One down, 656 to go.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I just finished writing a short letter to a friend. I send off a birthday card to a relative. I am looking through my address book to see how many more I can get rid of.

I have 656 home address labels from non-profit organization charitable donation solicitation letters. These are the regular upper-left-corner-of-the-envelope sized ones. I also have 10 large labels and 2 huge ones that I could use in the center of the envelope to send a letter to myself.

In addition, I have 125 stamps and stickers to use as envelope sealers proving that I care about <name of charity> or at least proof that I was sent a charitable donation letter by <name of charity>.

Lessee, I have some from [ul]
[li]Center for Marine Conservation[/li][li]National Wildlife Federation (nice ducks on these)[/li][li]The Nature Conservancy (with the ugly chick screaming at the camera)[/li][li]National Park Trust[/li][li]St. Jude Children’s Hospital[/li][li]Wildlife Land Trust[/li][li]Ducks Unlimited[/li][li]Sierra Club[/li][li]Paralyzed Veterans of America[/li][/ul]

as well as several that I have no idea who they are from, since I have all the labels in one package and the letter went away long ago (either with a donation or to the shredder). It’s a gift. If I like the place, they get money. If I disagree with their actions, policies or political leanings (either way), the letter gets shredded and I keep my name and address labels (without their logo).

I’ve shredded the ones where my name was totally misspelled - I can usually tell where they came from - if the pizza box arrives with my name misspelled, I can usually count on getting charity donation letters within about a month, addressed to the misspelled name.

Oh, and this isn’t even counting the dozens of books that now have my name and address in the books, for when I loan one out and want it back. If I get rid of the book, the label gets removed or totally blacked out.

Sigh. 656 to go. Any other ideas? Anyone else with lots of stickers?

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Until recently, I had tons of stickers acquired similarly. Most have been tossed in the trash - after all, in 2 weeks, it will no longer be my address. I started a thread ages ago asking for creative ideas for address lables, but the response wasn’t nearly as creative as I’d hoped, so it fizzled and died.

So, I dunno - cover the roof of your car with them?? :smiley:

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I use my stash when I pay my bills. I still write a check and mail it off, so I stick a label on the return address space. Saves time and effort in writing that stuff in.

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I have a friend who puts labels on all of his cigarette lighters and ball point pens. I asked if he’d ever had a lost lighter or pen mailed back to him. He hadn’t but did say that he tends not to lose them anymore, because they’re not inadvertantly stolen by borrowers.

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Wear one each day. That way if you get lost, people know how they can mail you back home.