2017 - No Clutter To Be Seen

gemmajenkins0208 · 2 July 2017 at 4:47PM

So the will was read out...

Nothing left for me and my brother at this point in time, but when my dad passes on, then there will be.

My boyfriend and I have decided to look for our first place together though, as my parents want to move away and we both have strong connections to the local area.

He has been applying for every job under the sun and I have registered with a few letting agents in the area.

I am fully aware of the costs of running a place of our own and I am fully prepared for it.

I have already started preparing for it also. 6 days before payday and I still have money left from my previous payday!

As of next payday I am cutting out every single unneccesary spend, no lunches out, no after work coffees/milkshakes, no nothing. We have food here I can use to make lunch, I can have a coffee before I leave and when I get home and if I want to have a treat I will buy the things and make it

It's catch the bus week this week and my local operator is giving 10% off tickets on their app so I will make the most of that

EDIT: I use the bus to get to and from work so it won't be an unnecessary expense :rotfl:

eandjsmum · 2 July 2017 at 6:51PM

Not much doing here. Have tidied and thrown out as I go, so have ditched a handful of magazines. Oh has ditched a pair of jeans and also I have thrown out is some of his old underpants. I am still using up the toiletry mountain and have started on the freezers as I have one that needs badly defrosting.

KitKatMum2 · 3 July 2017 at 12:02AM

1015-1035. Baby/Kids clothes - most of these were sold
1036. -1040. My clothes - all of these were sold
1041. Candle - used up
1042. Sheet of craft embellishments - used up
1043. Baby Gym - Sold
1044. Perfume - used up
1045. Tub of glitter -used up
1046. My favourite pen - my son broke this

1047. -1051. Toiletries - all used up, bar one 'posh' item sold
1052. -1053 Toys - bin as they were broken
1054. Old charger - sold
1055. Book - donated to charity shop
1056. Pillow - Bin as it was in a bit of a state!

Feel like I've not been here for ages. I feel like I have slowed down but still chipping away

Saver-upper · 3 July 2017 at 12:02AM

Oh,I have had such a productive day-I am so pleased :j.Because of the way I have been cleaning/decluttering over the last few weeks,the house is actually staying tidier for longer.:j:j:j:j:j.So,today is Sunday,the day I normally spend alllllllllllllll day and might only get,say,the kitchen and one or two other rooms cleaned,plus loads of washing.
Well, the house was looking quite good (one kid's bedroom decluttered within an inch of it's life a few weekends ago, and is still in order.Same with front room and kitchen
So,today ,I was able to tidy,dust and vacuum 3 bedrooms belonging to 4 kids,clean 2 bathrooms,vacuum downstairs,stairs and top landing,wash 4 loads of clothes,and dry and put away 3 of them (where as usually the Mt Washmore usually hangs around for days and days and days before being folded and put away).I have also mostly finished in the kitcehn.Nothing needs doing in the front room.
Mind you,all this is only as a result of decluttering that has taken me sice October :eek:.But it has definitely paid off..
Countable things out of the house today:

Binned:
887:Easter chick decoration
888:test tube of "potion" that 8yo made at school
889-890:2 boxes of Fun Snaps that have hung around for far too long
891:non-working calculator (another one!)
892:wicker ball.Don't know where from
893-894:2 bits of tat from posh Christmas crackers

Recycled:
895:old calender
896:Olly Murs poster.My now 15yo used to have this huge poster on the ceiling of her bedroom.Now chucked out.My babies are growing up

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You may remember I am doing a seperate count for decluttering my loft.I have been up and down that loft ladder a few times this week,and the loft is in the biggest mess ever.So \I have told myself I am going to start decluttering from there again as well.Started small today with
134-135: 2 small cardboard boxes,kept for "just in case".Out for recycling.I should have got rid of alot more,since it is bin collection day tomorrow

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somerandom · 3 July 2017 at 6:18PM

somerandom wrote: »

543. Beach tunic - ripped neck when putting on

544. softtoy
545 Book
546. vest
547. tie
548. sunglasses
549. travel adaptor
550. spectacle case
551. trousers
552 &3 - 2x shirt
554. dead socks - bin
555. necklace - gift
556. microfibre towel - returned

somerandom · 3 July 2017 at 8:14PM

somerandom wrote: »

544. softtoy
555. necklace - gift
556. microfibre towel - returned

Second wind.....
557. old sheet
558. DS' old school papers - recycling
559. Dead folders
560. dead headphones
561. ring binder
562. dead tote bag
563. PE Top
564. PE Shorts

Saver-upper · 4 July 2017 at 12:35AM

897:an old Slimming World new members pack -I offered it back to my SW leader,but some of the info in this pack is now out of date,so bought it home and put in recycling
898:continued decluttering papers.So hard-you never know what you will need in the future.I don't know how you count papers,but the bundle I got rid of (including envelopes) was about an inch thick,and took an hour to sort through

BettiePage · 4 July 2017 at 3:42PM

BettiePage wrote: »

Moved house now and still finding stuff that I think !!!!!! did we pack that?!

487-545. Yet more partially used or OOD toiletries - bin
546-570. Unwanted clothes hangers - tip.
571-575. Mugs - CS

576. Half used silver polish - bin.

577-580. Bags - CS
581. Umbrella - CS
582-583. Wicker boxes (no longer needed to store cr.ap) - CS
584. Xbox (unused for 5 years) and cables etc - Tip
585-587. Curtain pairs -CS
588. Squashed hat - bin
589. Magazine rack - CS
590. Lamp base (broke in the move) - Tip.
591. Jacket - CS
592. Broken weigh scales

- tip
593. Foot massager thingy - tip
594. Tape dispenser - CS

:T:T:T:T:T:T:T

Saver-upper · 5 July 2017 at 1:17AM

I keep thinking that once the kids go to bed,I will get so much decluttering done.I have the best laid plans in my head.
What actually happens is I am so busy with the kids all day,then by the time they go to bed,I don't always see the point in starting some of the big projects I had in my head.
Tonight,all I have done is sort out a stable-table/tray thing that had a few random bits on it from my younger daughters' room.There were books to be returned to school,colouring pens to be returned to their bedroom,birthday cards (which I have always kept,so I have set them aside),books to be returned to their bedroom.
Only took about 30 minutes to sort,and I will count it as one item item,so tally now up to 899.

sallymander · 5 July 2017 at 7:50PM

Hi all, saver-upper Dont get disheartned, thats still 30mins done which is better than nothing!

Ive nowsorted most of the easy areas where I can declutter as im passing, now i need to delve a bit deeper into the cupboards. Ive also got a mountain of half used up toiletries that i need to get through,

This is my tally so far this week

573-5. Random cables
576-9. Old software discs for devices that have already gone
580-6. Unused dvdr discs to the cs
587. Magazine recycled.
588. Body lotion used up
589-90. Toiletry samples used up
591-2. Pj bottoms to cs
593-5. Tops to cs
596-8. Shorts to cs
599. Riding whip to cs
600. Dress to cs
601. Stack of cards and notelets to cs
602. Sundres sold online
603-12. Magazines sold online
613. Dry cleaning sheets binned
614. Ood bonjela binned
615-16. Loyalty cards binned after being added to an app and tested
617-18. 2 bottle openers to cs
619. Slippers to cs
620-22. Plastic tubs recycled
623-5. 3 broken picture frames binned
626. Old calender recycled
627-36. Old applicance boxes recycled
637-669. Picture frames to cs
670. Stack of arteork to cs
671. Belt to cs
672. Hairdryer difuser to cs
673. Used up nail varnish remover
674. Dead bra binned
675. Sewing pattern sold online
676. Old duvet taken out of the dogs crate and replaced with an old one from the spare bed, the dog chews and rips his bed so every so often se replace it.

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