Carpe you are on a Flying high! Well done re: the sock fest!
Swan well done resisting those cravings! It really helps to know that people are in the same boat/fighting the same battles! And well done for persisting with your dd's room.
Honu/Swan yes all the stuff has gone! Hooray!! A humungous Fling Boogie. The Fat Fairy should be proud!!
However, you are both quite right to question the maths! There was some dispute as to the size of the annual allowance. (And thank you for explaining why this confusion has arisen Honu!! Dh will be very interested to read that!)
The exact wording is "Chaque ménage a droit à un enlèvement gratuit de 3m³ par an" which I took to mean 3 metres cubed. (Is that right?) They however said it meant 1m cubed x 3 
. (I'm not the best person to work out this sort of thing - useless at even the most basic maths 
) Last year we were told the amount we put out was too small and not worth their while, this year we were apparently over the limit.
Fortunately, though, loads of people had taken stuff away in advance which reduced the pile. My friend walked past and commented later that it looked like a feeding frenzy and that I should have stood there with a collecting tin!! The men were also in a strop because we hadn't cleared/reserved them a parking place (absolutely no mention of that in the advance instructions) and they had to walk three feet across the road to stack their van. They were really quite belligerent until I distributed beer money, after which they couldn't have been more helpful! One even helped me brush the street. I still don't know if we will be getting a bill for the surplus though.
Having said all that, it is a good service here. We have different collection/depository areas for plastic, paper, glass, old batteries, old clothes, garden rubbish, wood, building rubbish, old cooking oil (not allowed to put down sink) and toxic materials or their containers. You can even go on free state-sponsored composting seminars/workshops lead by a "Maitre de Compost" . Mind you ... taxes are high!
Great you are joining the Body Clutter challenge Honu. Arf at the trail of pedometers in your wake!
Lauren Good to hear you are sound again in the foot department! You did briliantly yesterday and that's a v. respectable list for today on top of a long day at work! Well done with the walking too.
Blue do you want to join us on MFP?
Likelucklove well done with the walking yesterday and well done with the mission. Hope you feel better soon too. Btw when you mentioned dip-dyeing hair, I thought you were going for a bit of a two-tone purple look like Jessie J!
Well done to you too Bitchy you did loads yesterday. Also, I'm really impressed by the way you fit sewing in with all the normal housekeeping chores and keep it going as an on-going task ifyswim. I was determined to sew one day a week this year and so far have managed only one day a month if that.
Engelsmeijse you seem to really have the knack of using the MFP calorie tracker thing and using it do motivate etc. It's beginning to dawn on me how it all works!! Well done on losing 1.1 kg!!
Whoknows Beginning to think dd would love a Wii!! (Have resisted so far!) And thanks for MFP reminder!
toffee 
at your ds1's campaign strategy! I'm impressed with how much you are getting done in addition to home edding.
Huge waves to Feetheart Ellie Nicknacks Foad Castlelough Morecats Flying and anyone I have missed!!