• a stash of paint sample cards. so...pretty...want...to...keep...
• a pair of winter boots. i honestly have no idea how these came to live in this house.
• one pair of glasses with no lenses. smuggled out of my daughter's room.
• a shower cap from the ritz. ditto.
• a practically unused pair of overall snow pants, child's size six. a warmer climate might be cheaper.

• a pair of sunglasses. surprisingly effective, but one of possibly eight pairs in this house.
• small pink hippo. when did we become a household overrun with stuffed animals?
• the small bag that holds a fold-up umbrella. I am quite sure the umbrella will never fit back inside.
• a calculator. still in packaging. why does a calculator need packaging?
• a glass coaster/window ornament. made by me.                

• a black sweater. so i only wore it once. five bucks, not so bad.
• a pair of reading glasses. my fourth-best, barley held together with safety pins.
• a clay cup. might inspire me to be sentimental if i could remember which child made it.
• a paperback. part of an art project which has fallen by the wayside.
• three shopping bags. some people keep these, and seem to find them useful.

• one tube of lipstick. i love lipstick. i do not really wear it.
• one hand towel. color bias - it is purple, the others are not.
• one tupperware bowl. still no lid.
• one pair of glasses. worse than useless, as they almost allow me to read.
• one purse. adored last summer. it has lost its appeal.

• three very small notebooks. these are ridiculously hard to throw away.
• a little pile of scrap paper. even more ridiculous to keep these.
• one eyeglasses case. probably have glasses to recycle, too.

• a lunch bag. worn the heck out, we like lunch.
• a baby nail clipper. take an hour to cut one human-sized nail.
• a pair of clip-on sunglasses. very useful.
• a glasses case. these are available as a set.
• a novel. which i disliked. it has a title similar to a novel that i liked, allowing it to dodge the discard pile for months.