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22 September 2009

To do: What a mess of stuff in my office! →[More:]
Over the last 2.5 years I have accumulated SO much *stuff*, and I can't seem to get rid of it. Working at a very low-budget nonprofit, I'm cautious about the things I recycle, freecycle or throw away. We also have very little storage space, so my office gets very cluttered.

Let me share some of the things hanging around in here:

* Approximately 90 perfume samples (Hanae Mori)
* Even more samples of loose tea
* Boxes of Aveeno, Cetaphil, Bobby Brown and other moisturizer-type samples.
* Bags and bags of lip balm from the Folic Acid Council
* Emery boards advertising the HPV vaccine
* Lube, dental dams and condoms GALORE
* Posters of genitalia
* Educational videos/DVDs
* Healthy snacks for my kiddos
* Play-doh
* Bandannas
* Easel pads and easels
* Bins of markers, glue sticks, construction paper, etc.
* Paper plates, cups, coffee filters, etc.

The problem is that most of these things I actually use. Today I'll be weeding out the ones I don't.

Nice rainy-day activity, I suppose.

What do you have to do today?

post by: Stewriffic at: 08:19 | 11 comments

Is this your home office, or a work place office? If it's a home office, don't forget about Bunnycon. Some of that stuff might come in handy.

posted by rainbaby 22 September | 08:53

Work-place office! Maybe I could take the more fun sample thingies home for people to take. I'm having a housewarming party this weekend. Condoms and other STD-prevention things need to mostly stay here, but I'm a good resource for people's needs.

posted by Stewriffic 22 September | 08:58

Because I live in **teh Future** I've already done most of the things on my to-do list, which included:
* clear invoicing backlog
* check time of my class tonight
* email my thesis student
* think about applying for Proper Jobs (a terrible time to do it, I know, but I want to see about getting out of freelancing)

posted by altolinguistic 22 September | 09:01

Well, since it is raining, I am not sure what I am going to do today. My goal was to pick up Number 2 from Stew's house some time this afternoon and show him around my gloriously sunny, perfect temperature little town. But now it is rainy and bleh, and I am not sure what to do. Plus, Stew, I need your address!

posted by msali 22 September | 09:09

This is my to-do list that is sitting in front of me right now:

1. 15 indexed articles
2. email Mum
3. videos
4. table
5. bar top

posted by gaspode 22 September | 09:24

Another total panic day. I tried to get a full nights sleep but I tossed and turned and now am super tired (and back hurts).

Have a ton of work to do today.
A physical at 4 (why today?)
and a Mason Jennings concert tonight (who plays on a school night).

I really cant bail on two and 3 so I must work without distractions all day. May have to leave concert early so I can sleep some more. Tomorrow I have to pick up my boss at 7 am! and he lives an hour away. Then we drive for another hour to a conference where I have to sound somewhat intelligent in front of other smrt people. guh.

I just want to curl up in a ball and freak out more.

posted by special-k 22 September | 09:32

(((((special-k)))))

msali-you have email with my addy, etc.

So far I have taken two small shopping bags chock full of the nice samples, including the chapsticks, moisturizers, perfume, etc. I will try to pawn some off on the meetup attendees tonight.

Anyone need four dozen pencils that say "I was caught being good?"

posted by Stewriffic 22 September | 09:54

I had a lot of Sephora samples of perfume and face lotion, and I combined them all to make the UberPerfume and UberLotion. It was fun and reminded me of when I was 9 and used to make "beauty potions" with my friends out of everything I could find in the bathroom cabinet.
If you have a good sized container, I'd recommend consolidating and using them!

posted by rmless2 22 September | 10:10

Stew - you could give away some of those samples along with candy for Halloween this year. Maybe not the condoms, though.

posted by Kangaroo 22 September | 10:55

The perfume and loose tea samples were apparently promised to staff here, which I didn't realize. I also feel bad that it didn't occur to me to give them away that way. If I end up with overload, I'll probably donate them to the domestic violence shelter up the road a bit.

posted by Stewriffic 22 September | 11:32

i had the day to myself . i went for a long walk along the seawall cuz the weather was gorgeous (after some rain the last couple of weeks) and then came home made lunch and watched the season premiere of House which was excellent

posted by rollick 22 September | 21:14

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