The Great Declutter Part 2

MadamMim2013

So far we've managed to get rid of quite a bit by doing car boots, we've also taken down a partition wall between our boys rooms & it's decluttered the room no end!!;)

Mum_on_a_mission_2

DS (aged 7) has decided we are counting & listing all the recycling & decluttering we are doing through the school holidays - so who am I to argue? :rotfl:

1. 116 childrens books to charity shop
2. 13 past it books to paper recycling
3. 1 large plastic box full of paper to recycling
4. 46 plastic bottles to recycling
5. 13 pieces of wood to recycling
6. 1 bag of torn carriers to recycling
7. 2 green garden recycling bags (full to overflowing) for pickup today

Actually looking at it that way - that's a lot for one morning...right its lunchtime, and then we'll do some more....

Moam, and assistant :wave:

Karmacat

Moam, you've raised a good'un there! Well done to both of you

NualaBuala

Aw, what clever little one you have Moam - you have trained him well!

Today:
IN - [STRIKE]nothing! Ok, the day ain't over yet ... but it's looking good!
[/STRIKE] Tell a lie, I got a pressie of choc from the lovely person who collected the tapes. But I will make it disappear fast so it hardly counts!
OUT - freecycled the last of the hundreds of old VHS tapes I had.

bestpud

And there's more: :j

44. 2 plastic bowls (charity)
45. cutlery tray (charity)
46. cds (charity)
47. tin of buttons (Brownie pack Pending)
48. dvds
49. several cardboard boxes from various household items (recycled)
and
50. various lotions and potions that were lurking in my bedside table

Moam - well done you and your assistant - it's great when they get on board with it, isn't it?

greengoblin

Mum_on_a_mission wrote: »

1. 116 childrens books to charity shop

That's an awesome amount of books, not only to have but to de-clutter when you're 7. Well Done

Today I have compiled a shoe and clothes inventory and worked out how many of each item I should have as a max.
11 pairs of shoes - 7 of those are boots of varying shapes and sizes!

All unnecessary clothes shall be put in the carboot box, the date for which has now been set. 2 friends and I had a meet up down the pub and forged our battle plans for dates, times and de-cluttering tactics (2 weekends time as it happens!)
I also seem to find that I leave things to de-clutter until CB becomes imminent I take more with me, because as i'm packing it away I get all sentimental , whereas the night before i'm like "Carboot tomorrow, into the box you go" panic-rush-panic lol

mineallmine

Hi,

few more bits out, namely 2 books. keep going everyone, there's loads of decluttering going on here.

cyclingyorkie

i've set myself the challenge of filling a charity bag today - it's due for collection tomorrow'

place is looking better - but there's still a long way to go!

mineallmine

Hi cyclingyorkie, I'll join you on that. I have a charity bag to fill too.

oceanspirit

mineallmine - thanks for the tip on getting rid of old clothes when buying new. I won't be throwing anything this time because I had already been through the wardrobe and drawers before going shopping so I knew what I needed and only bought on need rather than impulse wants. I still need undies and a new swimming costume plus smarter warm things for the winter such as a good cardigan and pullover.

Working through my paperwork mountain is slow and there are only 3 more things to add to my total which is now 30. General total is unchanged at 34. So 2 and a bit more days to go and 36 more items to get rid of!