The Great Declutter - 18 months on

beemuzed

Every so often I pop in here and get inspired to do something.... but then I get bogged down again, so not a lot changes. Am tempted to wait until the New Year and then say I'll make a real effort - but tell myself that that would mean 28 days more with creeping clutter taking over! OK, I'll tackle one small area today ( and maybe tomorrow too!) Could be I'll be 28 days nearer being tidy by the New year instead!

Olliebeak

LilacPixie wrote: »

you are all doing so so well. I need help. My and OH are natural hoarders, we have so much stuff. House is bursting at seams. Lots of toys lots of clothes and lots of stuff.

I need to make a good start.

I used to tell mine that if they wanted anything new for christmas, they had to make room for it by having a clearout for the charity shop BEFORE Christmas arrived. Amazing how much stuff they could sort out then :rolleyes:!

quote from cycling yorkie:
hubby is away Sat - Wed visiting his dad!

I shall be decluttering - Monday is bin day!:laugh::dance::dance::shhh:

while the cat's away eh .........................!

ThinkingOfLinking

In: My 2 DHL packages (1 top and 1 pair of jeans). No mail.

Out: 1 magazine, some more food (eaten).

Out: A pair of trousers I bought which aren't right; going to attempt to exchange them (no receipt and no label but labelled incorrectly, eg fit 2 sizes bigger than the size says). Time will tell what happens with this.

Kaz2904

Woohoo! The bag2school collection day was today so I maged to get rid of 2 black sacks of stuff!
I now have another 1/2 bag to go.
Its also bin day so I've rid myself of 2 black sacks of rubbish.
DD wants jars for brownies so there is a bag full of jars (with lids- every little counts dunnit?!) in the hall way ready to go.
All Christmas presents are bought, wrapped and ready to give out now. It's SiL's birthday tomorrow so will give her her birthday presents and all of their Christmas stuff too!
DS's birthday in a fortnight which means that we can get his toys out of our wardrobe and into his room!
I might actually be able to get rid of the wardrobe then.......

debidoodle

Well done Kaz.

IN

Sat Nav for DD her xmas pressie.


OUT

Veggie peelings
Plastic, tin, papers & magazines to recycling
Brown bin is out ready for emptying

Yorkielass

I failed completely at posting every day since coming back last week.

This week has mainly been an in week as it's OH's birthday - well I had bought most his presents beforehand but they had been put away.

I've almost filled a bin liner with rubbish though - quite a bit from the kitchen - so it isn't all bad and we put lots of recycling out earlier in the week.

I have Monday off work and need to put together a list of what I must do!

ThinkingOfLinking

Pending out (waiting til bag is full before going to charity shop): 1 top, 1 pair of trainers.

In: 2 pairs of knickers, necklace, 2 pairs of work trousers, 1 pair of trousers, 1 work top, 1 pair of winter socks, 1 CD/DVD set, 2 CDs (one a gift from a friend), 1 pair of smart shorts, 1 pair of trainers, 1 other pair of trousers for work which I received as my exchange for the trousers I took back earlier (see last post of mine).

Doing a good chunk of decluttering the next few days before work.

candyblue

In
BOx of chocs for Xmas

Out
Keyboard
Mouse
3 bin bags on rubbish
envelopes, all screwd up and tatty
An old box

ThinkingOfLinking

Also in this week but I'd forgotten: Thomson Local directory and a discman.

melli_2

I've been doing a fair bit of cheer me up clothes shopping recently, so I've had a lot in recently. I am in a permanent state of decluttering!

Yesterday
In:
My claim letter for my broken camera

Out:
Food waste recycling
Massive bag of paper recycling
Smaller bag of plastics and glass recycling

Pending:
Massive bag for charity shop
Book to friend

Also got round to putting away my washing so my kitchen looks a lot tidier