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Charity donations
It was I who threw out the stuff I loved, admittedly. I look back in nostalgia.

I needed a room clearout, badly - and for the first time in my life I was ruthless with what I put in the charity donations bag. I'm a hoarder by nature (cuddly toys and ornaments a must) but my room was getting cluttered with all of this so I decided to bite the bullet and do it.

I ended up taking about 8 bin-liners full of stuffed toys, ornaments, photo-frames, books and unused items down to the charity shop I work at on the weekends (for experience, and said charity is close to my family, so I wanted to work there for a while to repay them for the massive support they gave us).

Soon enough, my donations were priced up and put on the shelves ready for selling. Amongst these was a little clockwork owl toy, and an old woman had shown interest in it, for her sister who collected owls - as she handed it over to me so I could ring it up on the till I felt my eyes welling up slightly as I asked her for the money (50p! Bargain!) and placed the little thing in a plastic bag.

The woman I was working with knew it was one of my donations, so she leaned close to me and said "Aww, say goodbye to your little friend, Dishsoap!"


It didn't help me whatsoever. I waved bye-bye to the plastic bag as the lady walked out with her purchase.


All in all I'm glad I gave away the items as I know I wouldn't have made use of them (and the charity made money out of them, which is awesome) but it reminds me of how emotional it is to be ruthless during a clearout when you're a natural hoarder.



Also ... *pops b3ta cherry* I saved it for the one I loved. *single, solitary tear*


Length? It's not what you got, it's what you do with it, surely.
(Tue 19th Aug 2008, 14:31, More)