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The Great Declutter Part 2

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  • plimsoll
    plimsoll Posts: 153 Forumite
    IN
    post (overdue Choc Tasting Club bill, oops but sadly not my fluffy -nonMSE- post from Wee Notions yet)
    online Tesco shop mostly food, some cleaning & general crafty bits plus some bits for toilet training prizes
    bits from Sainsburys - cheese topped rolls, fruit n veg, nice pesto from reduced section (well hopefully lol went in freezer as DD opted for the "have with uncle" option rather than her & her brother trying lol), few more "prizes", Thomas DVDs (either prizes or stocking)

    {forgot to get eggs in either, oops!!!}
    kids art etc
    bag clothes for DD - some already too small so pending out once sorted

    OUT
    bag rubbish (& another pending small bags get full too quick lol)
    old kids backpack (actually couple days ago but forgot to put lol saw in wheelie)
    couple tins n bits paper & card to recycling bin
    more dandelion flowers from garden gone
    couple bags of stuff prev pending for friends gone
    old breast pump (yesterday but forgot to put lol) - found new owner :)
    tshirt - neck too small for DS - to nursery for their spares

    PENDING
    few bits hopefully back to Tesco (some unwanted subs which should def be ok, some didn't get full amount to get multi-purchase offer so hoping will be ok to go back)

    DONE
    2x washing
    2x washing up

    planning swimming with DD tomorrow & DS best friend either here with his mum or us to his so not sure what will get done but hopefully bit more than today lol
  • cyclingyorkie
    cyclingyorkie Posts: 4,234 Forumite
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    charity bag collected on Tuesday saw a few more bits go - mostly books and the like. They didn't pick it up until gone 5pm - I was getting very nervous that someone would go and have a root through it!
    :jFlylady and proud of it:j
  • Millie2008_2
    Millie2008_2 Posts: 1,584 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Done the last couple of days
    Out- some craft stuff to friend's daughter
    Sorted- the basket in the bedroom, where OH deposits "stuff" out of his suit pockets. Mostly now binned!

    Pending to do today (when I can manage to get off my bottom!!)
    - looksee in garage to see if there is anything sellable for upcoming table top sale
    - coat to be posted to my friend
    - erm, will get back to you once I have got off my bottom and walked the hound.
  • roxy7699
    roxy7699 Posts: 1,067 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Yesterday I bought in a huge bag of much needed clothes for my DD managed to get a bag of too small clothing out to charity.
  • mineallmine
    mineallmine Posts: 3,053 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by mineallmine viewpost.gif
    So 50 things to go today:
    1. pc bits (freecycle)
    2. pretty sweet tin (charity)
    3. t shirt (charity)
    4. novel (charity)
    5.6.7. library books to return (library)... mmm although some may be coming back...
    8. t bag box, t bags now sitting in their tin (recycled)
    9. bits of rubbish (bin)
    10. bits of recycling (recycled)
    11.12. Books (charity)

    13. Easter raffle prize (charity)
    14. CD (charity)
    15. body lotion (charity)
    16.17. old tins (charity)
    18. sachet of face scrub used and packaging not recyclable so sadly..(bin)
    19. library book, another one to return (library)

    So that's 19/50 achieved. Not bad. Gonna have a quick hunt around for more stuff thats in the way.
    :j
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    Quick update didn't sort anything else other than those 19 items. Still pleased. Off to update my sig.

    How#s everyone else getting on? :j
    :) 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
  • Megs_mum_2
    Megs_mum_2 Posts: 129 Forumite
    Hi All - More of a mental declutter today. Spent most of the time setting up a new broadband and wifi network - grrrr - just teetering on the edge of my understanding! (And discovering what a lot of dust there is on the "office" floor behind the computer and among all the cable spagetti). All sorted now except the printer which is sulking and wont work at all!
    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
  • Sue14
    Sue14 Posts: 988 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    Didn't have time to do much today but:-

    Out: Lots of small items of tat, which had me wondering why the heck I'd kept them, lol, were binned, more paper including newspapers and magazines to recycling, my dad's clean washing taken back to him, dead flowers put in garden waste bin, cardboard packaging to recycling, 3 lots of talc to charity, a couple more items to Freecycle, also a saucepan and 2 baking trays given to my dad.

    In: More of my dad's dirty washing, and a letter that was for someone who doesn't live here, which will go back in the post tomorrow.

    Hugs
    Sue.
    Weight loss challenge 2/10lbs


  • MsHalffull
    MsHalffull Posts: 450 Forumite
    IN
    2 X Books for DS
    DVD for DS
    Book for me
    Craft kit - gift stash
    Keyring - CS
    OUT
    Book - friend
    Bag of garden rubbish - bin
    Broken chair back - bin
    In & Straight out
    Bargain water filter jug & spare filters from Lidl for work

    I've also left a broken go-cart outside near the bins - neighbour suggested that it might get picked up for scrap metal - fingers crossed...
    Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
    William Morris

  • purplevamp
    purplevamp Posts: 10,684 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Everyone's been doing great over the last few days :T It makes you wonder where it all keeps coming from?! :cool: My problem is that I find things I don't want.need anymore, put them to one side to either ebay or carboot, but then they stay there for weeks/months/even years!! :o


    In
    • Post (sorted & recycled)
    Out
    • Instant tea ~ 2 years OOD, rock hard (bin, jar recycled)
    • Small broken toys (bin)
    • Old broken optic (bin)
    • Book without cover (recycled)
    • Old activity books (recycled)
    Done!
    • Sorted out some of my understairs cupboard, and mainly just reorganised the front part. Found some bits for eBay and Amazon, which I will list when I get round to it!!
    • Used up some mango chutney in our dinner tonight. It wasn’t off but had been in the fridge for a few weeks, since our last take-away. Worked out quite nice really!
    Had a phonecall from a lady at BBC MotD mag ~ My DS2 had entered a comp and won a tv, dvd, mp3 and some bedding!!! So that’ll all be on my “in” list soon!
    Mortgage: Was: £154,495 Oct 2039 Now: £82,340.34 May 2037
    Swagbucks ~ £130 (2024 ~ £395)
    Surveys ~ £146.14 (2024 ~ £280.14)
    Make £2025 in 2025 #5 ~ £964.62 ~ (2024 ~ £2,561.04)
  • plimsoll
    plimsoll Posts: 153 Forumite
    how lovely purplevamp!!

    IN
    post (inc my lovely fluffy Wee Notions wraps!!)
    local free paper

    OUT
    small bag rubbish (kitchen/house etc)
    small bag rubbish picked up from front garden (still more but need to borrow a grabber lol) plus strimmed 2/3rd front "lawn" & raked it all so more into brown wheelie

    DONE
    front garden as above plus 2x washing & a load washing up

    PENDING
    rubbish wheelie & garden waste wheelie both due out in morning
    old cheapo vacuum got taker on freegle, waiting for them to get back to me when convenient to collect
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