The Great Declutter Part 2

415SanFran

i didn't do anything today.....why?
Because when I was de-cluttering the kitchen hot-spot, I found a appointment that I would have missed because I had forgotten all about it.
A Very important one too......If only these people would send them sooner to the time, then we can't be thinking,,,aw thats ages away,, or worse still...Aw that's not till next year, even if next year is only rwo months away

Ishtar

Evening!

Finally....finally....

OUT: big box of things for my mum and sister. :j:j:j
(There's now a big space in my hallway!).
I've also sorted out some bags of toys that were, erm, 'stashed' in my understairs cupboard (old things that DD hasn't missed). So, have thrown a bag of rubbish and put some things to the charity bag.

IN:
Magazine

Pending:
Library books
Charity bag
Magazines to list on ebay

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x

beautiful_ravens

sleepless_saver wrote: »

But I'm now getting down to the piles of children's drawings, holiday mementoes, letters, photos and so on, none of this is in any sort of order. Do you sort this stuff and keep it, or grit teeth and bin it all?

I go through the kids pics and pick the best ones and initial them, then make scrapbooks of all the best pictures, for looking at later. The rest I have to say, gets recycled into paper logs.
I throw old cards away if I feel like it at the time, and I have some keepsake boxes - things like my brothers hair, kids first babygrows & vests, tickets from bands I went to see, special cards & letters, they all get kept in there and live in a cupboard.

Today-

In:
cant think of anything...

pending Out:
Loads of shoes, clothes and baby stuff for a 'give and take' thing thats happening at the village hall this weekend - you take your unwanted stuff there, and if you want anything, you take that home, for free.

Megs_mum_2

Hello Hello Chaps - Made it to Friday without loss of enthusiasm - just! I am 1/2 way through the wallpaper stripping in the d'room and my goodness me there is still so much stuff in there (I am not calling it clutter now but it sure is in the wrong place!) Trouble is I have not got any right places left ... like a whole bookcase full of maps, a trolley of sewing things, a rolled up family tree, binoculars, camera and lenses ... arghh.
Here is my in/out balance from yesterday
In: Veg and fruit
Out: 3 bags of wall paper
kitchen and bathroom bin contents
Manky shampoo and shower gel remnants (yukk)
Pending: sugar flowers from dds wedding cake (they have outlasted the marriage by several years - quietly sobs)
Bookcase from said map collection.

I like the idea of a "Give and Take" beautiful_raven but just make sure you dont take more stuff than you give... ;-)
In

mrs-moneypenny

morning all

i was really good yesterday i didnt put the puter on and spent the whole day in our bedroom with very good results

IN
post - 5 circulars, governors pack, some post for DD
milk
papers - morning evening and free DH. will use free session at local gym voucher saving him £3.50:T
magazines - 2 for the kids

OUT
7 bras - posted to the charity the link was posted for in here
5 bags of my clothes - they are in the local clothing bank
2 black bags of rubbish - bin day
1 green bag of plastic and tin - recycling day
6 brown bags of paper and cardboard - recycling day
1 compost bag - mostly flowers from over christmas

the wardrobe looks much better for the blitz i gave it and the clothes i got rid of i havent worn for several years. i went through my tights drawer and threw all the snagged/laddered ones away (why had i kept them???) but i do have a whole drawer of tights that are still in their packets. (a combination of the fact i used towork for a hoisery company so got them cheap and last summer a few stalls at the carboots were selling new cheap thights. for the foreseeable future however cheap they are i wont buy untill my stash is massively reduced.
sorting out the toiletery stash (which takes up 2 cupboards and am working my way through that) 've put all like products together adn will use small and started on products first so it goes down quicker. Dont think i'll need to buy toiletries or make up for at least 2 years

keys_2

Hello Folks ... :wave:
Just thought I would come in for a quick update as ive not been on this week , as ive been busy trying to de- clutter the house . Oh and suffering a bit of a hangover yesterday - So i didnt get much done then

Over the last few days :
IN :
Weekly local newspaper
A carrier bag full of little nic nak toys from neighbour for dd
OUT :
X3 full bin bags of rubbish from around the house and dds room
About a bin bag full of out of date newspapers in recycling bin along with other carboard bits and bobs
X1 handmade hamper for my sister & her Bf that has been here since xmas as I forgot to take it to hers - Cleared space in my kitchen now
PENDING :
X1 bag of clothes for charity shop - Yet to be put together today
X1 bin bag of mixed rubbish from around the house

Ive to go food shopping today so will hopefully not buy any extras that will clutter the house whilst im out

Mumof2_2

IN: Birthday card to send to nephew and stamp

OUT: Emptied out bedside cabinet and found all sorts of rubbish including old credit cards (cut up ready to burn) and all manner of bits that shouldn't be there. Threw away half a carrier bag of stuff, but couldn't really tell you what's in there!!

PENDING: Baby carrier - someone coming to see tomorrow

charlies_mum

Sorted out our dressing table yesterday (where did all that carp come from ?), and now have to get rid of the book mountain in the bedroom. I have new bedding, curtains and carpet for in there, but can't till this is done

Put the phone directory and yellow pages into the recycling bin and listing lots on Ebay, so making some progress :T

Kitchenbunny

It's been a while, but I can report another decluttering I've managed to clear the wardrobe and top box out - there's still loads to do, but it's a great feeling.

Kitchenbunny xx

Magpye

Hello all. I've been slipping recently felt a bit down and wasted a lot of time looking for a job on t'internet and browsing Etsy rather aimlessly. However... I had a huge panic today when I realised that it's nearly the end of January and I hadn't done my tax assessment yet - then couldn't find my P60! :eek:

Cleared a bag and a half of papers out of the corner of the living room with no luck and then found the flippin' thing tucked away safely on my chest-of-drawers in the bedroom. But at least I have a nearly 20kg of paper recycling sorted and put away.