The Great Declutter Part 2

debidoodle

IN

Post & Junk Mail
Ebay parcel for DD
Food shopping



PENDING

32 items listed on Ebay



OUT

11 items sold on Ebay
Kitchen bin rubbish
Cardboard, plastic, tin, paper, junk mail to recycling

MsHalffull

Didn't get very much decluttering done at weekend - still stuck at the tidying stage. So since Saturday:

IN

• A somewhat worn but completely sound Garden Bench discarded as rubbish (it had a "Please Take" sign on it so I definitely didn't accidentally remove street furniture...)
• A brand new "Burt's Bees" set from the charity shop - add to present stash
• Brand new T shirt for DS - Charity shop

- The second two were such bargains it would have been a crime not to have bought them...

OUT

• Loads more recycling
• Thank you letters for Xmas Presents - DS did them over a week ago & it took me until today to post them

PENDING OUT

A pile of DVDs & Video games for Music Magpie
Half filled bag for charity shop

mrs-moneypenny

not been in since friday:o

IN
1 weeks worth of groceries
post
milk
lotto tickets

OUT
large childrens rocker toy - donated to local school
box of toys and books id won - given to a friend as they are too young for mine (ive been hanging on to them over a year)
glass bottles and jars - recycling
2 bags of outgrown clothes - clothing bag

sorted
1/2 of the ironing has been done
mending pile tackled - 4 pairs of jeans, a dress and a pair of shin pads fixed and put back in the right places
i spent yesterday sorting the boys wardrobes and clothes drawers, so a bag of 'too small for eldest DS too big for youngest' is now labelled and in the attic and the ones i didnt want to save are in the clothing bank.

ThinkingOfLinking

Out: Huge bag of unused and expired medication to the pharmacy. Also out is a book to a Greenmetropolis.com customer.

In: Box of 10 eggs. No mail.

Decluttering today still...more to come.

Pending out: 3 massive bags for charity...more to come.

Margaret54

Hi does anyone know what we can do with a keyboard mouse and printer? We bought a new laptop at Christmas and had to buy a compatable printer, as our one didn't work with the laptop. I have been decluttering too:) and have a bag of clothes for charity shop and books to go there too, but we are unsure of what to do with the other things. Thanks in advance Margaret

loopychriss

Margaret54 wrote: »

Hi does anyone know what we can do with a keyboard mouse and printer? We bought a new laptop at Christmas and had to buy a compatable printer, as our one didn't work with the laptop. I have been decluttering too:) and have a bag of clothes for charity shop and books to go there too, but we are unsure of what to do with the other things. Thanks in advance Margaret

If you have a Freegle/Freecycl group near you, that's the best place to rehome them. You'll probably have people jumping down your throat for them!

loopychriss

Haven't been on since Friday, and lots has come and gone in this house.

IN:

2 large storage boxes covered with rushes from my sis-in-law. (Don't quite know what we're going to do with these yet: hubby went to visit and came home with them!)
1 anniversary card from my best friend: it was 33 years ago on Sunday that we met in Benidorm.
Edible goodies: 1 box of Black Magic chocolates, half a tin of luxury biscuits; bag of liquorice allsorts; jar of M&S shallots; 1/4 Christmas cake. Went to see mum & dad and they gave us this lot to bring home as they wouldn't eat them.
Black sack of dad's clothes: he's had a sort out and these are for the homeless shelter. We always end up bringing more home with us than we took!

Did better on the OUTs though:

A highchair, offered through Freegle.
A paper trimmer and 20 pairs of scissors also offered through Freegle.
4 pairs of scissors to my daughter, who only had 1 pair and very often couldn't find them!
A headboard for a double bed that had been in our loft for months. Given to us by daughter's in-laws when we redecorated, but it's the wrong colour for our bed and we don't have a spare.
CDs and DVDs have been sorted ready to go on Music Magpie. Just waiting for me to list them really.
All our old Christmas cards. I've recycled what I need from them and these are mainly just the backs and a few fronts.
A steam foot spa bath. Got it from Freecycle last year (or maybe the year before) and used it a couple of times, then it just got shoved in a cupboard. This is currently on Freecycle.

So, it's all gradually going. Hubby and I were discussing moving the other day and I said we need to set a time limit. Came up with 2012,:eek: so I've got till then to sort out my overstuffed craft room and turn it back into a bedroom - a job I am not looking forward to doing, as there is just no room to put anything in there at the moment!:eek::eek:

Janebo12

spendaholic chick - I would love to see Gutted but we don't get those channels on our Sky Box - let us know if you pick up any tips.

loopychriss - now you've set yourself a target, you know what you are working towards (and at least you have a good 18 months to keep putting it off otherwise lol) - I'm sure you'll have no problem in getting it doen before then.

IN: have been bargain hunting as part of my trying to be money neutral this year so:
4x boxes of christmas cards reduced from £5.00each to 29p each
2x Christmas wrapping paper reduced from £3.00 each to 50p each
1x birthday wrapping paper - not reduced but needed and will be out very soon
1x birthday card
1x golden wedding card
1x twin photo frame reduced from £9.99 to £3.99 for golden wedding
1x money box reduced from £9.99 to 49p for nephew's birthday
1x handkerchief set and pen set for grandad 49p each
(all from Clintons cards getting rid of stuff to make room for Valentines stuff)
5x children's books - 4 out soon for kids presents - 1 is for DS maths practice
3x eggs from our chickens - hooray they are all laying now!

OUT:

4x bags and one garden chair for charity collection

greent

Janebo12 - wow some good bargains there!

IN:
nothing! (except a poorly child home from school )

OUT:
pile of magazines and catalogues lurking in a corner of the lounge gone into the recycling bin


lounge cleared of anything that's not meant to be in there & polished/ dusted and vacuumed. Sadly only the magazines were for 'out' - the rest just needed rehoming around the house

PENDING OUT:
1 ebay parcel to be posted - bought on BIN
11 other items on there - 2 with bids and a further 5 items have watchers - yeay!

Priority this week is getting my tax return done and setting up a limited co for DH - then getting ironing straight and sorting stuff ready for when I'm in hospital for a few nights next week - he's never had all 4 children by himself for more than a few hours (I'm still feeding the baby).....

Aril

In: couple of grocery bits

Out: bits of paper/jumper into recycling/magazine/book

Aril