Thank you guys for your replies & support!
Actually it turned out to be no big deal at all. I told my husband what I had done and that I had done it because I had been asking for 3-4 months, and he appeared to be either unable or unwilling to give the items away. He just said "oh, did you tell the neighbour why you were doing this?" I said "no she wasn't home." Then he said he wasn't upset about it and I assume this will be the end of it.
I am pretty good about not being attracted to alcohol. The more I work the steps the more I can see the "whole drink"--not just the drink, but the consequences, the hangover, the guilt & shame, the ill feeling... and, so usually the thought of it makes me ill. But at this point I feel I can't be too safe PLUS it was something I had asked him to do for a long time.
Thank you again! xo