Those of you who have been here a while may remember that when I decluttered and organised the bathroom I put all the excess stuff in a large 'muck bucket'. Since then every time we have needed something we have gone to the muck bucket first before buying anything. I thought you might like an update.
Yes the muck bucket is still here, and its still half full. When I first filled it though it was overflowing! We are down to 10 bottles of shampoo, 3 of conditioner, 3 pots of moisturiser, several containers of bath foam/bubbles/salts and some odds and ends. I went through the bucket again today and got rid of several bottles of smellies that had gone off and boxed up the stuff we can't or won't use. This box will go to the local WI I am sure they will either donate it or sell it at a jumble sale in the spring. The bucket has done us several favours: Its made us aware of the excess we have, saved us money and although not pretty to look at without its cover, contained in one place all the stuff we didn't have room for in the bathroom. The bucket even has two covers now so it doesn't look so unsightly, but I have yet to convince the dog that it is supposed to stay on the bucket LOL. This muck bucket is big, very big ... it stands 16 inches high and is 18 inches across. It holds a lot LOL. Its made of plastic and is called a muck bucket because its original design in life was to put the dirty straw in whilst cleaning out a stable. They are cheap to buy and very sturdy. I bought three originally, the idea being to drill holes in the bottom and use them as planters, we found them so useful in the garden for ferry things around, keeping things in and storing vegetables over winter that it was only natural that we should think of them when trying to solve problems in the house (temporarily). We now have six, three are in the garden, one is in the bathroom, the other two I use for laundry. Last summer I dyed lots of stuff in one and they are perfect for wet washing. When we emptied the garden pond we kept the fish in one. The uses are endless LOL, but in the house as storage they are temporary (even if temporary is now over a year)! Louise mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List Website: http://journeyfromclutter.com Hosted by Access Webworks *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Access WebWorks. . . Access The World! http://www.accesswebworks.com Full Service Web Site Hosting *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Journey from clutter List Website http://journeyfromclutter.com Members Only Page http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm Unsubscribe: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe' in the 'Subject:' field to be removed from the main list. To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list send the unsubscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
