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The Great Declutter Part 2
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IN
Light fitting for Hallway
Mirror for hallway
3 x Blinds for kitchen, Bathroom and Spare room
Milk
Bread
Pending in :
Sofa bed
Selection of sheets
Above from freecycle
OUT
Pressure cooker (Got a bigger one now so this was no longer used) Freecycle
Rice cooker *Freecycle
Multichef *Gave to a neighbour
Green dog loo that has been sitting around doing nothing since I bought it. *Freecycle
2 x bin liners full of crap *Took to the tip
1 large bag of paper/card
1 large box of cans/glass for recycle
Pending out
4 x cookery books *Freecycle
2 x Dog coats *Freecycle
4 x plates and with matching bowls *Freecycle
Cork screw *Freecycle
Egg cups *Freecycle
2 x Table runners .. *Freecycle
Venetian blind *Freecycle
I have had to declutter my kitchen due to having a new floor laid early next week, just got the dresser to do tomorrow then I will make a start on the spare room.
October grocery Challenge
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Good Morning Everybody - Since I have done my 100 in 10 (woo hoo!!) and now need a rest I find myself eyeing up objects for declutter potential. But that's a good thing isnt it?
Today I am working on 3 things
1. Declutter my head (yeah yeah - an on-going project) Having read the Samuel L Jackson link I have the following written on my kitchen table pad:
Decide Commit Plan Practice Stick to it
So today I am between decide (do that) and commit (hmmm)
2. Plan menus for next 8 days that keep to the diet
3. Check cupboards and write shopping list for tomorrow.
I will see how I go and report back!
Also going to bank my £2 now that the jug is full (think there is about £140 ....)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 eurocents0 -
Out: A whole load of food I have taken out and about with me.
In: Junk mail which went straight into the bin.0 -
Update for 50 items in 5 days:
Out
6 - Old wireless router as we are now with a new internet provider
7 - Two school work folders (I left school a loooong time ago!)
8 - Various leaflets/brochures from kitchen drawer
9 - Nine old birthday/xmas cards
10 - Three cardboard boxes0 -
In
Post
Ham
Bread
3 single sheets
1 single duvet/ pillowcase
Spray paint
Paint roller
Tester pot of paint
OUT
Junk mail in the recycling bag
Jade goody autobiography that my DS decided to scribble in whilst mummy wasn't lookingIn the recycling bag
1 bag of household waste
1 pair of curtains *Freecycle
Temperamental Tv/dvd combi *Tip
I don't feel I have achieved anything today, I have loads to do but just cannot be botheredHope I get my mojo back for tomorrow as I have written myself a list and I need to stick to it to get all the jobs done before Tuesday.
October grocery Challenge
£131.50/£200 /£68.500 -
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- Post (sorted and recycled)
- New bank card from Abbey because they’ve changed their name!!
- CD (comp win)
- Small box of chocs (3 ~ should have been a normal size box :mad:) (comp win ~ will sort it out tomorrow)
Out
- Random bits of paper
- More old receipts, letters (shredded and recycled)
- Unused sim cards (bin)
- Old gnarly paintbrushes (bin)
- Loads more paper (recycling) where does it all come from???
- Sand Art (bin ~ sand went everywhere)
- Broken bits of fimo (bin)
- Shampoo bottle (recycled)
Done!
- Washing up
- 2 CD’s on Amazon
- Wii boxes & games neatly in cupboard after random crap got rid of!
- 7 items on eBay
Mortgage: Was: £154,495 Oct 2039 Now: £82,869.54 May 2037Swagbucks ~ £130 (2024 ~ £395)Surveys ~ £139.39 (2024 ~ £280.14)Make £2025 in 2025 #5 ~ £964.62 ~ (2024 ~ £2,561.04)0 -
Am I too late to join the 100 in 10 days challlenge?0
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Hi Longhotbath - never too late to join. In fact I am going to start again (think I am addicted having had 2 days off feeling withdrawl symptoms!!)
Also doing flylady for 1 hour every morning before the sun heats up the garden sufficiently for gardening (later in the year it will turn round and I will have an inside hour in the middle of the day to avoid the heat (ha! Wishes!!)
So
IN: Grocery order (not cheap but I love Oc@do ... fab quality and really really good delivery people)
eggs
OUT: 1.Buckets and buckets of weeds
2 and 3.Usual recycling paper and plastic
4.bins emptied and bin men have been
OK off out to the garden
XX MMStay 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 eurocents0 -
hi all
welcome longhotbath, its never too late to join in. I need to get organised and do another 100 in 10 soon the last one only scraped the surface.
IN
postage stamps
theatre programmes - to see whats coming up (DS went last night)
4 new rolls recycling bags - free from council
OUT
Load of my sewing bits went to college with DD this morning as shes got an exam so needed beads buttons ribbons etc from my stash - hoping not too much comes back.
2 black bags rubbish - bin day
4 brown bags paper and cardboard - recycling day
2 green bags cans and plastics - recycling day
5 letters and cards - posted
pending out
found a soft toy kit 1/2 made in the cupboard will finish it and give it to church tabletop sale.
wedding reception invite acceptance - must reply and post
reply to letter from friend - must write over the weekend and postSPC~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 Kind0 -
OK so not decluttering but I have to share! I've just been ought and bought myself 2 table cloths and 8 napkins. We've family coming for dinner tomorrow so need to extend the table so will have both on and when it's closed I have one on one clean (or in the wash!). Anyway, I've laid the table and wrapped up the napkins with my silver napkin rings on them and it looks fab!
I really wanted real silver so I have been scouring ebay and picking them up when I see some lovely ones. I only have 2 matching but I think it gives a lovely eclectic look to the table. I have decided to treat myself to some new mats from asda later as mine are what we got as a wedding present 8.5 years ago. They are kind of falling apart now.
Would it be too bad if I was to invest in some nice silver candle sticks or is that a step too far d'ya think?
Right ho, off to do some more tidying/decluttering/cleaning!Debt: 16/04/2007:TOTAL DEBT [strike]£92727.75[/strike] £49395.47:eek: :eek: :eek: £43332.28 repaid 100.77% of £43000 target.MFiT T2: Debt [STRIKE]£52856.59[/STRIKE] £6316.14 £46540.45 repaid 101.17% of £46000 target.2013 Target: completely clear my [STRIKE]£6316.14[/STRIKE] £0 mortgage debt. £6316.14 100% repaid.0
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