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The Great Declutter - 18 months on
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Having a mass sort out today as have no money and the heating is on the blink, so keeps me warm!
Out
Coffee machine
Broken bread maker machine (that I kept saying I would fix)
Large Fan
Sorted out 4 kitchen draws and thrown out 3 bin bags of rubbish
10 large carboard boxes
some old xmas decs that I never use
Old bottles of sauce that were way past there sell by date!
In
Nothing£23366/ £39206.92 DFD Nov 20160 -
In
NOTHING!!!
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4 binbags to charity shops
2 binbags of rubbish.. and a few empty boxes.
34 things still on ebay, 2/34 with bids and 14/34 with watchers.. quite a while left so hopefully some more will shift. 1 item sold on BIN so was posted yesterday. I have a few more bits to put on which I am hoping to get organised later this week.LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14Hope to be debt free until the day I dieMortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)0 -
I have also just sorted out the tupperware/pots cupboard and matched up all pots with lids and if they havent got one out they have gone!!
Another 3 bags of rubbish out and a fruit bowl
Also a chipped flower pot
You would think after all I have thrown out today I would be straighter but it doesnt look like I have done a thing all day even though I have spent four and a half hours sorting! Still cant see the floor in the lounge, bedroom or spare room£23366/ £39206.92 DFD Nov 20160 -
In - nothing
Out - one battered photo album for rubbish
one photo album to charity shop
Re-organising photo albums (umpteen of them.............lol) took all morning to sort one out !!Mary
I'm creative -you can't expect me to be neat too !
(Good Enough Member No.48)0 -
IN:
2 DS Lite games for DD & DS1 from Zavvi sale
2 pairs school trousers for DS1 (£4.90 for the 2 from Tesco - bargain!)
some loft boards for the garage
a lamp for working in the little attic (has no elec)
OUT:
old work bag with my ex-ex employers name on
bag of old school shirts and polos which are no longer white (recycling)
sports bag (freecycle)
parasol for pushchair (freecycle)
bag of boys clothes (freecycle)
Also lots of clothes/ books/ toys sorted for NCT sales.
Clothes for DS2 and new baby sorted into ages and labelled in their boxes!
Still lots of sorting of stuff from big attic to do - although attic is now empty. Contents are, however, over my bed- so cannot sleep tonight until they are shifted. Am now kn***ered adn hips playing up (SPD) so will get hubs to help shift them off and sort tomorrow. Urgh!
greentI 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 -
did well yesterday,
out
skip full of rubbish from garden and house
bag is growing for charity shop
in
nowt yet.
have a lovely kitchen, bathroom and hallway now just need to sort out the two worst rooms. my policy in the living room is to clean and only put back on/in something what i want to be there, then the rest will have to find a new home or leave home for a new life with someone else.0 -
In..
NOTHING
Out
1 binbag rubbish (I swear that stuff BREEDS!!)
Another binbag sorted for charity shop
3/34 ebay bits with bids.. one ends in just under 3 hours and it currently £17 ..(I only paid £11 4 years ago)
LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14Hope to be debt free until the day I dieMortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)0 -
IN
nothing
OUT
normal rubbish but starting to work our way through odds & ends in the cupboard now that the little Luxors are back at college eg I have 3 part bags of pasta :rolleyes:.
Had to get something out of the garage earlier ....:eek:
Now I know why DH doesn't want me in there, it is 100% junk. A LOVELY Easter project for [STRIKE]him[/STRIKE] usI can cook and sew, make flowers grow.0 -
Out - 4 old photo albums
Still in a right muddle sorting them all out but I'm getting there.......4 done - another 12 to go:eek:Mary
I'm creative -you can't expect me to be neat too !
(Good Enough Member No.48)0 -
:hello:
IN:
Nothing :j
OUT:
2 bags of childrens clothes to go with recycling bin collected tomorrow (they take clothes here too, if correctly labelled blah, blah, blah)
3 bags recycling
1 carrier of non-recyclingGood day today
"I married beneath me, all women do." - Nancy Astor 1879-1964
Studying with the OU - MU120 (CMA 41 & 42, TMA01(i) & (ii) done) and also M150 (02/09), DB123 (05/09), MST121 (09/09) and T175 (10/09)
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