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The Great Declutter - 18 months on
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in
pressies
out
ebay sales
bin bag to charity shop
bin bag of rubbish
veg from fridge
cards
pending
sold - kids desk running machine bag of small itemsSave 12k in 2015 member 187. £62.50/60000 -
In: Xmas card and pressie from friend last night.
Pending in: A pair of jeans I ordered online and a netbook I won, as well as 3 books I ordered online.
Pending out still: Charity bag (nowhere near full enough yet).
Out: 2 bags of rubbish.0 -
IN:
new carpet & underlay in DS1's new room
all children broken up from school
OUT:
carpet odds and ends
1 tshirt to rag recycling
lots of Xmas cards posted
4 ebay parcels posted
PENDING OUT:
1 item to be ret'd to Lid*
2 things to be retd to Stresco
1 thing to be retd to Mat*lan
4 ebay items awaiting payment/ posting to 1 person
3 ebay items paid for being collected by 1 person next week
2 pashminas to be retd to my mum
greent xI am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soulRepaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NILNet sales 2024: £200 -
Haven't posted on this one for a while. Over the past month or so its been:
In
Christmas Cards
Presents
Food Shopping
2 tops
Books (from freecycle)
Out
Christmas Cards
Presents
Shredded paper (to nearby animal centre)
Newspapers (to nearby animal centre)
Books/cds/videos (Amazon sales)
Pending
Some clothes to be given to charity0 -
IN
Few bits from Mr T's including box of Bud reduced to £6
OUT
Cakes and prizes to Coffee Afternoon
Ebay parcels0 -
in
2 pressies
out
running machine
large bag to charity tins books clothes
large bag of ebay sales clothes boots etc
empties and unused bits from makeup bag and bathroom
pending
desk
more sales
wetsuit
surf boardSave 12k in 2015 member 187. £62.50/60000 -
IN
Couple of stocking fillers for ds1 ds2
Bottle of wine- pressie
Family cards to write
Hat and doggy shoes for cousins 4wk old babys stocking/ hamper
Half dead pointsettia- made the mistake of leaving it in the car overnight
OUT
3 Hampers to family members
5 Various family Christmas presants
1 Ebay parcel
My nerves after a very scary drive home last night half the roads blocked with snow, car slipping everywhere and the usual 30min journey took 2 hrs0 -
Yesterday/ Today:
IN:
tin of gloss paint
food shopping
OUT:
empty tin of gloss paint
rusty loaf tin!
packaging from set of chest of drawers
Xmas cards delivered to neighbours
set of Xmas lights in bin - don't work
New Xmas lights not working ret'd to garden centre! Grr!!
3 small but good sized bits of carpet offcuts to mum for dog use in bad weather
SORTED:
chest of drawers & desk from IKEA brought in from garage, made and now in DS1's new room
load of clothes outgrown by DS3 sorted and boxed ready for NCT sale/ ebay after Xmas
PENDING:
2 pashminas to be retd to mum
1 ebay parcel awaiting payment
3 doors sold on ebay awaiting collection - Weds?
1 laptop on freegle awaiting collection
loads of Xmas pressies and cards still to go
returned items to go to Lidl, Matalan & Tesco - argh!I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soulRepaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NILNet sales 2024: £200 -
IN- loads of money - seriously
£120 for the old broken jewellery I mentioned previously
£20 - school lottery draw 1st prize
£190- Christmas money to me and Mr S from various relatives
£50 Christmas bonus from Mr S's employer
Various Christmas gifts to our family ready for 25th.
A new PC- is being wrapped up for Christmas
OUT
The money mentioned above to pay for the PC.
Various Christmas gifts from our family to make space for the Christmas gifts we're being given that I need to hide till the 25th.0 -
Last few days:
In:
Christmas cards
Lovely Christmas presents from both parents and friends for OH & I
(Father Christmas had to come early)
Out:
Wrapping paper from opened presents into recycling bin
Returned dress and shoes to friend (Friday)
Christmas presents for friends, taken out Friday night when we all met for meal
Presents to family yesterday
Dog on holiday to OH parents today (she will be spoilt)
Pending Out:
OH and I in the morning going on holiday for 2 weeks :j
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year .... my decluttering will start with a vengance in the New Year!:santa2:
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