Alternately titled:
Papillon has a ridiculous amount of clothes.
Recently, Mon Amour and I decided to join Freecycle.
I had heard wonderful things about it from a lot of people, but was hesitant to try because I had heard that it was something you really had to be involved in (the more you give, the more you get kind of thing). And I wasn't sure I had the time for that kind of involvement.
But finally we decided to just go for it!
And I must say I have been pleasantly surprised by our almost immediate success.
The other evening, we picked up a couple trashbags full of baby girl clothes, and after weeding through the ones that were a little stained, or that we just didn't like the look of, this is what we were left with: (two sides of one giant stack of clothes)
Papillon has a ridiculous amount of clothes.
Recently, Mon Amour and I decided to join Freecycle.
I had heard wonderful things about it from a lot of people, but was hesitant to try because I had heard that it was something you really had to be involved in (the more you give, the more you get kind of thing). And I wasn't sure I had the time for that kind of involvement.
But finally we decided to just go for it!
And I must say I have been pleasantly surprised by our almost immediate success.
The other evening, we picked up a couple trashbags full of baby girl clothes, and after weeding through the ones that were a little stained, or that we just didn't like the look of, this is what we were left with: (two sides of one giant stack of clothes)
They range all the way from newborn to 24 months.
Now its official, Papillon has a ridiculous amount of clothes.
But, back to Freecycle.
We also picked up some Day Lilly Bulbs which we have planted.
Picking up free stuff really does inspire one to give away free stuff. At first I thought we wouldn't have anything to give away, then I realized that people give away anything and everything. The strangest thing that someone has offered so far is a half-used bottle of syrup (they tried it, but prefer a different brand). And the surprising thing is...someone took it! That means someone actually drove to another persons house to pick up a half a bottle of syrup. Weird.
The moral of the story being that people will take anything free. So its time to clean out the garage and see what kind of stuff we can give away!
Now its official, Papillon has a ridiculous amount of clothes.
But, back to Freecycle.
We also picked up some Day Lilly Bulbs which we have planted.
Picking up free stuff really does inspire one to give away free stuff. At first I thought we wouldn't have anything to give away, then I realized that people give away anything and everything. The strangest thing that someone has offered so far is a half-used bottle of syrup (they tried it, but prefer a different brand). And the surprising thing is...someone took it! That means someone actually drove to another persons house to pick up a half a bottle of syrup. Weird.
The moral of the story being that people will take anything free. So its time to clean out the garage and see what kind of stuff we can give away!
1 comment:
Wow! I am a member of freecycle, but the problem with ours is that a) most people advertise that they want something (so I think there are more regular "takers" than "givers" and b) the area is so large (all of New Castle county) that most freebies would take me 45-60 minutes to get to! I am super impressed, and keep an eye out for boy clothes for me!
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