The Great Declutter - 18 months on

cyclingyorkie

that would drive me nuts!

Olliebeak

Got rid of two large bags - one of books and one of clothes - to the charity shop yesterday .

DS1 has phoned to ask if he can store his g/f's son's bike for christmas in my house !

Intastella

I'm moving in 2 weeks to a shared house, and have 13 years worth of stuff (from having my own house) to whittle down...i'm bloody terrified at the prospect :eek::rotfl:

If i don't post again in 2 weeks, send in the search and rescue...i'm probably buried under a pile of rubbish somewhere! :rotfl:

nicki_2

In : Groceries only this week by me although DD has brought home 2 books & a wind up dinosaur & a happymeal toy today :rolleyes:

Out: Various recycling bits (can't put anymore out until they empty the bin on Tuesday as its full), a seagrass laundry sorter to the bin :mad: Blooming thing was covered in mould and I couldn't get rid of it - already bleached it once since September so I've binned it :mad:

wilf55

in
bag of toys donated to my house by ss1 - immediately put on freecycle
2 pairs mens shoes from the same - immediately put on ebay

out
packaged up ready to go 1st thing 3 ebay sales
all bins and recycleable stuff - in wheelies, emptied tomorrow

inaminute

In:
Food shopping
Post

Out:
Birthday card
x1 large bag of clothes & books into a charity bag (bag popped through letterbox on Friday )
Leaves and garden debris into brown recycling bin
Sorted out pile of carp on the kitchen worktop = can now see said worktop and OH helped me to do it :eek:

Pending:
Gifts for OH mom for festive church raffle

Note to self: MUST try harder!

debidoodle

IN

2 Ebay wins

On Saturday I received the Burt's Bees Citrus sack worth £25.00 free for signing up to the newsletter :j

OUT

Cardboard shoe boxes to recycling as I have sorted the wardrobes and all shoes, boots & handbags are now in the new boxes that I bought.

Make up has been sorted/binned and now in the new unit that I purchased.

Veggie peelings to composter.

wilf55

in
shopping
slow cooker

out
bag of toys
arm bands and ring
cd's
recyclables and rubbish to wheelies
wheelies emptied

tudorfan22

In
Roller tray and paint roller x2
2 boxes of filler
4 bird feeders
5 roof tiles – had leaky roof and our lovely roofer replaced them for free as he had some spare tiles in his van! What a star!
Ornamental stone miniature Chinese pagoda in the garden freebie from MIL
Cushion with a cat on it – im a sucker for cats!
1 tin of paint
1 magazine

Out
1 box of filler
1 & ½ tin of paint
Porch light – sold on ebay
Top – sold on ebay
Rubbish swept from the spare room
Beeding from tatty old laminate
1 mug sold on ebay
Vouchers sold on ebay

Pending
More clothes and general stuff on ebay – fingers crossed
Must put another book on Amazon
Pictures and frames on sale on ebay
New carpet due to come in – am finally ready to recarpet

Feel very productive as even though a lot of stuff came in last week, its all either gone on walls or roofs or gone in the garden and I think very little money has been spent and a lot of cheaper alternatives have come up. plus I have a steady stream of ebay things either selling or being sold – hoping to do a big push up till xmas – surely this is a good time to ebay? Does anyone know if it is a good time to car boot – now its coming up to xmas? I have a lot of stuff that isn’t up to ebay quality but could be car booted but I don’t want to fritter away a precious Saturday morning if I wont make much money!

pennystretcher

I'm back after my staycation...and de-cluttering week.

Results:

Out:
6 full bags to charity shops
5 full bin bags to the bin (except I don't have a bin - for once it's handy not to have a bin - I was able to just dump the bags on the street and leave them for the council to collect!!)

In:
Couple of cute giftsets from charity shops (I have used the boxes to re-organise some of the bits and bobs and will treat myself with the contents! )

In/out: plenty of wine. :beer:

It was a tough four days in the beginning of the week to get all the cleaning and de-cluttering done - I must admit I have left my wardrobes for the next holiday as I couldn't face anymore mess (you know, the kind where you are half-way thorugh cleaning and have a huge mess and wonder if it was worth starting it!).

I am proud to say that my "Monica from Friends" -cupboard has been tidied too and I managed to do most of my loft as well. (And de-frosted and cleaned my fridge/freezer too - including the cooling element at the back!!) :rotfl: I must admit I was feeling a bit lost after all the cleaning and started looking for more small things to do in the evenings... :rotfl: