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The Great Declutter - 18 months on

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  • fedupandskint
    fedupandskint Posts: 10,358 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    In
    Data stick
    2 energy saving light bulbs

    OUT
    Compost
    2 ebay parcels posted
    paper, card, plastic into recycling
    final unsecured debt to repay currently £8333
    Proud to be Dealing With my Debt
    DFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 155
  • pollys
    pollys Posts: 1,759 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    IN Nothing

    OUT bin bag of rubbish from DS3 room

    As we are now 2 weeks into the summer holiday, I can also report one newly decorated living room, and just about got the boys uniforms sorted for September. hoping to get another bedroom sorted tomorrow.

    Happy decluttering folks.
    MFW 1/5/08 £45,789 Cleared mortgage 1/02/13
    Weight loss challenge. At target weight.
  • pixie1
    pixie1 Posts: 1,442 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Oh I had a bad money spending day yesterday but we brought things we needed to get by until our furniture arrives as we move into an unfurnished rental this week.

    IN

    A double bed and mattress
    A TV
    An entertainment / TV unit
    A sofa
    Garden / patio set (we were not allowed to ship ours out as it was wooden)
    General food items

    OUT
    Just loads of cash from our saving :(

    Must do better - but i know until our container arrives I wont have a lot of 'outs'

    Pix
    :jDebt Free At Last!:j
  • SugarSpun
    SugarSpun Posts: 8,559 Forumite
    In:
    Fresh fruit
    Dried cranberries
    Walnuts
    Bread

    Out:
    4 bags of rubbish
    Computer monitor (Freecycled)
    3 trips to basement all laden with stuff
    Organised Birthdays and Christmas: Spend So Far: £193.75; Saved from RRP £963.76
    Three gifts left to buy
  • misshighlander
    misshighlander Posts: 179 Forumite
    Over the past few days for me.

    IN

    Monthly shopping

    Out
    3 Amazon parcels (1 being posted tomorrow)
    Paper, old magazines, tins/cans to the recyling
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    IN

    nothing.. :D

    OUT

    Hubby took his bike!
    basket of recycling
    binbag rubbish

    Nodwah.. I have been flinging stuff constantly for about 6-7 years.. it breeds I know it does!!!

    My house is overflowing still and OH is moving in next month and goodness knows where his stuff will go!
    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.)
  • fedupandskint
    fedupandskint Posts: 10,358 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    IN
    Nothing

    OUT
    Peelings for compost
    Cardboard and plastic into recycling

    A fairly neutral weekend all in all. Still need to carry on with the ebay listings this week. Plenty found for it, photographs taken - just list it lazybones!
    final unsecured debt to repay currently £8333
    Proud to be Dealing With my Debt
    DFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 155
  • purpledreams
    purpledreams Posts: 29 Forumite
    oh gosh a decluttering thread! great...

    I SO NEEEEDD TO DECLUTTER......

    does anyone think kids count as clutter!! hhheehee.....

    I think word of the day when coming to de cluttering should be ruthless!...my problems is i declutter in to pile bin,recycle and ebay pile and its the ebay pile that causes my problems, im thinking that i should re name it the hoarders pile!! yikes i need help!

    my aim is to chuck out 4 bags of old clothes (recycle box of course ;-))

    happy decluttering!
  • cyclingyorkie
    cyclingyorkie Posts: 4,234 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    pigpen wrote: »
    IN

    nothing.. :D

    OUT

    Hubby took his bike!
    basket of recycling
    binbag rubbish

    Nodwah.. I have been flinging stuff constantly for about 6-7 years.. it breeds I know it does!!!

    My house is overflowing still and OH is moving in next month and goodness knows where his stuff will go!

    i'm glad someone else thinks the stuff breeds - it does here!:confused:
    :jFlylady and proud of it:j
  • carlislelass
    carlislelass Posts: 1,776 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    IN
    nothing.

    OUT
    bag of dishes to charity shop
    bag of 11 shirts to charity shop. (only taken 3mths of nagging DS3)
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