The Great Declutter - 18 months on

Hollyberry

I've been slacking of late, but have finally started to get back on track.

IN:
groceries
black patent bag (the only spend during 2 hours at a discount village while OH working - yay me! And only £16)

OUT:
2 x eBay sales (top & shoes)
6 plastic and 7 glass bottles to recycling (really must stop MIL buying me my favourite iced coffee drinks - even if I do love them)
1 binbag assorted non-recyleable iffit
1 jumper with holes
1 shower gel that makes me scaly (to friend)
1 bin of kitchen compost to compost heap
1 large Sainsbury's bag of shredding

angelavdavis

Out:
My online tax return and guilty complex

In:
Hopefully over £100 that HMRC owe me - soon!!!!

mary43

Not doing too well with the de-cluttering at the minute - got Conjunctivitus......:eek:

OH is doing his bit though and at long last has sorted through his endless pairs of jeans (how many does a bloke need???) and donated a bagful to Heart Foundation - they left a bag at the door otherwise I doubt he'd have bothered to walk to the local charity shop with them..........:rotfl:

In - nothing :T (Haven't been out so not been tempted to buy)

zarazara

IN= some new furniture
Out = 2 large bags of rubbish
PendingOUT= a lamp, a video player and several videos. Some paper for a printer and a few books.all going to sons flat :-)

Lemon_Tree

hi
In:
New tv

Out
old tv when collected by freecycler
two laundry baskets of recycling
3 huge bags of things, plus wicker basket for charity shop
two bags of rubbish into the bin
lino from kitchen floor, now replaced by laminate

To go
return a box of laminate and beading that is not needed.

Good news - if you've seen me post here before you'll understand the relief - the bedroom is TIDY! it looks wonderful.
the only problem is the living room is now back to being a tip but that's because the kitchen is currently being decorated and it's contents have been moved.

angelavdavis

Out:

Black sack of shredded bank statements to the compost heap
Half a wheelie bin full of paper recycling

In:

A butchers block trolley that my FiL made a while ago that they no longer have a use for.

No bids on ebay still, but have a few more watchers. 5 days to go

greent

IN:

• about 80 nappies from freecycle - someone who lives around the corner is managing potty training successfully (unlike here!) - also with nappy sacks and cream :-) Very money saving for me!!
• the last 2 velux windows in my roof

OUT:

• a wall, a built in wardrobe and some doors!
• sanity and patience!!
• a pair of DS2's trousers which kept falling down and had been walked on too many times and the bottom seams were frayed (recycling)
• some paper filing - some filed, some to recycling bin!

Quiet week on decluttering front - DS2 & I are confined to certain downstairs rooms only during the day, making it hard to do much, tbh. We have tumble tots and playgroup today, which will be good for him :-)

Keep it up, fellow declutterers!!

greent

mary43

In - nothing (except when groceries are delivered this afternoon)

Out - bag of my old clothes for charity bag collection:T

FelinePrincess

Hi all,

can I join in? My and bf live in very small 2 up 2 down which is made even smaller by being full of loads of stuff we dont even use (due to bf being serial hoarder and me being messy and not keen on tidying!)

Have decided that enough is enough and the only way we will have more room is by getting rid of stuff and serious tidying.

So this past week:

Out:

4 bin bags bfs clothes (2 to his family, 1 recycled and 1 to charity shop)
1 bin bag my clothes (split between recycling and charity)
1 mini oven - taken to mums house for her to freecycle
2 cd racks and large round plastic washing basket given to sister
Loads of magazines (going in for recycling later today)
Loads of rubish including bits of paper, old make up and nail varnish been thrown away


In:

usual shopping
new shoes and couple of new tops

Seems like a good start when written down but is only a drop in the ocean!

seabright

Hi,
I'm terrible for saving things "for best" and then buying alternative cheaper ones to use instead, while saving the "best ones" for the right moment, which rarely comes.

Also, I have a habit of leaving things partially used when they're just "OK", rather than really nice.

Both of these habits are leading me to spend more than I need to and have more stuff in my house than I need to, so I'm starting this thread to motivate me to use stuff up, freecycle it or chuck it out if I can't do either of the first two.

Give me a boost or boost yourself by joining in!

Today I have:
- used up a lipsalve I didn't really like, but which did the job
- used up a bit of sauce left over from last nights dinner in my lunchtime sandwich
- bagged up a load of baby stuff my baby has grown out of to return to my sister