The Great Declutter Part 2

mineallmine

purplevamp wrote: »

:hello: Hi everyone. I haven't been around much recently (well on this thread anyway ) as not much has gone out, and just the usual has come in.

Neighbours are behaving themselves at the moment, but my headaches are still here, so I think I'll have another trip to the doctors as I don't think it is entirely stress headaches.

I've got tomorrow and Thursday off so hoping to do some proper sorting and cleaning. We are seriously thinking of home swapping but I don't want anyone coming round when the place is a tip...and I'll also wait until the schools are back!

Hi pv, this sounds promising and what better motivation to declutter the house. how about making a plan to get the place ready by eg the end of June? :A

cyclingyorkie

12-17 more books
18-20 soft toys just kicking around - they can't possibly be wanted can they?

cyclingyorkie

21 - old swimming costume
22-23 dd2's old school trousers
24 - dd2's PE top

getting there fellow declutterers

in_spired2

A great decluttery weekend for me, as someone took a carbootfull of broken junk (too big/heavy for weekly black bag collection) from my garage to the tip.

cyclingyorkie

also 4 manuals for old computers we no longer have! total 28!

29. one old shirt
30/31. two old DVDs - unwanted pressies never watched!

oceanspirit

Today's activity:

2 things off the paperwork mountain

Broken shredder and blender have gone to the tip along with 2 boxes of packing materials, 2 broken suitcases, 3 dead batteries and 8 old t-shirts to go in the rag bin.

Running totals:

37 paperwork
42 general

Next update tomorrow.

mineallmine

right I'm on a roll to get rid of 150 things this June:

6. dusty old sponge (bin)
7. dusty old floss (bin)
8. recycling bits, loads, will count as 1 (recycling)
9. rubbish bits " " (bin)
10. lee stafford climate control shampoo, washed brushes with it (bin)
11. neals yard moisturiser (bin)
12. old nasal spray (bin)
13. old make up (charity)
14. keyring (charity)
15. clothes packaging (bin)
16. strong bag to use as charity bag (charity)
17. medicine packaging (recycling)
18. squashed tissue box (bin)
19. old disposable camera, out of date (bin)
20. odd door handle (bin)
21. diary (charity)
22. delivery packaging (recycling)
23. old small linen wash bag (charity)

so that's now up to 23 items decluttered, woo hoo. 10 to the bin, not recyclable, and the rest to charity or recycling.

Sue14

I can’t believe what I got rid of today! I had an old sunflower spread tub containing about 8/10 old bottles of nail varnish, (some dating back to the 1970’s would you believe?!) For some unknown reason I have held on to them, although most of them have long since gone manky, lol, and today I finally binned them, yay me, v pleased with myself!

Also got rid of a load of bottles of perfume which I don’t use, some went in the charity box, a couple of unused ones will go in for car boot sale and a couple of others which are really old (70s again, lol!) were binned, although I’ve still kept the one that my best friend bought me when we were kids, I don’t use it, but I like to smell it now and then as it brings back some great memories, and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to part with it!

Also got rid of some old ‘el cheapo’ jewellery (charity box), put some empty bottles, paper, and lots of old greeting cards into recycling, and binned lots of random crap.

Pending: Lots of paperwork to be shredded tomorrow, six boxes and about 4 bin bags of stuff for charity shop being collected on Friday, and two EBay items, one with bids and one awaiting payment, to be sent.

Hugs
Sue.

greent

Gorgeous day here - too hot to do much!

25-29 presents & cards from random stash (as opposed to presents that I've bought for specific people - these are 'just in case' type ones) to the birthday people
30. 3 months worth of corrugated card to recycling point
31. 3 months worth of tetrapaks to recycling point
32. one holey sock
33. one ebay parcel posted today
34. several dried up pens to the bin



IN:
went to legoland yesterday....
various boxes of lego for Xmas presents
lego storage box for DS2
reduced Knight's costume for DS2
small £2.99 lego policeman for DS2
lego figures for DS1


I have 10 items on ebay and a goal to list another 5 by Saturday night. I'm going to try and use as many of my free 99p listings (limit 100/ month) as possible in June. Most things are teeny tiny in volume (eg: some collectable phone cards) but better that they're gone than hanging around, and any money raised is going towards mortgage overpayments.

I also have 180 labels for the NCT sale in July - not sure I have that many things to sell, but I'm going to try my hardest (and ask kids to sort stuff out - if they get rid of toys they get the money if they sell)

Right - need to get my backside moving.... after this lovely cup of tea....

purplevamp

Trying to get back on track!

In

• Post (sorted & recycled)
• Board game (comp win)

Out

• Small pile of paper (recycled)
• 2ft high nettle monster!!!
• Shaving oil sample (legs!!) wouldn’t buy the full size one though!
• Catalogue parcel back (p/o)
• Amazon sale
• EBay sale

Done!

• 1 toy ~ Amazon

Pending

• Waiting for 1 more ebay payment

I’ve been eyeing up a Kenwood Chef, but at over £200 I’m seriously thinking long and hard before I do buy one. My Mum has one but doesn’t use it so I’m trying to get her to “lend” it to me! If not I’ve got to sell loads of things on Amazon and eBay!

Sue14 ~ with old clumpy nail varnish you can add a few drops of nail varnish remover, replace lid and shake really well to mix. It should be a lot smoother!