The Great Declutter Part 2

Sequeena

In
Loaf of bread and dog food

Out
A box full of tins/glass for recycling
Cardboard for recycling
Rubbish

Pending Out
2 bags of paper for recycling

peedie

Hiya, reading this thread as a 'lurker' inspired me to start on all my stuff. Made a start yesterday only to frighten myself witless, 'found' so many lotions and potions in the way of toiletries stashed in every room except the kitchen!! even then found 4 hand creams all half used. Over the house there were billions of bath products (I exaggerate perhaps a little:o)
I know that I will never get to the point of a Japanese miniaturist :eek:but I moved my home with a couple of bin bags full of clothes, a garden chair, z-bed and a couple of pots and pans. I also am aware that I am a clutter bug but all the stuff in the house is getting to me.
So a belated new years resolution-no more saving it for best use it now:)

Frugal_Mouse

Hypno, sending you virtual hugs

Greent, I wish you a speedy recovery

Hi everyone :wave:

Haven't posted for a few days but still plodding away. Decided to continue with my 'butterfly' approach and just spending short periods de-cluttering when I have the time. Have been brave and tackled 2 boxes from the garage :eek:. One emptied and the other 50% complete (in my defence I have to say that it is a very large box of mixed 'stuff').

In
Nothing :j (just to clarify, I am not including food. It's never around long enough to count as clutter :rotfl:)

Out
- pair of old specs to charity
- pile of paperpacks to charity shop via DIL
- misc bits of total carp from box in garage that can't be recycled

Pending
- huge pile of paper to recycle/shred
- 5 large files of paperwork to return to friend now that I have completed their tax return (for which I give myself an :A)
- another bag for the charity shop
- a pile of magazines for a friend

Thanks all for helping me to keep focused and have a great week.

FM
x

Megs_mum_2

Hiya Folks! Its Monday again but I am buzzing. Had a great chat to my big bro' last night - he and his OH are in same situation as me with sentimental attachment to stuff which is getting in the way of enjoying the here and now and the next active retirement years (we are both just retired and so thinking that we have maybe 20 active years realistically). It was really supportive to hear him saying Mum wouldnt want some china (actually LOTS of china) and sticks of furniture to stop us getting the most out of life. SO this week OUT goes the cabinet, clothes and china. And in comes the grand plan to be sorted by 2012 when OH retires. Love you all for your support (sorry, bit gushing this morning...)
IN
4 eggs
OUT
Cabinet (CHEERING)
china and clothes (to charity shop)
Paint (returned to shop for refund)
Picture (painted by my Dad to reframer - so it will be back but even nicer)

mrs-moneypenny

morning all
hugs for Hypno and Greent
hope everyone had a good weekend

in
weeks worth of groceries
milk
papers
post
4 cuddly toys - lady in charity shop gave them my ds when we took some stuff in

out
3 bin bags full of junk from the garage and garden tidy yesterday:T
used up a few toiletries that were almost empty so their containers have gone
water pistol - its been knocking round in the bathroom for ages
hairbrush - bristles kept coming off the paddle so its binned
10 biros - dh took them to work as they keep disappearing off his desk there

Janebo12

Lots of hugs to hypno and greent (and to anybody else who may need one)

I've had a horrible cold all weekend and haven't done anything, so I will do some catching up this week.

IN:
Post
I went to Costco to buy supplies for the school dicos and didn't buy anything for myself (how good was that?) - supplies have gone to my friends house to stash

OUT:
nothing yet - promise to start catching up tomorrow!

Yorkielass

Firstly huge hugs to Hypno and Greent.

Had a productive day yesterday:

Out:
Out into the garden went: 2 birdfeeders and 2 brackets that we bought recently (and the two old slightly broken brackets went into the garage to go in the scrap metal on the next tip run)
Lots of garden waste into the green bin which will go out tomorrow.
More food in the freezer eaten up yesterday and today for lunch.
Lots of recycling into the boxes in the garage including a mountain of paperwork ready to be collected next week.
Bag on clothes that has been in the car for a couple of weeks finally into a clothes bin!

In:
Nothing :A

Sorted all my receipts too so pleased with that - just need to get on with our accounts and slowly shread the receipts.

mrs-moneypenny

this proves how cluttered up i am, at the libary on saturday i saw a book i quite fancied reading 'the life laundry'. signed it out got home and started flicking through it then dd looked at me went in the hall and came back with another copy:o. apparently i brought it last summer at a carboot and its been sitting on the bookshelf in the hall waiting to be read.

btw the you mag free with yesterdays mail on sunday has an article on clutter telling us why its chic to chuck, ill have a read later and see if theres anything we dont already know

electric_comperella

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

this proves how cluttered up i am, at the libary on saturday i saw a book i quite fancied reading 'the life laundry'. signed it out got home and started flicking through it then dd looked at me went in the hall and came back with another copy:o. apparently i brought it last summer at a carboot and its been sitting on the bookshelf in the hall waiting to be read.

btw the you mag free with yesterdays mail on sunday has an article on clutter telling us why its chic to chuck, ill have a read later and see if theres anything we dont already know

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-1246735/Why-chic-chuck-The-blitz-tricks-clutter-queen-know.html

this one?

seems the mail has a bit of an obsession with clutter, if you google it there are quite a few articles

mrs-moneypenny

electric_comperella wrote: »

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-1246735/Why-chic-chuck-The-blitz-tricks-clutter-queen-know.html

this one?

seems the mail has a bit of an obsession with clutter, if you google it there are quite a few articles

yes thats the one, thanks for posting a link saves me trying to memorise it and pick bits out for on here