#161: clothing and shoes to my friend Karen for her girls
#162-#169: CDs burned and given to kids as gifts

51. a bottle of wine (to my friend Mary).
52-69. Old greeting cards w/ envelopes revamped and recycled into party invitations (I counted each card/envelope set as one item).
70. book (to Debby)

I know I gave my friend Katie something the other day, and now I can't remember what it is. I'll post it when I remember it.

Okay, because I'm not getting rid of enough (I've decided not to count things I throw away), I have decided to up my ante. The ACKERMAN 1000 THING SWEEP is now the ACKERMAN 2007 IN 2007 SWEEP ( Read more... )

I finally figured out how to do Zelda's birthday party invitations in a Compact-friendly way ( Read more... )

We had dinner with my parents the other day. And my mom and I have both been dieting or thinking about it for a lot of the last year. So, I ordered a bigass cheeseburger, with fries thankyouverymuch, and a salad. She ordered babyback ribs with fries and beans. This was after helping ourselves to bread and butter. My mom looked at me and said “ ( Read more... )

I have bought my first unnecessary purchase. NOT counting the baby yarn I bought at the Salvation Army to knit baby presents for my preggo friends this year ( Read more... )

Here are my thoughts on the dog CD, although I cannae find my whole list right now. Feel free to add or send along a little sound clip or whathaveyou ( Read more... )

I am planning my almost four year old’s birthday party. She wants a puppy party. This is after wanting a “brown and white puppy” party, a “puppy and dinosaur” party or a “puppy and dragon” party, and now we’re back to just a puppy party, with mostly brown and white puppies. This will be my second Compact party, although my first of 2007, as Lola ( Read more... )

The party we were invited to with the whole Oscars theme is coming up. The invitation invites us as nominees, so I was invited as Ann Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate. The invitation said “Creative License Welcome” or something like that. So, here’s my question ( Read more... )

I have identified two areas where I think I will have to make exceptions to my general commitment to Compacting ( Read more... )