How much STUFF do we need?

[Jen12]

Have you all been watching the coverage of Black Friday and the hype for Cyber Monday? People seem to be crazed! How much STUFF do we really need? My condo complex is at war because there is no space in the visitor places because residents park their cars there. Why, you ask, do they do this? They can't fit their cars into the 2-car garages because of all their STUFF! I think it's insane.

Yet, I'm a bit guilty too. I look around at home and I'm starting to get a little bit uncomfortable that every surface seems covered with something - books, souvineer cotchkees from vacation trips -- just--whatever.

Do you feel like you have too much? Or do you need more?

[Biciclista]

too much stuff you've got it. I didn't go shopping this black friday or any of the others actually. I can't remember when i have.

[ladyicon]

Definitely too much stuff. But I could not resist cyber Monday deals.

[Owlie]

I do have too much stuff. I'm a packrat, though some of the clutter in this place is due to my being lazy and the necessity of squeezing a two-bedroom apartment worth of furniture and kitchen things into a one-bedroom place. (Some of this stuff is DBF's and it's not my place to get rid of it.)

I did do some shopping today and Black Friday, but it was practical stuff, both for me (I needed some dressier clothing), and to give as gifts. Besides the bike stuff (that doesn't count, right? ), my biggest problem is yarn. I have an ottoman full of it. I eventually get around to using it, but I usually just pet it and imagine all the awesome things I could make with it...

[Koronin]

I also did some Black Friday shopping. We drove 2 hours to Raleigh to buy cat food. Cats need to eat and the closest place to get their food is in Raleigh. However, we made sure that we would not get to Raleigh until after noon. After that stopped at the mall so I could buy some new undies and bras (yep need to throw out some old ones) and then to Performance where we bought hubby a new cylocross bike. The reason we stopped there was to see what was on clearance, clothes wise, not bikes. So we came home with a new bike. LOL

[indysteel]

I definitely could have less stuff. Before marrying two years ago, I was pretty minimalist. The only thing I truly had a lot of was books and cat toys. My husband came with a lot of stuff. When we first moved in together, I sort of freaked out about it. I just felt like his collections of things were taking over the house. I still feel that way, but I have grown used to it for the most part. But add in daily clutter and I start to feel overwhelmed. Add on some additional joint stuff--like bikes and camping gear--and I know that I am no longer a minimalist. It's on my list of things to work on, hopefully with DH, next year.