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  • bossymoo
    bossymoo Posts: 6,924 Forumite
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    Ellidee wrote: »
    De-lurks to say -bossymoo have a look at this thread http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=3958507

    Thanks, I saw it a few days ago, that's what's spurred me on! Have even looked into project 333 but not sure I'm ready for that yet...

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    Away with the fairies :beer:
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 40,997 Forumite
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    edited 17 May 2012 at 4:18PM
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    May flingage.. 38/100

    3 letters to DD1
    5 items of clothing and 1 carrier to DD1
    1 carrier to DS1
    2 binbags rubbish from my room
    1 binbag of rubbish filled from kitchen worktop!
    6 items for DD1
    18 ebay items gone..
    1 binbag rubbish shifted from the landing, bedrooms and loo.. I even vacuumed!

    6 binbags for charity shop.. not to be included until they are gone!

    I feel like I've not stopped in years, I am exhausted :(
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
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  • somerandom
    somerandom Posts: 920 Forumite
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    I've had a really productive month since I last posted - so thanks for the kick-start to the process.

    Since I last posted the main things I have done are:
    • Decluttered the kitchen and cleared more room on work surfaces
    • Taken 3 boxes full of stuff to CS
    • Painted my bedroom floor (a job that I have been putting off for over a year!!!)
    • Painted my desk to fit in with other bedroom furniture
    • Started decluttering the shed
    Prior to this I'd started to feel quite low and felt "stuck" because I wasn't doing things that needed to be done. Starting to sort out the house has made me feel motivated in other areas of my life - I've lost 4lb in the last month, read two books I've been meaning to read for months, caught up with phone calls and visits "owed".

    Plenty still to do but I am due to go on holiday next week so in the mean time I will just aim to keep things tidy and perhaps have a cull of my summer clothes as I sort things out to pack.

    When I get back I want to finish decluttering the shed, paint my front door & plant up a window box.

    Thanks for the motivation.... :T
    Shifting my energy for 2020 :heart::heart::heart:
  • fuddle
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    Finally cleared out the medicine/baking cupboard. I'm ashamed to say there was creams and medicines in there exp. 2007. I also stubled across my box of pearl barley/lentils/chickpeas/kidney beans etc so that was a major find!
  • miasnanny
    miasnanny Posts: 134 Forumite
    edited 17 May 2012 at 12:48PM
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    Oh Happy Day!:j Its bin day YEAYYYYYYYYYYYY!

    4x bin bags of rubbish after some heavy duty flinging:j
    1x standard lamp base totally beyond hope (have saved the plug though:rotfl:)
    1x broken suitcase beyond help
    3x rusty baking tins, which have already been replaced by the silicon type (why did I think they might be useful??)

    More carp gone from our living space:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T


    Just had a rough count up and I make the flingage this month so far 48/100 for May. Very pleased with that:dance::dance:
  • Busylizzie
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    fuddle wrote: »
    Finally cleared out the medicine/baking cupboard. I'm ashamed to say there was creams and medicines in there exp. 2007. I also stubled across my box of pearl barley/lentils/chickpeas/kidney beans etc so that was a major find!

    I threw out some medicine last week with an expiry date of.....1984!! That's two houses ago!! :rotfl:
  • miasnanny
    miasnanny Posts: 134 Forumite
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    miniflingathon in the bedroom

    3x books cs
    1x pencil case cs
    1x pair of braces still boxed
    :T

    Ha Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!! over half way now 53/100:j
  • Little_Miss_Naughty
    Little_Miss_Naughty Posts: 252 Forumite
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    I am motivated!

    19 items listed on EBay
    1 large box and bag taken to charity shop
    1 old bra's that no longer fit taken to the bra appeal in my local sainsburys store.
    1 large bin bag filled and ready for the charity shop tomorrow.

    Going to start on the kitchen cupboards tomorrow and clear out all those containers that I never use.

    Still a ton of items for eBay in the corner of the bedroom but my challenge is to list 25 items by the end of the day today and not to let my eBay listings fall below 25 - that way I should never hoard items again if I need to meet my own challenge. Anyone else fancy the EBay item challenge with me?

    Thanks everyone for getting me motivated.
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  • pigpen
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    miasnanny.. I get all excited about binday and have to cram in as much as possible before the binmen arrive it is my personal challenge lol

    List above updated so I am not thread hogging..

    anoter 15 items listed on ebay and 30 relisted and some more to get done asap..
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • Igamogam
    Igamogam Posts: 6,024 Forumite
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    I would like to 'de clutter' my so called line manager right out of my life - why are people promoted way out of their depth and beyond their capabilities:mad:
    Be the change you want to see -with apologies to Gandhi :o
    In gardens, beauty is a by-product. The main business is sex and death. ~Sam Llewelyn
    'On the internet no one knows you are a cat' :) ;)
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