What do you save?

skcin · #1 06-06-2005, 12:21 PM

If they're still in good shape, I save:

Plastic shopping bags
Twist ties
Gift bags/bows

I also make futile attempts to save money.

Anyone else?

strandinthewind · #2 06-06-2005, 12:23 PM

certainly not money

GardenStateGirlie · #3 06-06-2005, 12:31 PM

I've saved every paper and note taken in college. I've also saved my text books (the ones that couldn't be sold back). I have this inane fear that one day, i'll need them again (really, I think I may). I save plastic shopping bags because we line the trash cans with them. I save e-mails, PMs, notes that were passed to me in high school (just because reading them now makes me laugh). I used to save jewelry boxes and things to reuse but i've since thrown them out.

Much like Jason, money? Not so much.

xxxmx · #4 06-06-2005, 12:33 PM

bubble wrap + foam packaging wrap
screws and fasteners
magazine articles (scanned and then tossed)

i used to be really really retentive, i didn't save like stacks of newspapers or anything (not that there's anything wrong with that), but until recently i kept all of my old gnarly nail polish, movie ticket stubs, matchbooks, and batteries. the polish was gross, i didn't need all 14 Titanic stubs, i don't smoke any more so i don't need like 20000 matchbooks, and those batteries were probably dead when they went into the box years ago. i'm better now.

xxxmx · #5 06-06-2005, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by GardenStateGirlie

... notes that were passed to me in high school (just because reading them now makes me laugh).

i had three big boxes of trash scraps of paper and notes from high school that i couldn't bear to just throw out. i scanned every last little shred of paper and then ceremoniously hauled it out to the trash. i wasted a day of my life, but i ended up with one small shoebox of the most important stuff and 25 square feet of closet space. fair deal.

KarmaContestant · #6 06-06-2005, 12:36 PM

I save the rubber bands that bundles of asparagus are bound with. They're usually purple.

skcin · #7 06-06-2005, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by KarmaContestant

I save the rubber bands that bundles of asparagus are bound with. They're usually purple.

Hey! Those are good rubber bands!

Dreammms · #8 06-06-2005, 12:40 PM

i basically only keep gift bags.

i hate clutter.

i even throw away the plastic cases that CDs come in and just keep the cd and artwork. (well not my officially released stevie/mac/lindsey/christine... etc cds)

amber · #9 06-06-2005, 12:58 PM

Books, and looking around my house, CRAP, as well. Most of it appears to be paper crap. There's some plastic bag crap. Some crappy clothes. Oh, and cigarette butts, too - gotta save those! I think I also have some crap saved in my fridge....Oh, and I save Cats, who are never as grateful as you would want...I save clothing catalogues. For a long time. As if I will buy the clothes.

GypsySorcerer · #10 06-06-2005, 01:29 PM

-Gift bags
-Most of my notebooks/binders from college (though some desperately need organizing)
-Textbooks I deemed worthy
-Emails
-Cards. I think I have every card I've received since birth.

hayley · #11 06-06-2005, 01:34 PM

I used to save beer bottle caps in a big plastic tub. When I realized that I could glue them to everything in my house and cover every surface, I reluctantly threw them away. Now I only keep what I've drank that night out, so I know how many I've had.

Speaking of drinking beer- is it really that weird to bring a bottle of beer down with you to your apartment building's laundry room while waiting? I got the weirdest look from a couple of people last night.

ontheEdgeof17 · #12 06-06-2005, 01:38 PM

-every vase that I get flowers in

-all my checks that ger returned once they are processed through the bank

-all my notes from Nursing School

-gift bags

-and I save lives

skcin · #13 06-06-2005, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

-and I save lives

True, yet it sounds sooooo cheesy!

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Originally Posted by hayley

Speaking of drinking beer- is it really that weird to bring a bottle of beer down with you to your apartment building's laundry room while waiting? I got the weirdest look from a couple of people last night.

Umm, hello? NO there's nothing wrong with that.

ontheEdgeof17 · #14 06-06-2005, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

True, yet it sounds sooooo cheesy!

I know. I know. I'd to think of something I save cuz there isn't much I do save.

I save my grease for french fries.

strandinthewind · #15 06-06-2005, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by hayley

I used to save beer bottle caps in a big plastic tub. When I realized that I could glue them to everything in my house and cover every surface, I reluctantly threw them away. Now I only keep what I've drank that night out, so I know how many I've had.

Speaking of drinking beer- is it really that weird to bring a bottle of beer down with you to your apartment building's laundry room while waiting? I got the weirdest look from a couple of people last night.

Considering in New Orleans where I am mostly from, they have a laundromat/bar on St. Charles Ave. called Igor's and that place ROCKS most afternoons. So, no, one bottle of beer is so not weird