Shipping, Packing, Posting, Selling, Donating

Lately my main priority has been categorizing the things we own into five different piles...

Pile #1) Shipping - all the items that we will ship to our new flat. This includes frames, dishes, cooking items, clothes... this has already left our place and is on a boat somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic. It will arrive a month and a half after we sent it off (which is a ridiculously long amount of time if you ask me. It has to be driven across the US, put on a boat, clear customs, I get it, I get it). We've had people come over to our house since the shipping items have left and have asked, "Geez, did you ship anything?!"

Pile #2) Packing - all the stuff we think we want to keep right now but didn't think we needed to ship. In 3 years we will open these boxes and go "wait, why did we save this?" Or "wait, are you sure this is ours?" Or "oh my gosh, I have completely forgotten about this! I'm so glad I kept it." Our reactions will most likely be one of the earlier two.

Pile #3) Posting - furniture we own that we think we can make a profit on by posting to Craigslist. This includes TVs, dressers, our guest bed, desks, chairs, futon, a bookcase, and a nightstand. So far, the hot commodities have been my dresser and our TVs. I have communicated with some very weird people over Craigslist during these past few days...

Pile #4) Selling - I have also taken it upon myself to drive around to a few select shops in the area that sell the stuff I'm wanting to get rid of. Such as used book stores, video game resell shops, consignment stores, etc. Yesterday, I drove 6.5 miles to a used book store hoping to sell 30 books in good condition. After waiting for an hour, they took 6 books and I was the lucky recipient of $8.25!!

Pile #5) Donating - Everything that doesn't fit into one of the piles of the above goes here. Would you like a tax receipt with that? : )