The Great Declutter - 18 months on

debidoodle

IN

Nothing


OUT

Tidying kitchen cupboards and there is loads of out of date packets, tins & boxes :mad: to brown bin.

ThinkingOfLinking

Yesterday: In: Nothing, Out: Nothing.

Today: In: Nothing unless I get some mail. Out: 1 bag of rubbish.

cyclingyorkie

out 8 bags/boxes of recycling for collection today.

freezer sorted - is jammed full so meal planning with a difference - we are eating out the freezer for the next fortnight!

wilf55

in

nothing

out

2 bin bags of rubbish recycled accordingly
paint tins
wheelies emptied
newspapers and bottle jars tins recycled
empties gone from kitchen and bathroom
5 aldi bags of books

pending

trampoline
trip to tip
rowing machine

debidoodle

IN

Nothing

OUT

Tin, plastic, cardboard & papers to recycling

topbargainhunter

This weekend:

Out
Loads of Next sale items, back to Next
few bits from garage when tidying up
3 Ebay parcels, more to go when they pay :T

In
Food shopping
loft panels for garage tidy up

Got lots of things still to list on Ebay too, so am doing that gradually as it's a pain.

mandragora_2

cyclingyorkie wrote: »

i clear out hubbys stuff when he's at work too!

Men!

Oh dear - that makes quite a small crowd of us over here in the 'cruel wives' corner. I can't do it when he's at work, as I'm often out longer than he is, but I do wait for things like cricket matches, whenI know he'll be out and won't catch me 'at it'! A sort of 'in flagrante decluttero';).

The best time is when he's going to be away over a slightly longer period - he's away on a trip at the end of this week for 4 days, and I'm already mentally listing - and have moved one or two things to a quiet little pile in the covered area outside. If he doesn't see them go, I quite often get away with it....! The broken lampshade on one of his beloved oil lamps we use for camping - honestly - it's been sitting outside for two years and never touched. He wanted to keep the roofing from the conservatory we've just taken down after 14 years, and I had to take him to the garage and show him where he'd stored the two sheets that we had as leftovers that he kept when we put the conservatory up in the first place. He conceded that perhaps he didn't need any more for the time being.

I have visions of men all over the Uk coming home and asking 'Where's that gone then? I'm sure I had one round here somewhere...'

ThinkingOfLinking

Today: Out: A bag of rubbish and 2 old magazines.
In: No mail, but I bought underwear in the M&S sale, one jumper and one top.

cyclingyorkie

out will be bus fare - i can't cycle in this weather because my glasses end up covered in mud/rain.

am using freezer ingredients for tea...but need to buy some fresh noodles and beansprouts!

inaminute

I took the advice of cyclingyorkie and with baby steps I made a start of decluttering at the weekend. I then spent another half an hour last night whilst the tea was cooking and now seem to have caught the 'decluttering bug' it seems there's no stopping me!!

I haven't thrown anything away belonging to the OH yet that he doesn't know about (not brave enough :rotfl:) although I did ask him in passing conversation last night whether he still needed x, y, z to which he replied no = result!! Into the rubbish bin they went!

So here's how I got on:

IN:
x 2 Birthday cards
x1 Birthday presents
x1 Pack of wooden flooring
Food shopping
x2 Tops
x1 Skirt

OUT:
x2 Birthday cards
x1 Birthday present
x 1 bag of rubbish into the dustbin
Sorted out two draws in bedroom = 2 tops now into pending charity bag
Sorted out box of instruction manuals / user guides = half of box recycled due to the fact we don't have said items any longer
Pile of magazines into recycling bin
6 books = for friend to read then pass on to someone else (3 will be returned :rolleyes: as they are particular favourites)

Haven't quite achieved the minimalistic look yet but its a start isn't it?