One of the blogs I read got me laughing when she mentioned the “take half a day to throw in a bag, act normal” routine before people come over.
We have my family coming for lunch tomorrow so I am doing exactly that right now. I’m stuffing all the stuff I was trying to declutter today into random nooks and crannies; in cupboards, under beds, even in boxes in the boot of the car (out of mind; out of sight). And how dumb was it to buy a flat-packed, assemble-at-home item today? By tomorrow every single cupboard in our house will be stuffed with random pieces of PVC and old shoes. But the house will look superficially clean.
