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The Great Declutter - 18 months on

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  • Hi Everyone please can I join in

    I have a house to declutter and hope to do alot more over the christmas holidays...although I suspect there will be alot more to declutter after santas been!

    IN
    food shopping
    New cardigan
    some parcels of things Ive ordered for xmas gifts

    OUT
    broken plant pots/some old broken photoframes to the tip
    charity shop bag - two bin bags which have been waiting to go
    loads of cardboard cluttering up my kitchen now in the garden awaiting recycling
    Weekly Spend Challenge £20
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,759 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    IN:
    2 cookery books - freecycle
    yoyo
    cuddly toy dog
    bday pressies for DD from her friends

    OUT:
    cafetiere - to friend
    magazine to friend
    small bit of leftover carpet

    PENDING:
    2 pashminas to be retd to mum
    18 items on ebay - 5 with bids :D
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
  • ThinkingOfLinking
    ThinkingOfLinking Posts: 11,828 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    edited 16 December 2009 at 2:31PM
    Out: 40 CDs to CEX.

    In: OU paperwork, 1 top, 2 bunches of bananas, 6-pack of Tango, chocolate orange.
  • debidoodle
    debidoodle Posts: 1,152 Forumite
    IN

    Ebay parcel


    OUT

    2 Ebay parcel to be posted
    Kitchen bin rubbish
    10 xmas presents & cards to family we are going to visit today
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,759 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    IN:
    food shopping
    bottle of wine from a neighbour as a thank you
    christmas cards in the post :)

    OUT:
    usual rubbish/ recycling - bin day tomorrow

    Pending:
    2 pashminas to be retd to my mum
    18 items on ebay - 6 now have bids - all end today :D
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
  • lola34
    lola34 Posts: 1,205 Forumite
    IN-
    Icing sugar - for coffee morning baking day tomorrow
    Prizes for Tombola from Mums to take for coffee morning

    OUT-
    A ton of recycling - we were away and missed the last fortnights so theres a months worth there, quite scary to see what just used to go in the bin
    Wheelie bin half full of rubbish
    Bottle of champagne to friends
    7 Ebay parcels
    Some Christmas cards
    2 Hannah Montana / HSM Hampers for my cousins daughters
  • Callisto
    Callisto Posts: 928 Forumite
    In

    Black cardigan
    Pyjamas/slippers (is now a tradition that I buy myself new gorgeous comfy things to wear for xmas!) :D
    Lots of little bits to go into the hampers - Grandad's hamper is coming along nicely, but the others are still looking a bit empty!
    Six library books

    Out

    Paper/card recycling

    Pending Out

    Two skirts into charity bag - will be taken at the weekend
  • In: 1 book, 2 letters.

    Out: A bag of rubbish, and 3 DVDs to CEX, plus a book to a friend, and a Xmas card and gift to another friend.
  • lola34
    lola34 Posts: 1,205 Forumite
    In
    Dress for xmas party tomorrow
    2 Christmas hats for ds1 and ds2 school party next mon
    Family Xmas cards

    Out
    Bottle of sherry to Nana
  • Yorkielass
    Yorkielass Posts: 2,235 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Out:
    Recycling - finally!
    a few more cards

    In:
    Presents for me
    Presents to give to people - I'm getting there!
    Initial Mortgage January 2024 - £160,000
    Initial Mortgage free date - January 2058
    Mortgage as of 1st February 2024 - £159,134.98
    Overpayments to date - £79.62
    Current Mortgage free date - January 2058
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