• a water bottle. a curse on the manufacturers of crappy water bottles.
• wallet magnifying glass. less useful than i had supposed.
• nearly gutted pillar candle. note to self: only buy votives.
• a dozen plastic rewards club cards. grrrrr.
• a zillion pieces of paper. only art and literature will be tolerated.

• this year's course catalog for next year's high school. um, yes, useless.
• candle incense fusion mess. and yes, i am throwing it away, not recycling it, even though there is a glass somewhere in the midst of it.
• the extremely beautiful thank you card my aunt sent the kids. which was probably purchased in an exotic locale forty years ago. it has been enjoyed.
• three tubes of medication. for a condition i sincerely hope never to experience again.

• an outlet box. blue, plastic... i wouldn't know what to do with it.
• a plastic shovel. we use more sophisticated digging devices.
• a stack of pink index cards. mysteriously numbered in sharpie.
• a lone votive candle. enough candles, already.
• a paint can opener. the other one.

• three bouncy balls. ubiquitous and generally bouncing at a bad time, in the wrong place.
• one dolphin-shaped water gun. cutesy and leaky. bad combo.
• one candle in a jar. smoky.

• three notebooks. we are drowning in notebooks.
• two candles. no longer drowning in candles.

• three candles. it is silly to force yourself to use something just because it is useful.
• one serving tray. love it, don't use it.
• one gorgeous shirt. wore it once, the day i bought it.

• two more oddly sized little candles. ikea, metric system.
• a plastic lizard. shh, don't tell.
• a couple of pieces of cool green foil paper. had that now for how many years?
• another swiffer. i had two?

• a so-so jacket. easy come, easy go.
• a glass votive holder, plus candle. two for one.
• a big bag of marbles. been meaning to get rid of those for years.
• two books. i may not need all those bookcases after all.

• three votive holders. if i use my entire inventory simultaneously, i may burn down the house.
• one votive candle. weird shape, doesn't fit.
• one package of photo paper for the printer. some day i will take pictures...