Frugality

One of the traits we are trying to cultivate while decluttering is actually using the things we have and reducing as much as possible the number of new things we bring into the house.
Since we have a birthday party this weekend, I think we will have a bit of a setback, although I have told those who asked various add-ons that T2 might enjoy (eg, clothes for her standard sized doll) rather than new toys. Here on the left one sees the attitude of use up rather than bring in new applied to toothpaste (and no one who knows my clutter would believe how carefully I squeeze that toothpaste tube) and T1 with her pencils.
I actually think that's going too far and is effecting her handwriting, so I have taken them away and replaced them with new pencils. Nice thought, though!
On the right we see another of the tchotchke toys that come with magazines in this country: they break quickly and bring tears. I took this br0ken toy to recycling within a day of its arrival.