Now that the holidays are over

and we’ve had two snow days, I’ve had absolutely ENOUGH! of this cold weather! I am so ready for spring. I know it’ll be at least four more months before the temperatures are tolerable, but still…..I am very much looking forward to it!

I have been in the process of decluttering and reorganizing for quite some time, and now that has reached the point where I am considerably paring down my vintage dish collection. It’s just time to get rid of stuff, and I am currently packing the ones I never use anymore for donation to the local Rescue Mission thrift store. I’d try to sell some of it, but that would probably be more trouble than it’s worth, not to mention most of this stuff was purchased really, REALLY cheap due to slight to how-did-I-possibly-miss-this imperfections.

So, of course I loved everything I’ve bought. But I ended up with a lot of stuff just because I was such a collecting/thrifting novice that I was instantly mesmerized by a pretty pattern. Or I got things home and noticed a crack I didn’t/couldn’t see at the store, or got them home and then decided I didn’t like them as much after all. I am much, much more choosy now in what I bring home, and now that I am running out of space? I’ll liberate what I haven’t seen or used in months, and hopefully they can find new homes where new people will appreciate and find some use for them.

I’ll still collect, but I’ll mainly be sticking to collectible patterns in exceptionally good shape.

So far, I have a bigger “donate” stack than “keep” stack, so I am doing good. Right?

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