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The Great Declutter Part 2

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  • MsHalffull
    MsHalffull Posts: 450 Forumite
    edited 18 February 2010 at 11:31PM
    IN
    Bag of Pokemon Cards
    Toy Cat - both for DS & both from charity shop when I dropped stuff off -DS insisted - who am I to argue?
    OUT
    3 Vases
    3 Bowls
    2 X Annuals
    Bag of Pens all to CS
    2 rotten old shelves from Garden to bin (the end of the garden is in sight)
    Pending out
    About 40-50 brand new Mother's Day Cards. I'm torn between trying to sell them on Ebay or just giving them to the CS - I'll sleep on it.

    Went up in the loft today - it was horrible :eek: - It was a struggle to even get in there. I managed to find the things I was looking for but I'm daunted by what a monumental task it will be to declutter it. I had a peak in the shed a few days ago & its similarly crammed full. I think I'll need to wait until Spring to attempt those two.
    Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
    William Morris

  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,787 Forumite
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    melli - sorry to hear about your coat - some people!!!:mad:

    IN:
    nothing! (except snow brought in by the kids....)

    OUT:
    all my freegle items have been collected and I added to the bag of baby bits - so a bit more stuff gone :T
    sleeves from a long sleeved top - made into a tshirt (bloomin' washing machine......)

    PENDING:
    Few more items sorted for NCT sale
    3 things listed on ebay so far - lots of photos taken, so will carry on with this tonight and tomorrow!
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  • Evening all :j

    I've tackled under the beds today

    In:
    Junk Mail
    £25 premium bond :D

    Out:
    4 x cardboard boxs
    Junk Mail

    Pending:
    8 x ebay parcels.....ending on Saturday
    4 x pillows to recycle centre - tomorrow on way to work
    1 x Wii Fit - going to mums on Sunday so she can try out some yoga on it

    Got the hoovering and dusting done today.....still got to mop floors, clean bathroom and do some ironing. Not too sure if my decluttering will reach the loft this weekend. That will depend on the weather.

    Hope you all had a good day :)
    As my dad always used to say 'Just because you've got the money doesn't mean to say you have to spend it all at once'
  • Yorkielass
    Yorkielass Posts: 2,235 Forumite
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    Still plodding along slowly.

    Out
    A few more cosmetics used up
    6 badges sold on ebay (they're tiny though!)
    some more recycling

    In
    Post
    some badges
    a shower cap

    Not too bad.

    This weekend I will:
    • Try and get all the recycling and rubbish out of the house - we were out most of last weekend so it didn't quite happen.
    • Get rest of plants out of dining room into garden and tray they are in back in garage!
    • Sort clothes on bedroom floor :o do washing and ironing and all put away :A
    • Sort all the stuff for our music group which is in the hallway still. Work out what needs to go back and get it ready to put in the car on Sunday night.
    • get rid of tv - just put it on freecycle.
    • List another 6 or so things on ebay.
    That'll do for now!!
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  • debidoodle
    debidoodle Posts: 1,152 Forumite
    edited 19 February 2010 at 11:35PM
    Afternoon everyone, slowly getting there


    IN

    Junk Mail
    Sicknote for 2 weeks and then onto my new job :j


    OUT

    Dead plant
    Junk mail recycled

    Freezer defrosted yesterday forgot to say we shall be having some interesting meals this coming week as I did not label the boxes :o

    PENDING

    Will be sorting DD's certficates, school photos, etc and making a scrap book for her as presently they are sitting in a box.

    Loft needs tidying again as lots has been put up there recently.
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,787 Forumite
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    Afternoon all!

    I haven't resally got rid of anything today. But I have made some progress towards getting rid of stuff.

    I have listed some baby bottles on freegle (what else can you do with them?!)

    I have 15 items on ebay - 2 with bids (inc a job lot of 50 items - yeay!!!)

    I've listed 8 things on a yahoo crafting group (Fridays are ad days) - I've got a reply about one thing so far

    I've put together a carrier bag of baby/ childrens bits n pieces for a charity - will get rid of it in 2 weeks (when I will have hopefully added to it)

    I've labelled a few more items for the NCT sale

    Oh - I have thrown something - a broken toy I found whilst sorting through stuff :D

    Progress - of sorts!!!

    greent x
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  • Evening all :j

    Been at work all day so not much going on here

    In

    Junk Mail

    Out

    Junk Mail - recycled
    Recycle bin - now nice and empty
    £25 premium bond - to bank
    4 x pillows - to recycle centre

    Pending

    8 ebay parcels - ending Saturday
    Wii fit - to mums on Sunday

    Just got to clean the bathroom and mop the floors tomorrow and maybe a little bit of ironing. If it's nice I'll have a potter in the garden too.

    Keep up the good work everybody.
    As my dad always used to say 'Just because you've got the money doesn't mean to say you have to spend it all at once'
  • Hi everyone, I have been following this thread with interest for ages now. As I have just sold my house and will be moving in 4 weeks, I have to step up the decluttering. I hope you don't mind if I join in :)

    In: Nothing

    Out: 12 boxes of books to charity (just skimmed the surface...sigh)

    Also have listed 4 items on ebay (fingers crossed)

    Apardion
  • Glamazon
    Glamazon Posts: 8,401 Forumite
    I too would like to join in.

    Won't be long before the little man is mobile so need to get rid of all the [STRIKE]crap [/STRIKE] junk everywhere!

    This week I have done the following

    OUT

    4 bags of bric a brac and clothing for charity collection
    3 bags of rubbish
    Cleared the crap in the kitchen so I now have double the worktop space :j
    Garage tidied up and rubbish all cleared
    Baby clothes all put in storage units under the cot ready for the next one!


    I still have loads to do - including clearing the dining room table of paperwork, filing or shredding said paperwork, packing my maternity clothes up for storage, sort OH's clothes for storage, ebay tons of stuff from the conservatory!

    OH has put some stuff on ebay tonight so we will get there slowly!
    A very busy Yummy Mummy to a 1 year old gorgeous boy :smileyhea

    Where does the time go? :think:
  • Been keeping on top of junk mail and newspapers. Also glass and plastics. Not much real decluttering done this week. Missed out on the free ebay listing too. But have used up some toiletries and recycled packaging where possible. Will try to do better next week cos I am away this weekend - don't know where cos its a surprise for my birthday. I think I might try the X items in X days plan. Will decide what figures over the weekend.

    Have a good weekend everyone
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