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The Great Declutter Part 2

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  • Out; Bag to charity shop
    In; Nothing.
  • Megs_mum_2
    Megs_mum_2 Posts: 129 Forumite
    Hi All - very busy weekend AND I seem to have lost my 100 things in 10 days list so cant number the things any more but here are the things I have decluttered today (should I include my list?!)
    Pile of heavy plastic bags from the garden - tip
    Broken glass from a cold frame - tip
    Old curtain rail - had been hanging about at the side of the house - tip
    Old duvet - bin
    Hen house (free advert in local paper went to first person with price haggle)
    Plastic - recycle bag
    Overwintered cabbage plants and swiss chard plants - best bits in our tummies other bits into hens tums!!
    Have fun everyone.
    XX MM
    Stay clutter-free
    No new stuff unless to replace broken items that are essential.
    £2 savings pot (started Oct 09) £182 so far (£100 of which is banked)
    Roadkill jar (found money) 87p and 20 eurocents
  • wilf55
    wilf55 Posts: 3,102 Forumite
    i think im up to 51


    52 loads of empty bottles decantered and recycled
    53 loads of newspaper and papers recycled
    54 shower gel left in hotel from sons weekend
    55 new laptop
    56 rubbish as bins and wheelies all emptied
    57 2 bags of stuff to dd1's
    58 1 book
    59 3 tatty pairs of trousers
    60 2 tatty hoodies
    61 1 tatty scarf
    62 pile of dog hairs from under the sofa
    63 uneated food from fridge!! tut tut
    64 packaging from everything in cupboards that i didnt need
    65 cheque banked
    66 old diary
    67 old calendar
    68 bunch of old keys
    69 blown bulb
    70 hand blender
    71 3 chipped plates
    72 1 cracked glass
    73 2 chipped mugs
    74 read magazines
    Save 12k in 2015 member 187. £62.50/6000
  • MsHalffull
    MsHalffull Posts: 450 Forumite
    IN
    Nothing:A
    OUT
    Framed picture to work
    4 X Ebay parcels
    Gone today:

    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

    Mineallmine You've made me think about whether the rug I put it the bin could be freecycled - Its quite a nice rug really & I'm wondering if it could be rescued by someone who is less allergic to dust than I am... I'll get it out and have a look at it.
    Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
    William Morris

  • muchowing
    muchowing Posts: 104 Forumite
    100 items in 10 Days Part 2

    Off to a flying start today!

    IN Post
    Newspaper
    Milk

    OUT 1. Saturdays newspaper and mags - recycled
    2. Sundays newspaper and mags - recycled
    3. Wine bottles - Emptied(!) and recycled
    4. Glass Jars -recycled
    5. Large bag of paper carrier bags - recycled
    6. Large bag of plastic carrier bags - recycled
    7. Wallpaper samples - recycled
    8.Two Broken Plug In Air Fresheners - bin
    9. 4 Coasters - Bin
    10.Tablemats to match coasters - Bin
    11.Cagoule(?) - CS
    12.Summer Jacket - CS ( I refuse to wear it for ANOTHER summer!)
    13.Pile of 'Freewith Newspapers' DVDs - CS(Never watched any of them!)
    14. Empty Cake Packet - bin (Lemon French Fancies - YUMMY!!!)
    15 Laddered Tights - Bin (Someone is going to tell me I should reuse them for something aren't they??)
    16. Large bag of General household rubbish - Bin
    17. Plastic bottles - recycled
    18. 1/2 bag of Caster Sugar - To friend for her daughters cookery class tomorrow!

    My understairs cupboard is looking beautiful now - even if only I have noticed!!
    Plus I did the washing and all the ironing too!! Just shows what you can do when you turn off the computer!

    Happy decluttering!!
    Sealed Pot Challenge 2013 Member No 689 - £120/£300
    SPC 2014 target £200
  • Megs_mum_2
    Megs_mum_2 Posts: 129 Forumite
    Hi Everyone - On a mission today .... feeling really "Up for it" .... so yesterdays contributions (lost count of the numbers but never mind so I will count back from 100 and see where I get)
    100. Packaging from new duvet
    99. Old duvet (single one - havnt had a single bed for 10 years)
    98. Cardboard box from Pizza stone
    97. Plastic bag that Cardboard box came in
    96. Carrier bags back to Ocado delivery person
    95. Plastic milk bottles
    95. newspapers and mags and fliers (Grrrr) into recycling
    94. 2 jars of solidified HM marmalade (jars washed and back into garage for refilling)
    93. All bins emptied and washed out and quick spray of nice smelling stuff.
    92. Manky 1/2 used and dried up cleaning squirty stuff (no longer squirting!!)chucked out.
    91. Soap tablet box emptied and reused in greenhouse
    90. Empty distilled water bottle (steam iron) to plastic recycling

    Phew - 10 more gone.
    XX MM
    Stay clutter-free
    No new stuff unless to replace broken items that are essential.
    £2 savings pot (started Oct 09) £182 so far (£100 of which is banked)
    Roadkill jar (found money) 87p and 20 eurocents
  • imataloss
    imataloss Posts: 283 Forumite
    I think it`s time for me to join in the Great Declutter 2010.
    My son`s lost a very expensive pair of prescription sunglasses somewhere in the house. There is so much clutter around we just don`t know where to start looking for them.
    It doesn`t help that we are decorating the living room and hall stairs and landing and everything is in boxes and put away in cupboards for safe keeping.
    I work from home and my desk is covered in papers at the moment. I think I`ll make a start there.
  • OrangeFairy
    OrangeFairy Posts: 2,630 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Right started my decluttering 100 challenge for the second time.....had a 4 day break inbetween while extra poorly!

    1. PJ's - too short for DD2 and wording cracked
    2. Xmas fabric bag covered in Daddys deodrant...normally i would have washed this but DD2 got some of this in her eye and has had a nightmare couple of days while a really bad eye - just wanted rid of it!
    3. 8 x Broken elastics
    4. Hairclips with gems etc snapped off
    5 . Frayed girls hair bands x 5
    6. Recycling
    7. Load of scraps binned from DD1's project
    8. Shredded returns paperwork as i have recieved credit
    9. went through DD's stickers collection and got rid of all the creased and horrid ones that were stuck together etc and some of the bits of craft stuff i know they will never use
    10. Lipsyll finished
    11. 2 x small shower gel bottles that DD2 emptied into her bath :mad:
    12. local magazine recycled
    13. Calpol bottle finished
    14 . OOD Billy Bear meat
    15. School letters written on calendar and then binned
    16. Broken Dora bottle
    17. CD returned to my Aunt as i have taken the photos off that i need
    18. Ballet leotard returned to my sister as we seem to have aquired it by mistake!

    Good Start!
    Orange Fairy
    House Purchased April 19 :) CC1=? CC2=? DH CC= Mortgage Overpay = £0 Savings = £0 Xmas savings = £0 Weightloss = 0 lb


  • mrs-moneypenny
    mrs-moneypenny Posts: 15,519 Forumite
    morning all

    not much decluttering going on here

    IN
    nothing yet

    OUT
    tatty fridge magnet - binned
    bag of used postage stamps - school collection for guide dogs
    bag of assorted vouchers for school (shops cerals etc) - school
    carrier bag of glass bottles and jars - bottle bank
    a few empty plastic toiletery bottles - recycled
    SPC~12 ot 124

    In a world that has decided that it's going to lose its mind, be more kind my friend, try to Be More Kind
  • wilf55
    wilf55 Posts: 3,102 Forumite
    75 3 bushes pruned and in green recycling
    76 large bag to charity
    77 library books
    78 tatty clothes
    79 tat from garden
    80 post
    Save 12k in 2015 member 187. £62.50/6000
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