Survey #249—Full Response from Lisa
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| Please share your suggestions for unconventional places to take donated items (for example, a local florist’s shop for empty flower vases). If you mention a specific business or organization, please include your city, state, province, region, and/or country in your answer. | Here in St Petersburg, Florida a Facebook group that has "swaps" about once a month. You take all of your items that you would otherwise donate and everyone meets up (typically at the library or at a park). Y pu "shop" other people's items and people "shop" your items. Everything is free. You don't have to shop to donate and you don't have to donate to swap. After the Swap event, all remaining items are taken to a local domestic violence womens and children's shelter. It's a great way to rehome items other people may need and to give to a valuable resource like the shelter. |
| Describe an activity or interest for which you acquire far more supplies or materials than you tend to use over a reasonable period of time. | Craft supplies. Specifically crochet supplies. I tell myself I won't buy more yarn, crochet hooks, stitch markers, etc until I use up all the ones I have. But i always end up buying more, especially yarn. I was doing really well in 2025 until my kids spent a lot of money at Michaels and i got $20 in rewards. I am going to be making my daughter a dragon and didn't have the colors of yarn she wanted. Since I had that $20 and didn't want to lose my big reward, I ended up buying 7 skeins of yarn and getting it all for free. Only 2 skeins don't have a specific project in mind. |
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