The martini glasses did not survive the purge

Neither did the cool vintage martini shaker that (along with the glasses) have been in my china cabinet, unused for the last 4 years. I had to face it - I'm a wine girl...'shaken, not stirred' is not my style, and neither were the beer steins. When I caught a glimpse of them I would feel guilty, knowing that one of those brewskie glasses walked out of the Brothers Two Restaurant late one St. Paddy's Day not that long ago.

The china cabinet wasn't even going to be the first item on my 'purge list'. I was simply trying to make room for the 2 sets of wine glasses I received as Christmas gifts, and the next thing you know, there goes my uber cute tea pot (that drips all over the place when it pours) and the tablecloth weights that I've been hanging on to since my 20's that have never been used.

My goal with this week's experiment was to eliminate 5 items of clutter per day. As you can see from the photo (taken after only the first day of my decluttering process) that goal is going to be nooooo proooooblem. And if you see some familiar items and you're the friend/relative/restaurant manager who presented me with said items (knowingly or unknowingly), rest assured that both me and my china cabinet are feeling a little less weighted down today...now where is that corkscrew?