Two points for teal: Making up new rules for the Goodwill Project

It’s a game, after all.

All of it: Mexican Train*… The Goodwill Project… Life…

The Goodwill Project is a game that I play with myself. The self-imposed procedures I have inflicted for this year-long adventure include how I maneuver each section of the store, how much I can spend, sections of the store that completely avoid, and aisles that I make a selection from almost every time.

The toughest part, of course, is the unwritten reality that only I police the rules. So avoiding buying things I don’t need requires a whole new set of adjunct rules that are multiplying just as quickly as they are being ignored.

No more baby clothes unless they are tagged with the color of the week.**
A “do-I -really-need-it?” narrative forced through my head in triplicate and confirmed with an audible, “I do.”
Nothing plastic.
Double points if it’s teal.

Teal is kind of a new game in itself: I’ve always been a warm-color girl and my house has been filled that way, but I’m playing a little game to see if I can introduce teal into as many rooms as I can. Not only does it add a little precocious fun to my decor, but it gives me a whole new category to search for at the Goodwill store.

More Goodwill fun: I’ve added two new ideas to my list of future blogs. Stay tuned and I’ll tell you about Goodwill’s color of the week** and the Mexican Train* dominos set I found.