This has been one of my new matras to myself - “if I have kids, would I want them to have to go through all this crap?” We had kept every wedding invite and save the date for the last 6 years and why? I KonMari’d the shit out of that drawer last week.

Pretty much all of my arguments with my husband have always stemmed from cleaning/putting away. I knew that before this book. But it was hard for me to tell him to put stuff away, or get rid of that box of crap, when I couldn’t do the same thing with my own useless possessions. I have legitimately been happier since…

Kondo talks a lot about keeping lecture material and school books and exactly this type of thing. I think her mentality is that once you can start letting go of these things that you probably don’t use regularly (or ever) you’re leaving more information and opportunities for learning to come into your life. One thing…

She says to focus on what to keep, not what to discard. It’s easy to look at a junk drawer and think “I really need to clean this out!” instead of “what do I love in here and what helps me in my life and therefore brings me joy?”

I have to admit, I bought it on my kindle and then immediately ordered a hard copy on Amazon. A little silly, but I wanted to be able to lend it out/have my husband read it/pet the cover every once in a while and tell it thanks for changing my life.

YESYESYESYESYES. I’m not sure, but I think I had a huge grin on my face while reading it last week. I didn’t make it halfway before I ran to my office/closet room (the husb and I each have one, so if shit is lying around somewhere, it’s clearly mine and mine alone) and threw out a tub of lotions and makeup and utter…

I’m seriously considering paring my wardwrobe down to just denim. It’s all I buy, it’s all I wear, call me a tuxedo’d Canadian, I don’t care. Also I think I just accidentally wrote a poem about denim.

Didn’t that happen a few seasons ago? One of the girls on the Bachelor was caught gettin’ it on with a crew member or producer or something, and I remember she tearfully/angrily accused Chris Harrison of something “well there are things I know about YOU! *crycry*”....and then a few years later he got divorced? She got…

I actually never had to buy my own Birks until about 2 years ago - I always just stole my moms because she has accumulated 5098aduy bajillion pairs over the last 30 years. But my feet are officially just a teensy bit too long now and I had to get my own. Sigh. I still can’t bring myself to get rid of my Birk clogs…

I’m very pro-rescue, but I’m mostly anti-puppy-mill-pet-store-sick-puppy. People who do their research and go with reputable breeders are totally fine with me. I know a guy who bought a very very expensive, very very deaf dog from an obvious puppy mill, even though he tries to deny it. I still give him and his…

I love her, too!! They’re so so strange. They’re like the equivalent of steampunk woodland creature cartoons, if that were a thing. Does that make any sense? Anyway, I’m so excited for this album!

Find a state that has a tax free back to school weekends?

Find a state that has a tax free back to school weekends?

I’ve been shopping less and less and haven’t even stepped into H&M in a year. I can’t really afford all super local small batch clothes, but I’ve been buying from Everlane where I can and paring down my wardrobe as much as possible.

Well, it was sweet that she said something to that poor, displaced woman :)

YAY! I’ve been waiting for a Midwest store!!! I used to plan major H&M excursions when I visited Chicago, but we have one in KC now so the thrill is gone. But I can’t wait for Uniqlo!!

I miss the Gap circa 2001 soooo badly. The stuff was so awesome and basic and well made - I think I still have things from then because I can’t bear to get rid of it! That’s definitely not the case now. I don’t think I’ve found anything there that I absolutely love in years.

True story - I didn’t know it was BeHoLDeN until like, yesterday. And I looked at the site all the damn time when I was looking for a wedding dress.

I want to see both Mad Max AND PP2. But in what order?? There’s a theater right next to my work that has beer and sandwiches and is playing both and I think I’ll just go camp out for hours.

Yes! What’s next, Buffy? Who needs Giles and an awesome library when you have the internet?

This was THE slumber party movie for me in junior high. It was just scary enough that I could be freaked out but still fall asleep in an unfamiliar house.