The Great Declutter - 18 months on

Welshlassie

Well over the weekend we have sorted the garage, so

In
Groceries
Xmas pressie for nephew
New towel, soap dispenser, toilet brush, and window display for newly decorate downstairs toilet
Winter hats
Tool sorting boxes
Shelving

Out
Lots of oily cardboard
Beach buggy (to Granddads garage)
Several bags of rubbish

Most of the other stuff in the garage has been sorted and stored in the apporpriate box on the new shelving unit.

taka

Been a quiet few days with not so much decluttering gone...

In:
More food...

Out:
1 black sac and a carrier bag of rubbish

I like the idea of 10 items a day... might steal that idea! 3650 a year sounds good to me!!

Sorry about the bunny Pigpen...

wannabe_sybil

The trouble about being so relaxed about posting on here is that I forget where I have got to!

So over the last few days:

IN
Groceries
Electric knife (dear heart insists that he couldn't possibly have his vital bacon sandwiches made from home made bread, and I am hoping this very reasonably priced bargain from ebay will help change his mind)
Knitting needles
Enough wool to clothe a flock of sheep (comfort buying)
Two lamps

Out
Three bags of rubbish/clothes plus the usuals for the binmen.
Three lamps (all broken)

luxor4t

Today:
IN- nothing

OUT:
- bin day tomorrow so I am collecting any stray rubbish or re-cycling ready.
- Spent ages yesterday giving back/ delivering / donating our excess items but really was worth the effortto clear the space. (still have n million books though )
- magazines to hospital waiting room
- 1 book to Greenmetropolis

MiL arrives in two days so I want to start cleaning as the poor woman has a gift for discovering dust - strange sort of hobby,but there you are :rolleyes:

Bother, just found a bag of fabric for the charity shop to sell to the rag man!

Kaz2904

In today (yesterday): 3 shallow back boxes, got wrong ones so had to swap! 1 credit note for B&Q.
Out: Roll of wall light wire (decided against wall lights now). 3 deep back boxes. 1/2 bag sand 1/2 or 1 bag cement (not sure if he used it all or not but it's used nonetheless!)

greent

IN:
Organix cereal bars for toddler (lives on them & on special offer in asda)
£10 m&s voucher from pigsback (yippee!!)
boots parenting club & emmas diary vouchers :-)


OUT:
broken Cd case
Cheque from NCT sale banked
magazines / xmas catalogues (recycling)
fruit & veg to school for harvest festival (what we have left, basically, as we're off on hols tomorrow)
rubbish & recyling to binmen
batteries/ cards/ milk bottle tops to school for recycling


PENDING:
13 more items to charity bag in garage

Right - now I must pack for all 5 of us for jolly hollies :-) Can't wait!

greent
x

bikerchick1066

greent wrote: »

IN:
Organix cereal bars for toddler (lives on them & on special offer in asda)
£10 m&s voucher from pigsback (yippee!!)
boots parenting club & emmas diary vouchers :-)


OUT:
broken Cd case
Cheque from NCT sale banked
magazines / xmas catalogues (recycling)
fruit & veg to school for harvest festival (what we have left, basically, as we're off on hols tomorrow)
rubbish & recyling to binmen
batteries/ cards/ milk bottle tops to school for recycling


PENDING:
13 more items to charity bag in garage

Right - now I must pack for all 5 of us for jolly hollies :-) Can't wait!

greent
x

I'm off on a holi-holiday tomorrow as well greent. Will be back next Tuesday, but off work until the following Monday, so will have an awful lot of threads to catch up on.
It will give me five days to declutter though. I must make the curtains, that I should have made a year ago, and charity shop the old ones.
In
New coffee table with drawers
Out
Old coffee table with no storage at all

The new one has two really deep drawers, and a glass top, so you have to keep the drawers tidy, as the contents can be seen. The top drawer has my stash of wool, artfully arranged, of course. The bottom drawer contains all my Avon paperwork, etc.

Yorkielass

Argh I need to get decluttering - went to Boots Christmas event today - got lots of goodies and saved lots of money (and used points to treat myself to some makeup) but now the stuff if piling up.

We've been doing some bits to our bathroom recently so the house is a bit of a state with that.

Hopefully this weekend we can finish the bathroom and make an improvement on the rest of the house too :rolleyes:

Kaz2904

In: Tea tree shampoo and conditioner (3 for £2). Loaf bread. 4 multipacks sweets as reduced and half term next week. 1 more pair school trousers for DS (been at school all of 5 mins and outgrown others!). 2pts milk. New spirit level. 2 packs of light bulbs. 1 marrow & some spuds from MiL's allotment.
Out: 5 milk bottles. 1 large sheet plasterboard. 1/2 bag plaster. 3 general rubbish sacks. 2 coffee jars. 1 jam jar. (I hope it's recycling day tomorrow.




I bought some LED GU10 bulbs for the kitchen and they are awful. Since they were fitted last week, 2 have blown and I can't see what I'm doing. I can't wash dishes after tea cause I can't see a thing and it's like a moonlit evening in there. I think I shall be returning them! They are also wildly different in their brightness in the same fitting?
MiL was trying to wash up in the dark earlier, cheeky mare, I could hear her saying to DH "How long have these milk bottles been here (in to soak), you've got 5 here. Hello! I used 2 pts for tea, 1 is from Monday and was clean on drainer, the other 2 have been used since yesterday. I forgot it was Wednesday so I didn't put out the empties or the milkmans money this morning just crawled into my bed!
Reckon tomorrow we will declutter at least 1/2 bag plaster again, 1-2 sheets plaster board and all the junk paper as I will light the fire when I get DD home from swimming.

essexgal

Kaz2904 wrote: »

I bought some LED GU10 bulbs for the kitchen and they are awful........I can't see a thing and it's like a moonlit evening in there.

We swapped our hall and landing lights to LED bulbs - couldn't work out whether they were on or off half the time:rolleyes: - have swapped the hall ones back but as even when the switch is 'off' the landing ones are 'on' just a lot dimmer (yes it is possible:D ) we use them as a nightlight upstairs. Have no idea why they do this . Really want to use energy saving bulbs in rest of house (but can't find ones that fit fittings and work with dimmer switch:o ).

IN:
groceries
digital camera & sweets (comp win)
Nickelback cd (OH has been wanting for ages..)

OUT:
recycling
rubbish
not much else - had DD1s birthday and free listing day on ebay so have been a bit busy with other things....:o

EBAY:
one item sold - halloween outfit - to be posted when paid.
just the other 57 items to go now (finish next week)

essexgal