The Great Declutter Part 2

inaminute

In: Post and a charity bag through the letterbox
Someone was obviously listening to my request for a charity bag earlier in the week but they are only asking for clothes and shoes! :think:

Out:
Vegetable peelings
Black bin and blue recycling bin full to the brim!

Pending tonight - fill charity bag!

In bag so far: jacket, trousers, top, thermal top, x2 t-shirts, flip flops

CompletelyLost

carol22 wrote: »

ETA
Hi CompletelyLost, NO you are not the only one like that! I am terrible for electric things too, especially hairdryers and straighteners and things, but I'm trying to change my habits! I'm 19, and desperate not to end up with a house full to bursting (like the house I grew up in!). Start small, and things will get easier, or at least I am hoping they will! Good luck!

Glad I'm not the only one! My parents (particularly my dad) is the worst hoarder - he can't part with anything. Our loft is a dumping ground for all the crap, and it sends me into a panic everytime I go up there and see it all. So yeah, I'm trying to keep myself in check so I don't end up like him at 50!

TudorRose wrote: »

Right I will only say this once = ditch the slippers!!! If they are no longer useful get rid - you have loved them and used them to death, now it is time to let them go. The people who bought them for you will be happy that you got so much use out of them, but they wouldn't want your toes getting cold 'cause they are sticking out the end :rotfl:hth

I read this back this morn and realised what an idiot I am:rotfl: Actually you know the main problem?? If I ditch them, I know that a few weeks down the line someone will ask where they've gone and I have to explain that I binned them... and I'll get an 'awwww did you? why didn't you patch them up?' response, which makes me feel insanely guilty. But you're so right!!! I have now binned two pairs.

In today -
Nothing, hopefully :j

Out today -

• 2 pairs of holey slippers :embarasse
• bag of misc. cables from my old pc (to the tip)
• 2 bags of rubbish
• broken jelly bean machine (to the tip)
• 2 old pillows (to the tip)
• old duvet (to the tip)

Pending -

• working dvd player (going to see if anyone i know wants this!)
• old pc tower. I need to destroy this somehow - any ideas?
• two bags of cans/bottles to go to the recycling bank as our box if full
• lots of oldpaperwork to be shredded
• things bought on a whim that need to be returned
• 1 item to be posted
• several items on ebay ending in sunday - not sure if they'll sell though!

Cerisa

Out:

• 30 items of clothing or accessories, given away in Clothes swap
• 1 slipper, lost by mistake (is there anywhere that will recycle slippers????
• recycling
• Ebay shop - a time sink and waste of money as it meant I went on ebay more and therefore bought more clothes

In:

• 10 items of clothing / accessories taken at Clothes Swap
• Birthday present for OH

in_spired2

In:
Post. correspondence filed.

Out:
envelope to recycling bin
bag of clothes (charity bag)
"stuff" (e.g. paper, broken flower pots, batteries) from a box of "stuff" that was bought in from the garage yesterday to be decluttered. The remaining "stuff" (e.g. magazines, dvd's, console games) from the box, to be put away in new permanent locations or binned, within the next 2 hours, or as soon as the "stuff's" owner returns.
empty large cardboard box - back into the garage. Will probably fill it with "gardening bits n pieces"

pending out:
a few items that have received bids on ebay

greent

Not a lot happening here - DS2 is proper poorly, DS3 (8 months) has a cold-y bug and DH and myself are cold and achy

IN:
nothing

OUT:
pair of jeans and blouse to charity bag
pair of socks and tights to rags recycling
some cardbooard to recycling
1 ebay parcel
2 boxes to garage loft of outgrown stuff - 1 full for DS2 and DS3 of stuff from DS1 & DS2 and one for NCT sale (Mainly DD and DS3 items)

PENDING:
11 items on ebay - 9 have watchers, 3 have bids and one person wants one to be made BIN Yeay
Also have local NCT sale next month so will request 2 sellers packs for that - 180 items.... hmm, maybe just one pack and sell stuff in bundles instead...

Megs_mum_2

I was doing so well - then someone called round with a bin bag of fabric for me ...what can you do! Oh and I have a skeleton in the hall now until I can get rid of it tomorrow (its plastic but full size) Dont ask! But as a small compensation I have recycled a pile of mags.

TudorRose

Not much to report today

IN
Post - dealt with
Newspaper - read & recyled

OUT
Today's newspaper
Packaging recyled from food items used today
Small bag to charity shop

PENDING
Some bitsof bric a brac for the charity shop

Janebo12

Finally got some thing done today - sorted through all gifts so I know what I have and for who and what I still need!

IN:
Kids had a bring and buy sale at school today to raise money for charity, so one large soft toy (Sully from Monsters Inc) for DD1 and Medabots toy for DS.
Post

OUT:
3 bags of cardboard to recycling point at tip - got sick of waiting for the council to come and collect them.
1 bag of rubbish out of kitchen bin into dustbin.
5 colouring books into recycling bag out of craft cupboard - the pictures have all been coloured in and are a bit tatty now - they still have more to get through.
Old Front door Key (we changed the lock around a year ago), bits of old pens that were broken.

Hoping to do more tomorrow.

Angela

In
Nothing

Out
Charity bag of stuff from shelves in airing cupboard.

pigpen

In

Foody bits
post
Parcel of clothes for my cousins son

Out

Post
few bank statements to housing benefit peeps
2 binbags rubbish
1 binbag recycling
1 carrier of tubes to nursery craft bin.
Parcel of clothes to my cousins son!

Pending in

2 parcels of clothes for my cousins son

I actually feel like I am struggling to stand still.. though looking at the state of the house I am going backwards.. it is like a skip in here but I simply do not have the energy or the motivation to do any decorating or cleaning and it is about all I can manage to keep up with the laundry and pot washing!!