The Great Declutter - 18 months on

ThinkingOfLinking

In (and straight into bin pending out): Junk mail.
Out: Some more food and drink (eaten at home and taken to work to eat).

Later: In and out immediately: Takeaway dinner as a treat.

JayneC

In today - only food!

Out -
inflatable guitar (!) in bin
inflatable banana (!) in bin
cool bag, ice blocks, hat and scarf, handbag - returned to DD1
junk mail - shredded and in compost bin

Am feeling better already!

zarazara

i resisted the temptation to buy a book today

Kaz2904

In: Christmas shopping
Out: Nothing
Pending: More christmas shopping to arrive from online order. DD's birthday present still hasn't arrived either

Olliebeak

Out:

- 4 of OH's books to charity shop - on his say-so!
- Some re-useable cotton carrier bags also to charity shop.

In:

- 'This Morning Countdown to Christmas' book 1995:rolleyes: - (50p from charity shop) I will read this, copy down what I like the look of and re-donate back to shop!
- Wooden Puzzle (£1 from same charity shop - xtra pressie for dgd2)
- Shopping - inc new tin opener, couple of pressies and stuff for christmas stash!

chocaholic110

Had a busy time since I posted last week - clutter is not neccessarily going in the right direction!

IN
Food shopping
Digital camera
Now 74 CD for DD for Christmas
Happyland playset for DS2's birthday (January)
2 bedside lamps
6 new pillows
TV
4 tablemats
New telephone directory
Jeans and gilet

OUT
Old TV on freecycle
Old placemats into bin
Old telephone directory into recycling
Old pillows
Broken bath toy into bin
Toddler dungarees to an ebayer

PENDING
Still waiting for bed to be collected by freecycler, grr!
Lots finishing on ebay this week
Lots more to list on ebay

chocaholic110

OUT

The bed has finally gone, yay!

Have chucked the contents of our "spare sock basket". Loads of the socks' partners have never been seen for months, loads of the socks are threadbare anyway - why were we keeping them? - and having the basket means that everyone just puts all clean socks in there instead of pairing them up. Means I have a spare wicker basket now

On a roll now...what else can I get rid of?

Caterina

In: nothing

Out: hundreds of quid worth of clothes and shoes, some of them never worn (the shame!), several humongous bags of yarn stash and craft bits and pieces "saved for a future project"...

Next in line: books...

chocaholic110

Been on quite a declutter this afternooon...

OUT

Carrier bag of rubbish from the drawers in my bedside table that haven't been opened for almost two years (Have had bedside cot beside them for all that time, blocking access). Among the precious stuff I was saving was instructions for products I no longer own, empty lip balms, empty medicine packets, dried up nail varnishes and copious amounts of dust. I now have two empty drawers and one with a handful of photos and notes from DD.

Several pairs of shabby knickers and more odd socks from my now very tidy underwear drawer.

About ten pairs of too small baby socks to my sister for her baby.

A broken radio alarm clock

Loads of Christmas and birthday cards that somehow have no envelopes into the bag for school for the writing area

Sorted the rest of birthday cards and wrapping paper so that they fit into two boxes instead of three and got rid of the third box

Chucked several baby bottle tops - not sure why I have them as I don't have any bottles(?)

jess444_2

In - New shelving to help me get organised :rolleyes:
New, smaller, table to make more room in the kitchen.

Out - Old table and chairs.
Video storage tower - both found new home.
Bag of old bills - 1 more draw sorted.

Pending - 60 old videos and 2 stereo systms listed on Freecycle. If not taken will take to the tip next weekend.

Jess