Measure twice

"Measure twice, cut once."  Or not at all, in my case, because I did *not* measure properly for this custom-made bathroom mirror, and could not install it as planned during my 2010 remodel.  Tried to sell it on Craigslist, no luck.  It's been bumping from condo to storage to house for two years now.  Today, I dropped it off at the local Habitat for Humanity store, along with some window hardware and some other random bits of homeowner flotsam such as a 1/2" plastic elbow, a paint can lid, a faucet handle.
The window hardware consisted of: some drapery rods from the condo, and I'm using new hardware in this house, so it can go, and also two sets of vertical blinds from the extra bedroom, which I'm sure was fine when it was used as an office, which is what I think the previous resident used it for, but I'm going to put in something a little more decorative.

Misc Crap

The boda bag was a gift from my brother, who somehow retained the memory that I really liked using a boda bag for my water supply for hiking . . . twenty-five years ago.  It is kinda cool, but I use lightweight aluminum bottles now. 
The chain is for some panels of cheap stained glass I had in the condo.  From day 1 I installed those with small hooks, because of where I was putting them.  I will never use this chain. 
The handled object is one of those jobbies for scraping dead skin off the soles of your feet.  It doesn't work very well.  I kept it because it has a Dr. Scholl logo and I think it is from the days when my mother worked for that company. 
The eyeglass case is damaged (the metal bits that make it open/shut have fallen out and gotten lost).  I generally just wrap my glasses in a bit of microfiber cleaning fabric, anyway.
The foam is from Dad's model train storage.
The carabiner is a cheap giveaway from my company.

These Boots are Made for Walkin'

Don't know how long I've had these - 8 or 9 years, I would guess.  They are still in decent condition.  I didn't wear them at all this last fall/winter.  I have other pairs of boots (one brown, one black) that are more, well, work-appropriate.  I also have a grungier, lower-heeled old pair that is suitable for mucking around in. 
This pair can go to someone else who hasn't outgrown that look yet.  And yes, that is the original box.

Fantastic Plastic

This little plastic box was left behind when The Kidlet moved out.  I think she used it as a first aid kit.  I've been stuck thinking I could use it for something, and recently gave up.  It has a #6 recycling icon, so I'll save it for my next trip to Whole Foods or wherever I can recycle the unpopular plastics.

But wait!  I might be able to use it after all!  I was inspecting the corn this morning and discovered earwigs.  Reading up on the critters, it seems I can make a trap for them with a shallow container filled with vegetable oil (or beer, or soapy water).  If I don't catch anything, I can go ahead and recycle it.  (If it winds up full of drowned, dead earwigs floating in vegetable oil, I will probably throw it away.)

Unjustified

I purchased this from an online overstock bookstore the first week of February 2008.  It was $9.95 (shipping for this plus two other books was $4.70).  So, it's been sitting around for about four and a half years.  As I have a landscape now, it seemed like a good time to see if it would be useful.  Well, no, not really.  There's nothing wrong with it, it just doesn't have much that isn't available to me from other sources like the internet in general,  gardenweb in particular, a Guide to Vegetable, Fruits, and Herbs to which I refer often, and my mother's and grandmother's copies of the Western Garden Book, which are also likely to offer some useful region-specific advice.
So this gets added to the two boxes of books that will be going out of here in the next couple of weeks.  Nothing to justify holding on to it.

N.B.  When looking in Quicken to see when I bought this, I noticed a purchase the same week from Circuit City.  It was for an sd card, which of course now I could probably buy at a gas station.

Kindling

Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion is available on Amazon.  Just saw the mention today in Slate, so haven't read it yet, but it looks like it covers some ground on the overconsumption/disposable goods/where-does-it-all-end-up discussion.

Also, The reviews at Goodreads.

It's a Gift

Getting rid of gifts, one of everyone's least favorite categories, I'm sure.  The Kidlet gave this to me for Christmas 2007.  It was a thoughtful gift, as she was aware that I am extremely fond of popcorn.  I have in fact been using it for its intended purpose going on four and a half years now.  But you know what? I can just as easily eat popcorn out of one of my many, many mixing bowls, just like I always did before.  Attempting to justify keeping this bowl, I tried to use it to actually pop the corn in the microwave (which I won't be trying with my other bowls - metal and/or pre-microwave era), but apparently it isn't made for that (it *is* labeled dishwasher safe, and is *not* labeled microwave-safe), and for my troubles I got some strange sounds and burned food. 
It also doesn't hold very much.  I would consider this a plus if I was worried about portion control, but I don't consider that an issue with popcorn. 
Off to the donation box.