So I cleared our the coffee table drawer, which was crammed full of old birthday cards etc. One of them had an uncashed cheque for my son still in it, dated 2009. I kept the hand-made ones, ones with special messages etc and put the rest into the recycling box. And guess what? Son is not happy that I've thrown so many cards out. Despite the fact that he has taken so little interest in them for the last two years that he didn't realise he had a cheque in one, he doesn't want them recycled.
The coffee table drawer now contains:
30. Three bundles of old cards.
31. Two 78s which we believe were recorded by distant cousins of my husbands.
32. 7 beer mats which my husband collected over 20 years ago. A quick check of Ebay suggests they aren't worth anything.
33. 4 BT phonecards, which might be worth E-baying.
34. 3 badges.
35. 1 hand-knitted egg cosy. (I knitted this pre 1991)
36. A totally pointless folding beaker from Glamis castle, which appears unwashable if ever actually used.
37. Several sets of instructions.
38. 2 biros.
39. Souvenir disc of Queen's Golden Jubilee.
40. Piece of flint - can't remember why this should be significant.
41. Half-used book of matches commemmorating the Queen's Silver Jubilee 1977.
42. Set of mint coins from 1994. (Ebay suggests they're worth about £20.)
43. A bicycle headlight.
I have no idea why half these things are in this drawer rather than elsewhere, or why some of them have been kept so long.
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