2018 - No Clutter To Be Seen

I have spent a fair few hours this afternoon/evening decluttering a "wall" of stuff that has been sitting in my front room for a few months:a filing box,full of files that need to be sorted,a box of random papers,to be shredded/filed,box of bits to either donate or take to tip.And when I was tidying up the front room to put up the Christmas tree,I also rounded up a whole lot of papers to be sorted,and put those there as well.
So today I have been trying to sort through those.Alot of paper put out for recycling,which I will count as 5,so 55-59.
60: I also put out for recycling,a box that contained a day-light.Now,I bought that day-light about 7-8 years ago,and kept the box "just incase".My 15yo daughter is now using it as her study-lamp,the chance of me ever needing this box is next to nil,so am about to put it out for recycling.I don't usually count day-to-day recycling/rubbish on my count,but the fact that this box has been hanging around for so long,means it really was decluttered :j.
Also in the wall of stuff is a few plastic toys that I am finally ready to get rid of.I have set them aside for the next time I go to the tip,and will add them to my list when they leave tthe house.
It is lovely seeing so many new faces around here.Welcome,everyone,and happy decluttering .

This morning have donated a couple of bits from the kitchen and returned a piece of clothing while at the shops. Also emptied a bag that has been lying for months and got rid of that. Big item from the garage away to the dump just now - going to count as 2!
17/2018

Yesterday
15) carrier bag of paper from hall window ledge
16,17) two cans of lager left over from a barbecue given to son in law
18) hairdryer with damaged cable
19) cloth bag
20) nylon bag
21) cottage ornament

Nothing today as I started back to work and am shattered.

This morning I sent one of my 11yo to school with a bag of stuff to donate to reception classes.The teachers are always so appreciative of any resources I have donated over the years,so that makes me feel good.
In the bag was:
61:Guess Who game
62:box of assorted beads
63-66:bags of beads
67-68:2 bags of googley eyes
69:bag of 8 Melissa and Doug stamps
70:unopened bag of fluorescent cardboard pieces
71-72:spare underpants

Slinky wrote: »

But if it won't sell at a car boot will it sell from a charity shop? We have to be careful about dumping unsellable items on charity shops which increase their costs as they have to dispose of them, just to avoid our own guilty feelings about throwing things away.

That's a good point but sometimes items don't sell in car boot sales even though they're in good condition. For example, books may not sell well at a car boot but the charity shop may still be happy to take them. I took a brand new book to a charity shop yesterday. I'd ordered two by mistake and it was more trouble than it was worth to send it back or attempt to sell it.

One of the shops by me only takes books or clothes. I don't like the staff/ethos of the shop so I don't take anything there now. Another shop nearby has told me they take 'anything'. They're happy to take broken suitcases as they ship goods abroad and can tape the suitcases up. They also take old phones, chargers and candles, which other shops may not be interested in.

I certainly wouldn't advocate taking any old fat to a charity shop. Apart from anything else, I would be too embarrassed to go back to the same shop.

It's also worth asking individual shops what they do and don't take.