Roll-top Desk Drawer 2-2-09

I had big plans to clean out one of the heinous "black hole" kitchen cabinets, but I was exiled to my bedroom by daughter #2 when she wanted to watch t.v. in the den adjacent to the kitchen. I have an antique roll-top desk, that once belonged to my great-aunt, in my room. It serves as a catch-all for books, magazines, letters, hand cream, a Kleenex box; and that is just the surface. I decided to clean out the desk lap drawer. It is a very thin drawer, not much space, but it holds a lot! Here's proof:

• 11 matchbooks - TRASHED


• a receipt from Dillard's Department Store dated 12-18-07 in the amount of $199.72 for cosmetics - TRASHED


• a 2007 Christmas list detailing what I bought for my daughters and son-in-law -TRASHED


• a bank envelope holding 9 expired credit cards, a Southwest Airlines companion pass that expired in 2007, and 2 expired gym cards - CUT UP AND TRASHED


• 3 old drivers' licenses - 2 of mine that expired in 1989 and 1987 and one belonging to my husband that expired in 1988 - KEPT (what can I say? I'm sentimental)


• a Chili's Restaurant Frequent Diner Card - TRASHED


• 4 Post-it Note pads - KEPT


• 2 packages of spare lead for mechanical pencils - KEPT


• 1 package of mechanical pencil eraser refills - KEPT


• a pair of sewing scissors - KEPT


• a box of thumb tacks (100 count) - KEPT


• 2 glue sticks - KEPT


• a kindergarten school photo of daughter #2 - OF COURSE I KEPT


• a Jamaican one dollar piece - KEPT on the outside chance I might go to Jamaica


• a box of staples - KEPT


• a mini stapler- KEPT


• a tape measure key chain - KEPT


• a single hole punch - KEPT


• 4 scratch pads - KEPT


• 1 fingernail file - KEPT


• spiral bound 3x5 index cards- KEPT


• a Ziploc bag with a hinge, a screw, and a nail - I KEPT because I think they go with the desk


• a box of white permanent self-adhesive reinforcement labels - KEPT


• a bag of 25 self adhesive Index Tabs- KEPT


• 3 rulers - one 12-inch metal, two 6-inch plastic - KEPT 2, TRASHED one of the 6-inch


• an over sized laundry safety pin that I once used for a key chain - KEPT


• 2 business cards - TRASHED 1, KEPT 1 (it was daughter #1's first post-college job)


• a flashlight that doesn't work - TRASHED


• A "Presto!" pocket correction pen - KEPT


• 3 bookmarks - KEPT


• a deck of cards - RELOCATED to toy closet


• a calculator that doesn't work - TRASHED


• a staple remover - KEPT


• a lamp finial - KEPT


• 3 tiny Ziploc bags with extra buttons - RELOCATED to sewing box


• a pair of cheater glasses - KEPT


• 6 Highlighters - 2 yellow, 1 orange, 1 green, 1 turquoise, 1 pink - KEPT


• 4 Sharpie pens - 1 turquoise, 1 light blue, 1 dark blue, 1 hot pink - KEPT


• 15 pencils - KEPT 12, TRASHED 3


• 2 eraser sticks - KEPT


• 53 (yes, 53!) writing pens - KEPT 37, TRASHED 16

Remember, I said this was a small drawer. I think it was a clown car in a previous life