The Great Declutter - 18 months on

zarazara

OUT = Nowt
IN= 5 books and some xms pressie tags

greent

:T Wow!! People have been doing really well at the mo :T Mine is a little less impressive

In:

• More Xmas pressies (2 left to buy)
• Some lights for outside (1/2 price)
• A plinth fan heater for our kitchen (large and not heated enough by 1 rad, esp in the winter with porcelain tiled floor) - hubby has already fitted this - yeay!!
• pair of PJs for DD
• a new eyeshadow for me (so I could get the No 7 freebie in Boots:o )

OUT:

• LOTS of cardboard & plastic bottles to recycling
• some Xmas pressies to family I don't see very often
• lots of paperwork to shredding (composted) or recycling, depending on what it was
• couple of things returned to Matalan
• bag of gluten free flour free from Asda in a grocery shop a few months ago - but out of date since July and we have no need for gluten free bread, so it went!
• some dining chair cushions (recycling)
• a single glove (recycling)

We are planning on a loft conversion about March next year, meaning all change for all the bedrooms - so a good declutter will be in order to ease the process! Downstairs of house still looking ok (kitchen needs some work) - have to confess that my priority in teh run up to Xmas is maintaining downstairs rather than making any improvements to upstairs - there seems to be so much to do at this time of year that I'm not going to beat myself up too much about it all

greent
x

Gers

Out:

• Bag of cardboard for recyling
• Bag of wine bottles for recyling

In:

• Same bag of wine bottles cos they were the full ones just bought!

Out:

• OTHER bag of wine bottles cos they were the empty ones.

:p

liuhut

In

nothing

Out

Four bags to go to the tip - mainly kids broken toys and emptied a bits n bobs draw...

7 weeks until we move out and 12 before we go to OZ....just have so much to do its scary

Yorkielass

Getting back into this decluttering lark.

Out:
Bag of clothes and book to Oxfam, got an M+S voucher whilst I was there
Sold 3 things through work today, so 3 less things on our spare bed and £9 in the piggy!

Unfortunately OH keeps accuiring more stuff but I'm helping the balance I think.

Have got things to put on Freecycle tonight so hopefully that'll help a bit more!

greent

Quick update:

In:
Birthday pressies for DD (11 tomorrow)
few more xmas pressies
birthday pressie for DS1's friend (going out again at weekend)
1 xmas ornament


Out:
broken fan (well, it wasn't broken until Dh took it apart to put it in the box to go in the attic!!):mad: :rotfl:
pyjama trousers and tshirt of mine with holes in :-(
2 tops returned to d perkins
new pyjamas returned to matalan (didn't like them)

Pending :
8 things finishing on ebay today - 5 of which have bids on so far :T


ho hum - now to put shopping away

greent
x

Yorkielass

Have sold something else through work - so something else out and a few more pounds in.:j

zarazara

OUT= a bag of rubbish
IN= some xmas pressies

greent

Quickie:

In:
bday presents from people for DD (all of which were rather nice!)
1 xmas pressie for my mum
new top for me from m&s

Out:
1 jacket and pr of trousers from my wardrobe to charity bag (just collected )
rubbish, inc couple of broken toys
3 dvds sold on ebay
batteries & milk bottle tops to school for recycling

every little helps!!

Lemon_Tree

there's been a bit more progress in the bedroom, have listed about 5 things on freecycle today, and one is soon to be picked up. Nothing has come in the house as we've only been out to fill the calor gas. I'm determined to finish the bedroom once and for all today so i can smile and thing one room down another to go. got a load of hangers to put in the recycling and probably will be able to fill another box with paper to recycle - where the heck does it all come from?