Reply #8: I told my best friend she's going to be on 'Hoarders' just because she's kept all the packaging

[LynneSin]

Anything she has ever bought in her lifetime she saves the packaging. God knows when she'll move again and figures the original packaging is best for moving items (mind you the last time she moved was 17 years ago). Her daugher has threatened to submit her name for the show. I mean, if the item purchased as been a part of your family for more than 6 months and it's not a season item (like Xmas decoration - my mother saves those packages since for 11 months they go into storage) - toss the boxes.

For some bizarre reason the stuff I bought when I moved into my new house - I saved the packaging and it's still there 2.5years later. My problem is I hate going into my basement but I have a week off in May and plan to get rid of all of those boxes.