Clutter-busting Challenge Update

I have been participating in Money Saving Mom's Clutter-busting Challenge this month.  The idea is to get rid of 7 items each week day in May to reduce the clutter in your home.  My son's school had a large garage sale last week.  I worked at the sale and the prep beforehand.  Each time I went over to work, I cleaned out more clutter and took donations for the sale.   

Here is a look at my very messy cookbook shelves.  My little guy saw the camera and had to be in the picture.  He's enjoying a brownie I made for the yard sale/bake sale.  I already pulled a few cookbooks off the shelf before thinking to take a picture.  I have been wanting to reduce my cookbooks to two shelves for a long time to make room for art and craft supplies for the kids.  

I cleared out enough cookbooks to create an empty shelf and found some other random things to donate.  I took three loads of donations over to the sale last week.  I did buy a few things at the yard sale which counteracts a portion of my de-cluttering, but I only bought things we could use and the big things were outside toys for the boys.  All in all, it was a successful week of clutter-busting.