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The Great Declutter Part 2

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  • ClaireN75
    ClaireN75 Posts: 108 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    IN
    Nothing

    OUT
    Bag of old clothes
    Recycling boxes emptied

    Going to go and declutter some Christmas cake now too!
  • In:
    2 shampoos
    3 deodorants
    bananas

    Out:
    Recycled Lots of magazines
    Recycled cardboard boxes
  • mineallmine
    mineallmine Posts: 3,053 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    In =
    Nil

    Out =
    Charity stuff: Thermos flask, Toileteries, Tefal bits, 2 candles (not 4 or fork!), Little bag of toys

    Recycled: catalogue, Plastic lids

    Binned: Stray piece of cable

    :T:T:T:T:T:T:T:T
    :) Declutter 300 things in December challenge, 9/300. Clear the living room. Re-organize storage
    :cool2: Cherryprint: "More stuff = more stuff to tidy up!"
    Less things. Less stuff. More life.
    :heart: Fab thread: Long daily walks
    • Leather bean-bag that had lost it’s shape.
    • A box full of letters from my pen-pal from late 2007/early 2008 that I had not got around to replying to!
    • Useless roller ball glue pen I wish I’d never wasted my money on.
    • A friendship bracelet this lass made for DS1 and he’s never bothered with.
    • One of my new nail varnishes, which was part of a set bought for Xmas, which was all gloopy and thick (the other two that came with it were alright though, so I don’t understand!

    Decluttered one full shelf of a six-shelf bookcase. Threw lots of bits of paper out from there and found some magazines to donate to my friend.
    Start Date: 27/11/2010
    Padding: Day 42
    Target £8000
    Amount: £562.23
  • mineallmine
    mineallmine Posts: 3,053 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Leather bean-bag that had lost it’s shape.

    Hia IF, not sure if it's too late for the bean-bag, but I buy this stuff to top mine up:
    http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/Cushions+Beanbags/Bean-Bag-Top-Up-15ft+sup3/invt/0217482 ;)
    :) Declutter 300 things in December challenge, 9/300. Clear the living room. Re-organize storage
    :cool2: Cherryprint: "More stuff = more stuff to tidy up!"
    Less things. Less stuff. More life.
    :heart: Fab thread: Long daily walks
  • chocaholic110
    chocaholic110 Posts: 2,509 Forumite
    Had a good couple of decluttering days

    IN
    Nothing :)

    OUT
    Large carrier bag of baby clothes to my sister's house
    Small selection of baby rattles and suchlike to my sister's house
    Carrier bag of junk from toy boxes into the bin
    File full of paperwork shredded and thrown away

    PENDING
    Two binbags of mine and DS2's clothing for charity shop
    2 carrier bags of coathangers for charity shop
    Carrier bag of girl's clothing that will hopefully be colllected by Freecycler tonight
    Fibre optic Christmas tree to be collected tomorrow by Freecycler
    Three more files of paperwork to shred (should be fun!)

    My wardrobe, DD's wardrobe and DS2's wardrobe are now completely organised and clutterfree. DS2's toyboxes are now organised and his new toys have all fitted in very well. :)
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    This evening I have sorted another pile of papers - the majority was just rubbish, and a small amount of shredding.....why I have let the paperwork mountain get so huge is beyond me, really, as most of it could be thrown away immediately :o

    I am now going to declutter my address book - I received a new one last Christmas, and never did anything with it.....so this evening I will transfer all current addresses, then the old book can be shredded and it is another thing gone.

    While I am doing that, I will declutter a G&T too.......:D
    Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)
    Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)
  • beemuzed
    beemuzed Posts: 2,188 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    We had a party last night - and I collected 2 carrier bags of odd items from various surfaces before the guests arrived! Today I rescued those two bags and sorted everything properly, putting things away on their proper places - and throwing out all the rubbish (probably equivalent to one bagful! Feel pleased as previously those two bags might just have stayed wherever I'd stashed them for months! Tiny steps....
    Happy New Year, by the way!
    Resolution:
    Think twice before spending anything!
  • beemuzed wrote: »
    We had a party last night - and I collected 2 carrier bags of odd items from various surfaces before the guests arrived! Today I rescued those two bags and sorted everything properly, putting things away on their proper places - and throwing out all the rubbish (probably equivalent to one bagful! Feel pleased as previously those two bags might just have stayed wherever I'd stashed them for months! Tiny steps....
    Happy New Year, by the way!

    :rotfl:omg, i do that! Ive got a carrier bag full of stuff from my old handbag, its been hanging on the back of the door since summer, I must sort it out!!

    In-
    Nothing!!

    Out-
    more glass and plastic recycling - went through a few kitchen cupboards and found loads more empties!
    ''A moment's thinking is an hour in words.'' -Thomas Hood
  • paulabear
    paulabear Posts: 1,278 Forumite
    Don't think I'm getting the hang of this, trouble being that I'm far better at slinging things out when the OH's not here to pick over exactly what's going and make me keep 75% of it!

    In;
    -a toy I'm hoping to profit from on Ebay.

    Out;
    -the baby! My sister has got her for the weekend :)
    I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick @ss.... and I'm all out of bubblegum.
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