The Birth of a New Pile

Decided to purge my dayplanner and get back to using it. It DOES work, when I use it : )

First step: purge all the papers in the front flap. I was happy to find some papers that were clearly trash, now (an old address or phone number without a name, etc) and promptly threw them away. The rest of the papers ended up in a pile.

Here's your invitation into one of my piles:
1) a cell phone number (from someone who told me to call her) but I never did
2) a business card from an acquaintance (for a product I never heard of, but now that I have the card ... maybe I should consider it). I've probably had this card for 1-2 years.
3) an expired teacher discount card to JoAnn's store (kept so that I can use it to get another one without having to go through all the rig-a-ma-roll by just handing this old one to them). This card expired Sept. 2009.
4) Five coupons for 20% off my next purchase of $10.00 0r more at Goodwill. I usually shop at Goodwill on their 50% off days, so I wouldn't use these anyway. But then again ... what if I DO happen to go to Goodwill when it's not a 50% off day...
5) the cell phone number for one of my daughter's friend's mom. Forgot I had it written down.
6) an invitation I got to the surprise birthday party for a friend. I kept it so that I could give it to her in case she wanted to use it to scrapbook this big event in her life. I keep forgetting to give it to her. She's had another birthday in the meantime.
7) an index card with the address and phone number of two JoAnn stores. One of them has already closed.
8) my daughter's address on a post it note. She moved into a new house 11 months ago. I haven't written her address in my address file.
9) the business card of one of my medical practitioners that I thought I had lost! It has her e-mail address that she told me was the fastest way for me to get ahold of her personally.
10) a receipt for an oil change on my van [so THAT'S when we had it done!] from April 2010.
11) a receipt for cash paid on our daughter's vehicle's repair (a car that she has since sold) which ended up being a big headache and a point of contention ...BIGGER than we ever bargained for .. but this receipt is proof that we have done SOMETHING to help her out as a single mom who's barely getting by

That's not even 1/4 of the pile. I can't bare to look at any more of the papers in this pile. I am mentally exhausted. I did a once through as I pulled them out of the flap. These are the ones that made it through the first sort.

I'll put them in a manilla envelope, label the outside ("from Dayplanner") and date it with today's date. Then ... oh! Of course! I'll put the envelope in my "incoming mail" slot : )