The Great Declutter - 18 months on

Money_maker

Had a go at clearing the kids staircase yesterday (yes, my house is that bad!) and have found lots of stuff to list on ebay, give to the nephews, shed store for a boot sale in a couple of months. Would suggest anyone wanting to sell on ebay does it before the boot sale season starts for obvious reasons!

IN:
Groceries
Seed potatoes (only £1.99/10 from Focus)
Evergreen lawn stuff (only £4 from Focus)
Plastic 6 x 4 shed (only £100 from Focus)

OUT:
Have done some listing on Ebay
Paperwork in recycling box

Will not be going anywhere near Focus for the forseeable future! The shed was dh's idea, can move the bikes from my shed to it. He doesn't realise that I can use the freed up space for boot sale stock. Ha!

Sweetpeanut

hi all,:D not been on here for a couple of weeks, but still goin strong, last week, 4 bin-bags of rubbish, broken toys etc... to the tip, 2 bags charity shop, sorted out girls bedroom & toyroom, can nearly see the floor in the spare bedroom, half-way through the garage, (wait for DH, wait for -ever,doing it meself;)) hopefully going to try:o. and stay away from e-bay, charity shops & the bloomin' car-boot, see you all soon, keep up the good work!!!!!!!:D

greent

Morning all!!

I'm doing quite badly at the mo - and the snow demotivated me even more (kids home and everyone having too much fun playing for 'boring' stuff!! :rotfl: )

In:
Big bag of baby clothes from freecycle
Washable nappies from freecycle (I freecycled mine a year or so ago) (I'm collecting these today)
Steels and joists in my attic - woo hoo!!! (work on loft conversion came to a standstill with bad weather last week)


Out:
small bag of baby clothes from freecycle into recycling - just in too poor a condition to contemplate offering on
2 broken kiddy hard plastic 'glasses'
1 broken plastic kiddy flask
couple of items of food from freezer that I was bored of and only I'll eat (and there's still several portions of the same left!) so they've gone to m-i-l
few broken plastic coathangers (my kids tend to pull clothes off, rather than take the hanger out)
Paper into recycling bin
Bin liner of cans to Cubs with DS1 last night
Card, plastic & tetrapaks to supermarket today
strange bar of unwanted (unused!) soap to homeless shelter via Guides


Pending:
Am still sorting kids clothes (not any I've got from freecycle - that would be morally wrong!) for NCT sale at end of month. Also have a few items to list on ebay - but am severely lacking in motivation to do that.
Have some of our old internal doors in garage which we need to sort out and figure out which we're keeping for reuse in the investment property (hah! - not in current climate!) we have.
Am awaiting delivery in a couple of days of new bathroom suite for as yet unbuilt bathroom in loft



Am not really expecting any real progress to be made until loft is finished and we all start moving rooms (mass sort out then expected) New baby due in 3 months - so want as much done as poss before then - eek!:eek:


Ah well! At least we're just about managing an even keel, I suppose!


greent
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pirates

well, not much movement on my side, 3 neutral days on ins / outs, nothing in, nothing out BUT 1 jumper made (knitted) for husbands xmas present.

A bit late but it's finally complete. Yippee.

fedupandskint

Oops forgot to update how I was doing, some wins some losses however still getting there (slowly!). Yesterdays list:

IN
Folders for paperwork filing
Seeds half price from garden centre and seed compost
Poundland bargains for garden (fleece and polytunnels)
Found in paper sort £18 M+S vouchers still in date!

OUT
More paper in recycling box - only one bag of paperwork left to sort now!:j
Bits and pieces for compost
Dogs for a walk!
Ebay item sold!:D

Sorted paperwork left for filing and 2 bags full of shredding to do and desk still clear!!!!:j :j

Still have a big pile of things to list on ebay which have put off doing for some unknown reason

poorbutrich

Not going too well over here; freecyclers in my area are proving a little demanding!

IN:
Nothing!

OUT:
Lots of paper to recycling
Four bags to charity shop
Lots of bottles and cans to Tesco recycling machine - very therapeutic but I see they're no longer giving points for anything other than aluminium!
Small ebay items to second homes!

angelavdavis

Thursday is rapidly becoming my decluttering day (Friday is bin day!)

So:

Out:
Wheelie bin full of cardboard and paper
Black sack of shredded paper into compost
3 carriers of photographic magazines to Freecyclers

In:
At long last! My Lost dvds!
Tax rebate (yes!):T

pigpen

In

£3080 cheque!

Out

Said cheque to the bank!
DS1 (his stuff will be following!)

Now I MUST finish some assignments and make a more determined effort on the hovel

pollys

Half term looms and I intend to get a room or 2 done. There will be some items in though, new school pumps, school shoes and some work clothes for me but will hopefully be more outs!

zarazara

IN = nothing
OUT= 3 cardboard boxes filled with more cardboard and peelings.
large bin bag of rubbish to the bin man
some stuff from the freezer which i will never use, so have freed up space.