Saturday 17th January
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Report written by Kash
"You didn't run here, did you?" - Ms C.
"Yes, we did. From Southall." - Sevan.
"No way!"
A repeat mission for Ms C of South Ealing, whom Sevan and Kash helped most recently less than a week ago, focused on creating access to a plug socket in a cold and humid bedroom ahead of an electrician's visit. Despite Ms C being reluctant to ask for such a big and heavy (in her opinion) job, GoodGymers quickly cleared the wall of large suitcases and stacked them temporarily on the bed. Freeing the socket on the wall suddenly freed up time to explore what was hiding in a wardrobe Ms C wanted to review as a part of her decluttering journey.
Sevan and Kash uncovered a collection of colourful, stylish umbrellas.
"You know, I have a sort of an umbrella fetish." - Ms C.
In the cupboard, the GoodGymers found plenty of makeup products, body lotions, bath salts (which Ms C couldn't use as she didn't have a bathtub anymore) and perfumes - the latter tested on Kash.
"How does it smell?" - Ms C.
"Like someone who ran from Southall today!" - Sevan.
Kash eventually turned down Ms C's kind offer to take one of the perfume bottles. Kash loved most the smell of GoodGymming in the morning. And in the afternoon.
If the perfumes weren't enough sensory stimulation, there were also scented soaps to review.
"Shea butter soap? This is very good. Keep it."
"Cocoa butter soap? This is very good. Keep it."
"Irish Spring soap? Ah, this scent is out of this world!" - Ms C.
With so many olfactory masterpieces coming out of the cupboard, there was not that much that could have been thrown away. Ms C definitely wasn't up for parting with her scented candles.
"You know, I have a sort of a candle fetish." - Ms C.
The lady was grateful for the opportunity to go through the contents of the bedroom cupboard with Sevan and Kash, and, in the last 10 minutes of the mission, asked them to put away some of the things in the kitchen she had identified as not needed immediately. The GoodGymers knew the drill from the previous task and promptly moved the fridges out of the way, then packed a few items into the space in the storage they had freed last week. Job done! The kitchen today looked much more organised than last Sunday, which might be proof that the missions are slowly helping Ms C get on top of her decluttering endeavour.
Ealing
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