The Great Declutter - 18 months on

zarazara

OUT = Bag of paper bits pending out, some xmas decorations for son and d in l and their pressies

IN = more pressies xmas crackers and a book

greent

in:
new goggles for DD
real xmas tree
xmas presents from family for us


out:
broken goggles
xmas presents & cards to family not seen often
xmas cards posted
1 ebay item posted
bday present to DS1's friend
scarf to recycling bin

little_miss_thrifty

Hi, haven't posted for a week or so, although i have still been monitoring what is going in and out.
In - hardly any post
Christmas pressies (have managed to get all of them off the internet so far!)

Out - Bag of odd bits to Red Cross
Christmas cards
Peelings for compost

fedupandskint

:santa2: Forgot about this great thread and have missed it!

Sold 24/25 items on ebay - 21 unused and stored away for whenever. Feel better now are going to new homes!:dance:

OUT:
All recycling and rubbish (extra collection day today!)
All ebay and amazon parcels
Spare packaging no longer needed for future parcels eg bits of grey placky wrapping from QVC :wall:

IN

Just me today and empty bins and boxes back from council collection:D

Tomorrow, bit of chrissy shopping to do may be more in than out!:eek:

I feel so much better now space is being created by decluttering. Having an Ebay break now but getting ready for more things to go on in the new year and continue this declutter!:grouphug: for all your inspiration!!

poorbutrich

IN
Four books from charity shop when I dropped a bag off - and herein lies my problem!!
A newspaper and also Big Issue magazine
A Christmas present for boyfriend's dad, which will be shortly going out again once wrapped.

OUT
A ton (probably literally!) of paper recycling
Christmas presents
Two Ikea lamps to a friend
CDs to colleague

luxor4t

Have not been around much due to DH's surgery etc but have been doing a bit!

OUT:
- spare Christmas decorations to charity shop & to chapel tree
- MORE paper to recycling
- bathroom cupboard junk (again) tothe bin
- odd bits of clothing to charity shop
- DS's giant stuffed toy to small neighbours

Have started to deliver Christmas presents so DS1 has most of his room back!

IN:
- christmas cards
- a small bureau & coloured glasses for candles from the charity shop:o
- 2 sale tops (bargains, honest!)

angelavdavis

Had a gleeful flinging out session in the shed today!

OH and Dad had been asked to sort it a couple of weeks ago, they spent two hours rearranging and came out with a carrier bag of rusty old tins. To my dismay, when I returned to the shed - there was no difference!

So, grabbing the opportunity today, I went out there. Cleared a few sackfuls of rubbish and emptied 8 stackable storage crates!

Brought up a drill to the house to test if it worked - yet no one had any prior knowledge of it!

I don't know why I have ever bothered to buy a toolbox in my life - every one I opened was bare barring a handful of rusty screws!!!

Some people have things taken from our shed - I swear someone is putting stuff in our shed!:rotfl: :rotfl:

Other stuff out via freecycle:

• Light fitting which was kicking around the house for years
• Stainless steel sink and drainer
• Half a roll of insulation - excess to requirements

Two bags of junk gone to tip

Plus I have one box of charity box items to handover tomorrow and a large carrier of paperbacks ready for the hospital when I go there for my appt on the 30th.

Oh, and another plus point to report on is that I have managed to resurrect my dining room from the cardboard box city it had become as the utility room is finished and our lovely storage units are in place!!!!

zarazara

OUT= pressies to family, baby toys for the baby,christmas tree baubles,plastic storage box for the baby toys.All to sons house.
Cardboard rubbish,other compostable thingies, a lot of old magazines to the recycling place.
IN= a tonne of food a lot of logs.

greent

Last post before Xmas I expect:

IN:
Clothes for DS2 from a friend (mainly stright into attic, as currently too big)
Bday pressies for DD from her friends
Xmas pressies from people
Socks for DH
Wine for DH - work presents
Baby back carrier (ours, loaned to someone and returned)


OUT:
Xmas pressies to people
Bday present to 1 person
Broken toys
goody bags of 'stuff' for DDs party
1 keyring (nice one, so passed on to a friend)
2 DVDS (freecycle)
About 9 pairs of socks (recycling)
1 pair of school trousers (hole in) (recycling)
1 tshirt of mine (hole in) (recycling)
1 top of DDs (grubby and too small) (recycling)


Come January we are having a massive sort out on stuff ready for loft conversion and arrival of another babe (not until May). Loft conversion means everyone will be moving bedrooms - so each bedroom MUST be fully sorted before moving into the next one (applies to all - mine is just as bad the childrens)

I have a large pile of card & plastic recycling to take to supermarket tomorrow (where does it all come from?!) and will also visit library with DD.

:santa2: :snow_laug Merry Christmas to everyone!!!!!


greent
x

bikerchick1066

IN
Food and drink for Christmas - won't be around for long though

OUT
Fur jacket via ebay
Spare dongle via ebay
Two Christmas hampers

Had to try on three skirts for work this morning before finding one that fitted, have lost a stone and a half and dropped two dress sizes. So January will bring a massive clear out of wardrobe, a big ebay session for the good stuff and a couple of trips to the charity shop with the rest.