Out with the Old....

Funny thing about getting married is.. you get a lot of gifts.. Don't get me wrong Zach and I LOVE gifts but there problem with a lot of gifts and an apartment is NOT a lot of space!! After returning home from the honeymoon our apartment floor was covered.. with STUFF! Literally there was a walking path from the door to our bedroom/bath and that was it! I didn't think I would ever find a place for everything..we were already a little cluttered... I finally had cleared out the living room dining room area  and put most of that stuff away sorta but really just piled most of it in the kitchen.  When I went to put away the kitchen I decided there is absolutely no way everything is going to fit in here so I said Out with the old... And Zach and I decided to get rid of our old "college kid" stuff and use our new "grow-up" stuff.  Although it was a bit hard to get rid of the plastic plates and cups I'd had since I was a freshman in college it was just time. Well by the time we had cleared out everything we no longer wanted we had a huge pile of stuff to get rid of.. I saw no reason to throw these items away.. they still have a lot of life left.. and thus decided we were going to donate the items.  Usually i just load the stuff up and drop it off to good will but this time I really wanted to help someone in need.. So I contacted a friend who volunteers with Open Gate a domestic violence shelter in Wilmington to find out if they needed any donations. And of course they did.  And so today I am taking by our kitchen stuff to the domestic violence shelter.  When someone leaves a domestic violence situation they go to open gate where they help them get back on their feet which includes finding them a new home and assisting them to purchase they need to live in their new home.  So I know our kitchen stuff will help someone in need very soon and I feel much better about giving it away.