A box of washi

January 12: Found out one of my favorite places to shop doesn't require masks, decided I wouldn't be going back there to shop for awhile. Put together a couple sticker swaps:

And:

A wish for something birds and butterflies:

A wish for butterfliers, something vintage and Valentine's mail:

I received a couple sticker book wishes:

This seems to be a theme, I get one, and then I get more. I do love the avocado stickers, and the other ones are cute.
I got rid of a few more things, random box of stuff:

A Project Life album:

This one was hard to get rid of, people have a hard time following directions apparently.
And a bag of toys:

And I tried to get rid of these, but people and instructions again.

Work was slow, we had an abundance of people and it was a normal Tuesday, not many people after 7pm. It was cold when I got home, 61 degrees.
 January 13: SSDD. Had a postage due to refuse at the post office, it was a roll of washi sent on 3 stamps.
Found a destash tag when I got home:

I probably won't use anything but the washi. I want to do a Valentine's Day swap, but I don't want to go shopping and I don't need more stuff.
Wednesday was Rubber Ducky Day:

Picked this guy up on Monday at the Dollar Tree.
January 14: Found this note in a book:

And another wish granted when I got home:

These are cute, but it's just the same looking hedgehog doing a bunch of stuff.
Put together a wish for a surprise:

Something Pigs:

Sticko stickers:

I may have put more in this than I normally would, I'm just trying to get rid of stuff.
A wish for tag inserts:

These are ones I got that smelled strongly of cigarette smoke, I just can't have them in my house.
A wish for postcards and My Little Pony:

Also found a grant a wish for Sloths in the mail:

What number is this? Number 4?
And a surprise:

I like the individual stickers.
January 15: We were in a blizzard warning from 6pm on the 14th through 6pm on the 15th. We got a bunch of snow overnight between Thursday and Friday, we were supposed to have high winds all day on Friday. The blizzard warning was called off by 11AM. My boss called at 7AM saying we had a delayed opening and I didn't need to come in to work. So I worked on a Countdown to Valentine's Day Swap. We had to decorate 14 bags stuffed with goodies to open Feb 1st-14th, half had to be handmade. What I sent:

I signed up for two partners:

They are mostly the same, the storebought certainly are. I went with gems, lace, stickers, buttons, plastic hearts, resin pieces and sequins. 
I made some foam monsters, that I decided were too childish, so I added more to that bag later.

Some embellishments, I didn't make the hearts.

Rosettes:

Cards:

Paperclips:

notebooks:

Some altered notebooks:

And some tassels, these are what I added to the monster bags.

And here are the bags:

I found a wish granted of gnomes in the mail:

These are wicked cute. They are magnets.
Here are some Dollar Tree Valentine's kits I picked up:

And the monsters from Hobby Lobby:

I love these kits.
January 16: Spent the day being lazy and watching movies. I found a washi swap in the mail:

It's a weird random assortment of washi and she put them on index cards, so I can't use some of them.
Also a wish for happy mail:

I put quite a lot of it into the bags of art stuff to get rid of. I said I'd do that with all incoming mail I didn't want. I'm really good at holding on to things, which is part of the reason I have so much stuff.
I put together a wish of a book to read:

A surprise:

And some Valentine's Day stickers.

And a tag of vinyl stickers:

January 17: Put together a wish for something cactus and llama:

Also added more just to get rid of things.
And a wish for happy mail:

Put together a mystery swap:

And had another lazy day watching TV. I stopped listing things to get rid of on the reuse site because it seemed like the same people would comment. I want to get rid of stuff, but I think it's greedy for the same people to get it. What I'm listing is not stuff people need (mostly decorative stuff and art stuff). I'm giving it a rest until February.
January 18: Tried reading a couple things and then headed out the door for a 3pm eye appointment, stopped off at the Dollar Tree on the way there:

I think it's the first time I didn't buy anything for my groups. The sixlets and bags are for Valentine's at work. I just liked the stickers.
My eye appointment took an hour and I knew I needed to get home before it got dark and all the melting refroze. Found an Amazon package on the porch when I got home:

That was a nice surprise, it's MLK Jr day, so I didn't figure I'd get anything in the "mail"

I tried placing an order on Amazon for a small wall calendar and a couple other things to make the free shipping minimum and they told me the items couldn't be shipped to my address, which I thought was weird because I'd never had issues before. After bouncing around in help and on shipping restrictions, I finally got through to a person that said that happens when things aren't available at the nearest warehouse. It was 3 different items. That annoyed me, decided I just wouldn't be shopping at Amazon anytime soon.

Destashing

January 8: read Librarian Tales, it was kinda dry. There were some parts that I wish my mother would read, about how much we use our brains working at a library. I'm fairly certain she thinks we just read all day, no matter how much I tell her how many things I do. Found 3 things in the mail.
Happy Mail:

The stickers are cute, I really like the giraffe postcard.
Purple washi:

This was delivered postage due. This is partly why the post office is losing money. You can't send rolls of washi on one stamp, the envelope is not less than 1/4 inch thick and it's not uniformly thick. Frustrating. In my new place I shouldn't have this problem, apparently we get all the new people on our route, an experienced mail person would know not to deliver postage due. I'm hoping to catch the mail person after I move and to let them know I'll probably get postage due stuff and to just leave the pink slip.
An item with a snowman on it:

It has a snowman on the front of it as well. I had to hunt this one down, there was no note and the person who sent it made it hard to figure out who they were. I'm a bit disappointed in it. I like the folder, but I'll be passing on the facemask and air freshener.
I put together another washi swap:

I've been trying to sort each day and get rid of stuff on a free site on Facebook. Got rid of some Chucky/Freddie stuff

My housemate gave me the dolls and I got excited when I saw the capsules at Walmart on clearance, even though I'm not a Chucky fan.
 I also made a pocket letter:

I had no great intentions to make it a new year one, but it just kinda worked out that way.
Sent a surprise:

I had 3 of these sticky note sets by now, I really only need one.
And a wish for stickers:

I also put together a rainbow swap:

One of my mail groups is requiring everything be purchased online this month. I can't afford that, so I'm bowing out for the month. I did ask on the personal swap page if anyone wanted to swap colored happy mail. I was thinking of like green happy mail with one person and red happy mail with another. The person who responded was thinking of more like a swap, so I went with it. We decided on red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink and white or black. I came up with Red: a strawberry ornament from a local artist, Orange: die cuts, Yellow: Minion washi, Green: frog buttons, Blue: watch I got for a favorite color tag, Purple: sticky notes, Pink: crafting tools from a swap and some washi, and Black: bracelet from a local gifts store. I figure my partner will mostly send Dollar Tree stuff as well, but all the above is stuff I've mostly gotten in swaps that I don't really want, so it's all good. That was part of the reason I bowed out this month, I have so much stuff at home because I buy for the group, that I'm not going to spend more money.
January 9: I put together a wish for sloth washi:

A wish for St. Patrick's stickers:

I had to work that afternoon. I was thinking of going to Hobby Lobby in the morning for some tape, but Valentine's stuff wasn't on sale, and I knew I'd get sucked into that.
I got a wish for something sloth:

This person either smokes, or lives with a smoker, as everything they send me reeks of cigarette smoke and I can't use anything.
A Dollar Tree tag:

These are so cute!
Work was ok, steady at some times and slow at others.
January 10: Found a ton of sticky notes and notebooks to get rid of:

This is only half of them. Those went really quickly. Someone said if I find more, I laughed, I have tons more.
Also found this gem:

Something I WILL NOT be getting rid of. I grew up on this record, got the book and CD when it appeared and the music is on my mp3 player. I don't have a record player, but it's nostalgic.
Put together a sticker book tag:

I'll be paying for extra weight on this one.
I realized if I ever went back to school, I could have a shabby chic theme for school supplies:

These are all from different swaps. I just need a folder and pens/pencils to complete the set.
Made a sloth pocket letter:

Not too exciting, but in this group, this is about what I get back. I'm learning to be less elaborate for this group. I can mail this on one stamp.
A wish for Please Deliver To labels:

And another one:

These are the labels I got the smell strongly of cigarette smoke. I have a very sensitive nose, I always try to pass things on cause I feel bad just throwing them away.
January 11: Got rid of some more stuff, crafting magazines:

Embroidery kits:

A few more crafting kits:

And a box of randomness:

I've gotten rid of a bit of stuff, but I can't really tell. I need to weed out books. I can't donate them to the library right now, so I'm hoping they'll go on this free site. I really like most of my books, though. I went shopping with a friend and found this blast from the past:

When I was a kid, Dunkaroos were actually cookies that you dunked in frosting. They came in little individual packs for lunchboxes.
I also found a giant dragon:

For $30.
Walmart:

I was excited to find the boots, I get these every year, when I was looking in September, I didn't find them, so I'm excited to see they still exist. I needed pain killer, scissors, tape, and the envelopes. I'll use the composition book for my journal.

stationery kit, marshmallows, squishies and earrings. I'm fairly certain this stationery kit is in my Amazon wishlist. I picked up the earrings to rip apart and use for crafting, the rest is for my Valentine's gift.
We went to Target next:

More marshmallows, vitamins, Mtn Dew, nightlight, Valentine's, and gift bags. The marshmallows are for my Valentine's gift. I needed the vitamins. My new apartment has a step up to go into the bathroom, I figured I should pick up a nightlight so I don't trip at night. The gift bags are for a swap. The valentine's have tiny boombox erasers, I couldn't pass them up.
We went for burgers for lunch, that was really good. And then off to Dollar Tree:

more envelopes, food, stickers, food storage container, rubber duck. The duck is for my Valentine's gift.

Valentine's, stickers, lunch notes, canvas, loofah. The stuffed animals are for my Valentine's gift. The lunch notes I plan to use in my journal, they are uplifting thoughts. At Walmart they have puffy Catus stickers, these are layered chipboard. I needed the loofah. I picked up the canvas is for future swaps.
Last stop was Hobby Lobby:

monsters, tape, stickers, gnome picks. I needed the tape (I'm not excited that it went up from $10 to $13, I did use a 40% off coupon). 
I picked up the monsters, felt Valentine's and the Valentine's with erasers for Valentine's gift bags. Looking at everything, I will use most of it, I have a plan for most of it except the stickers. I think that's what usually happens, though it all usually gets used. This was supposed to be more of a stuff I need shopping trip.
I found some cute avocado stickers when I got home:

I'm trying to sort and get rid of stuff every day, but it's very tiring. I move in July and am very excited.