The use it or lose it challenge - please join in

faye1978

Can I join? Haven't posted in a while but have already started to de-junk and have made a conscious decision to use what I have before buying more.

I have my wedding dress to sell on - however, I still haven't had it cleaned - do you think I should get it cleaned or offer it uncleaned??? And apart from Ebay (cost me £7 on a free listing day to list and it STILL didn't sell), any ideas where I could sell it?

Jewelleryfan

faye1978 wrote: »

Can I join? Haven't posted in a while but have already started to de-junk and have made a conscious decision to use what I have before buying more.

I have my wedding dress to sell on - however, I still haven't had it cleaned - do you think I should get it cleaned or offer it uncleaned??? And apart from Ebay (cost me £7 on a free listing day to list and it STILL didn't sell), any ideas where I could sell it?

My friend sold her wedding dress on Gumtree which is free.

Also your local newspaper if that has a classified section

ladymoon

I'll join too please.
I have a spare room full of bits and bobs, 5 boxes of clothes that the girls have grown out of and lots of old toys.
I also have a garage full of stuff, and i have no idea what is lurking in the wardrobes :eek:
I will de clutter my life this year, and as we are looking to rent a smaller/cheaper house in July this will be a good start to raising money for the moving fees

moneysavingmonkey85

What a good thread, I will definately join in the no toiletries club, i have 3 drawers full and a bathroom cabinet! Unfortunately I lived in 3 places in 2009, so I do know what I own, but I'm sure I can manage another ebay/amazon push. Good luck everyone!

svb53

Thanks to everyone for joining in, it's so nice to know that I'm not doing this on my own! I'm hoping doing this will also help create quite a few NSDs for me, as I could definitely use a few of those.
I got so many lovely books and smelly sets for Christmas, but I'm trying to be good and either read or use up some of my oldest bits first.
Anyone else want to join?

iwilldoitthistime

I'll join too, if thats okay?

Ive also got the toiletries problem (is this a problem everyone has??) and will use them before I buy any more. Of course the shelf got even fuller over Xmas, so even more to get through now!
Ive also got the NEXT vouchers from Xmas, but am keeping them for new bedding in the spring. DEFINATELY no wasting them on clothes in the sale that none of us will wear!
I will also try to start a pile for EBAY - Ive got loads of things which have never been used that probably never will be!

Good Luck everyone x

sibles

I think this is a great idea and I'd love to join in!
I buy things when I really don't need to, so going to work through all my books and smellies etc... and then head to the library!

MessyMare

I vow to use my toiletries up before I raid Lush again too! I started out vowing to read all my unread books before I buy any more this year but I had a bit of a fail moment on that! However, I will renew this vow; along with another one. I will pay my fine off and start using the library again when I fancy something a bit different (in fact, I'm doing this online now ) I will also stop buying clothes until I need them...so far I shouldn't need any for an age as I just bought the one thing missing from my wardrobe- a waterproof jacket!

Another one though- I will not buy a whole album when I only like one track! I'll either borrow it or just download one song from itunes!

*Jellie*

I'm with you. Have already started and done tons of decluttering this year.
Will continue to not buy new books, cds and dvds. I'll only buy to only replace toiletries, cleaners, clothes and shoes.

LexieLou

Hi,

Can I join too? Just had my LBM....

Have a pair of MBT's on ebay tmmw
Loads of baby bottles never used...ebay tmmw
Loads of wool (i'm sad and knit)...will knit up items and sell them
Books lying around...get rid of
Boxed Italian designer tights...ebay tmmw
Candles and perfume...ebay tmmw
Reduce my HBOS OD by £50 in Jan

If I do the ebay things tmmw, I'll be pleased with myself. think this is gonna be baby steps to get rid of this huge mountain of debit...

Good luck everyone. xx