The Great Declutter Part 2

mavvysmum

It's been quite a good weekend for decluttering so far:

In
3 books & 1 DVD from charity shop
Dog toy, stake & lead for tying her up outside & 2 filled bones
Food shopping
2 DVD's returned to me that inlaws borrowed

Out
1 bag of clothes to charity shop
To inlaws - extension lead, shower gel, three towels, one old rug, some notebooks & files, two mini perfume bottles some hand weights (on loan to M-I-L)
Manky dog bed, duster,dust sheet covered in paint, broken plastic lid - bin
Three empty oil bottles - recycling
Old black coat thats seen better days - recycling

Hoping to get some more done this afternoon but its such a lovely day so I'm going to go out with the dog first!

Megs_mum_2

Hi All - Just a quick pop in post to say I agree with everyone who replied to Debtdesperardo - once a present is given it belongs to the person it was given to. Clearly you dont want to hurt anyones feelings but there is no point in hanging on to stuff you dont like/cant use .... My daughter said that in her office they have a post-Christmas present swop which seems like a good idea (providing you remember not to bring something in that you were given by someone at work) Proper post tomz.
XX MM

loopychriss

mineallmine wrote: »

Ref water filters lc, I notice Argos often have Brita bins for recycling them! And haven't you been busy!

Thank you for that, I knew I'd seen a bin somewhere for them. Hubby thought it might have been Robert Dyas but as we don't live very near one, it might take a while to dispose of it. But if Argos take them, it can go this week.

I was busy, although I don't have much to show for it, if you know what I mean. I spent hours going through a couple of cupboards, going through all the old papers and greetings cards, then shredding them. But to look at it, you wouldn't think I'd done anything, because what's left is now all neat in box files! When OH got back I told him I'd done lots of 'behind the scenes' decluttering: he wouldn't know as he very rarely sorts out any papers (hence the reason why he's got a big pile accumulating, which is my next target!). He only sees what is before his eyes - if it's tidy I've been doing something! When he was at work every day, I used to leave the vacuum in the hall and squirt a bit of polish in the air, then he'd think I had spent the day cleaning! As long as it was tidy I could fool him!

MsHalffull

The sunny weather inspired me to venture out to the garden shed - Got rid of a fair bit of stuff and found quite a lot of stuff to sell on Ebay / Boot sale. Was too tired to list it by the time I'd finished tidying but at least I can get to it now.

So, over the weekend:

IN
DVD for DS
OUT
About 100 Pokemon cards - DS gave to friend -I'm proud of his decluttering behaviour
Rotten old cupboard door from garden
bin liner full of broken & rotten stuff from shed
Rotten old rug
Loads of recycling
composting
PENDING OUT
3 X Ebay Parcels
1/2 bag of stuff for CS
high chair for CS
Paint tins for tip - need to persuade someone with a car to give me a lift though
Another rotten old rug - destined for the bin once its emptied
Broken chair - awaiting a bonfire :eek:

mrs-moneypenny

morning all

Havent really done much decluttering this weekend so only little bis have gone

OUT
couple of small paintbrushes that had hardly any bristles - binned
huge 3 wick church candle - finally burned down left overs being binned
leters and cards (birthday and mothers day) - in the post

glad you had a good birthday greent
littlekel hope you and your little one feel much better soon

well done to all the declutterers we are all doing really well:T

muchowing

Good Morning All.
No decluttering done this weekend so I think I will start my 100 in 10 days from today. Its my day off so I think I will start with the understairs cupboard, then the airing cupboard, then the bathroom cupboards then I need to get the ironing done!!! So not much to do today......

So over the weekend
IN Big bag of bedding Mum was clearing out so passed on to me!! I will sort through it then CS what I can't use.
Food Shopping
Newspapers
Post
Slippers
Mothers Day Card
Stuff for my poor neglected nails
Shirt for hubby from Matalan Sale
New tablemats and coasters from Matalan
Steam Floor cleaner

OUT Slippers to Mum for Mothers Day - Won't see her next weekend!
Mothers Day Card to Mum - as above!
6 packets of Cheese - For Dad(BOGOFS from work!!)

Anyway I had better get my butt in gear if I am going to get anything done today so good luck to everyone today. Enjoy the sunshine - if you've got it!!

topbargainhunter

Tesco also have a box inside the shop for water filter recycling. (they also recycle batteries, coathangers, carrier bags if anyone's interested and didn't know).

mrs-moneypenny

i take my coathangers to tesco ( took a load on friday that were stupid and didnt fit properly in my DS wardrobe ) i took a load of carrier bags as well. i read somewhere that ALL shops that sell batteries must by law have a recycling bin for them. so i keep droppign them in my shoppign bag so i can take them down the local sainsburys with me (DH has a battery charger so i have to check with him which ones can go as he keeps topping them up;))

threw a few bits away out of my sewing box including 5 reels of the worlds most rubbish cotton - my machine nearly went out of the window on saturday when it kept coming unthreaded till i reailsed it was cheap nasty cotton not the machine at fault.

in_spired2

In the last few days:
pile of wood to a freecycler
carrier bag of books - recycling bin (too battered for CS etc)
it's recycling day, so black bin bag, 2 organic's sacks, plastics bag, tins and paper have gone,

I think I will join some of you in the 100/10 declutter if you don't mind, starting right NOW

happy decluttering folks.....

...runs off to find 10 bits of clutter (shouldn't be too difficult
edit:
thrown away:
1 Time magazine
2 OOD Frontline (we don't have a cat now)
3 piece of rusty wire found on the front garden
4 OOD vitamins
5 breadsticks & ritz that had gone soft
put in their proper places:
6 Holey jeans in rag bag pending charity rag bag out
7 Paint Pad
8 Floppy disk (not sure why I'm still hanging onto floppy disks - I use them almost never)
9 Pencil
10 Photos and cards

mineallmine

Gone today:

Used up and recycled packaging of a Body SHop lotion and a Nivea shower cream
A net curtain and pole, charity shop
Misc rubbish/flyers through the door - these are doing my head in, get loads, recycled
Old saucepans to a friend

Will later out sort out some old clothes rails, used when we last moved home...

Keep up the good work everyone. And before you put anything into that black bin, think could someone else make use of this - either a charity shop or by freecycle, or a friend. I'm always amazed what goes on freecycle (even broken stuff). :A