The Great Declutter - 18 months on

mandragora_2

luxor4t wrote: »

Trying to stay 'clutter neutral' but revamp the house at the same time:o

OUT:
- 25 year old cake tins x 3
- saggy chipboard bookcase
- old curtains
- bag of books
All recycled either to charity shop if good, to recycling centre if not.
- old bathroom mat (bin)
- 2 old saucepans (to DS's student house )

REPLACED with
- charity shop Laura Ashley curtains
- carboot sale glass doored bookcase (repainted)
- 1 cake tin (£2.49 - need another 2 but none in stock!)
- 1 mat £1.99

I'm really trying not to 'replace' the books with more, so went to the library.

Way to go!!

For me:

Out - a boot load to the tip, including a cruddy old aerofoil for the car that husband aquired from a 'friend' at work last week - the car is his pride and joy, new two years ago - I was pleased that he heard the incredulity in my voice when I said 'You don't mean to tell me you're seriously going to put THAT on your lovely car' - what it might have saved in diesel, it would have cost x10 in repairs to the paintwork, by the time he'd lashed the revolting thing on....

Also out - little grandson to the park for the afternoon - dancing to the brass band, playing in the park then having a good old splash about in the paddling pool.

In
fruit and veg for the week - no other shopping for the mo - we're having an 'eat it from the freezer week' this week! Total food bill, £10.52, & £5 Morrison's voucher

hollyh

Hi, in the last few days i have

In

Groceries
Fleece for winter that was given to me by Oh's Dad.

Out

7 magazines - Recycle bin
Broken cup - Bin
13 toilet roll tubes (i was saving for nursery after they asked for them but now they have too many) - Recycle bin
Approx 100 carrier bags :eek: - Recycled at Tesco
A black bag full of plastic milk bottles - Recycled at Tesco
5 pieces of junk mail - Recycle bin

poorbutrich

mandragora wrote: »

Get yourself back to the library! You know it makes sense - the books are even cheaper there than they are at the boot sale; huge range; if you want something in particular, you can order it, and, once you've finished with it, you take it back, and there's NO CLUTTER at the end of the process!!!!

:rotfl:Good point, very strongly made!! I think I need to take you with me on my next car boot sale jaunt! :beer:

zarazara

In : nothing yehhhhhhh
Out : a load of paper work, am spending today sorting through all the paperwork, old bills, insurance policies etc, so far half a recycle bin bag full, lots more to go. Am so happy!

sarahs999

zarazara wrote: »

In : nothing yehhhhhhh
Out : a load of paper work, am spending today sorting through all the paperwork, old bills, insurance policies etc, so far half a recycle bin bag full, lots more to go. Am so happy!

It's so funny waht makes us happy on this thread, isn't it?!

greent

IN:
4 goodie bags from a party we went to yesterday - bubble pots & bouncy balls kept.

OUT:
a whole recycling box of paper - yippee!!
cake from goodie bags (eaten)
some small toys from goodie bags (Operation Xmas child)
8 items of clothing to a charity bag which is being collected on Thurs
1 ruined paint roller
6 story tapes - destroyed by toddler - bin

Not sure much is going to be achieved this week - lots of activities on where it's the last week of school/ playgroup and 2 dr's appointments for postnatal checks for me & DS3 - will be impressive if I maintain status quo in the house, let alone improve!

greent x

Yorkielass

Haven't been making much progress recently - although OH has got rid of some clothes - well they've made it into the recycling bag so far.

But will probably have a guest visiting soon so the urgency to sort the spare room and 'find' the bed has increased. Most of the stuff in there I do want (sentimental stuff) - just not necessarily right now so need to find good homes,.

verynewmoneysaver

Out; several items from underwear drawer, some to charity shop and lots thrown out.
In; plants, planter and a book.

Sweetpeanut

• In; paint for kitchen walls, paint brushes & paint pad, out; paint pad & brushes;), 1 bin-bag assorted broken toys and maccy D's toys, dead pens & pencils, scraps of paper an new-papers in the recycle bin;). Going on slowly but surely:D. sorry about the state of my list, still can't figured out how to do it fancy

fedupandskint

sarahs999 wrote: »

It's so funny waht makes us happy on this thread, isn't it?!

It is funny how decluttering free's my mind and cheers me up no end!

Not much to report here

IN
Groceries
Work blouse and top for interview
Work papers for interview

OUT
Recycling paper and plastic
Compost stuff from kitchen
Sports bag via Freecycle
3 ebay parcels posted

PENDING
More ebay to list
Bag to take for charity shop
4 dining chairs outside to rennovate at the weekend
Under the stairs to decutter and the cellar :eek: