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The Great Declutter Part 2

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  • Sue14
    Sue14 Posts: 989 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    Not much gone, apart from usual recycling, but I have got 88 items listed on Ebay so hopefully some of that will go next week, and I have 2 Ebay parcels to post later in the week, when I get a chance to go to the post office.
    Weight loss challenge 2/10lbs


  • hollyh
    hollyh Posts: 5,474 Forumite
    I'm up for it mineallmine, although i should really be concentrating on the decorating i'll give it a go.
  • Im up for it - really busy this weekend, and the rest of the family have covered all the surfaces again :-(

    Time to stop procrastinating and get on with it - will report in later..
  • Was too busy over the weekend to get anything done but got a massive list for this week:

    Defrost Freezers Tues/Wed - using up all the food we can.
    DH is to put extractor and splashback up - cardboard in the recycling
    Clear Coffee Table in front room - shred/recycle/file
    Go through spare room - clear rubbish, put pictures up, file charity stuff
    Generally clean through the house and get rid of rubbish
    Mortgage Free x 1 03.11.2012 - House rented out Feb 2016
    Mortgage No 2: £82, 595.61 (31.08.2019)
    OP's to Date £8500

    Renovation Fund:£511.39;
    Nectar Points Balance: approx £30 (31.08.2019)
  • Yorkielass
    Yorkielass Posts: 2,235 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Since I last posted I've:

    Sold the following:
    1 candle (unwanted gift)
    All my random nail varnishes - about 15
    Some Cath Kidston hand stuff I got as a present and haven't used
    2 sets of bedding I bought uber cheap to make something out of and haven't got that far
    an old wooden shelving unit.

    So quite a bit out and £23 in - £45 in total from my latest push now.

    Keeping up with rubbish recycling too.

    20 lots posted on ebay over the weekend, 7 have bidders already.

    In shoes for OH and I. The pair OH has replaced have already gone and mine will be this week. Also a few new bits of clothes for me, but some of the ebay bits are clothes so don't feel too bad.
    Initial Mortgage January 2024 - £160,000
    Initial Mortgage free date - January 2058
    Mortgage as of 1st February 2024 - £159,134.98
    Overpayments to date - £79.62
    Current Mortgage free date - January 2058
  • Sequeena
    Sequeena Posts: 4,728 Forumite
    In

    - New trainers for OH
    - Cat toys
    - 2kg sack of white potatoes only 99p from the greengrocer :j
    - Other bits of food I needed to get
    - 2 free pregnancy tests that came through the post this morning :j

    Out

    - Nothing yet
    Wife and mother :j
    Grocery budget
    April week 1 - £42.78 | week 2 - £53.05
    24lbs in 12 weeks 15/24
  • Ok, so get rid of 100 things by this Friday - here goes:
    1.2. Shampoos (to a friend)


    It's a tiny start! More to follow.
    :) 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
  • Vaila
    Vaila Posts: 6,301 Forumite
    over the weekend one of the bedrooms has been made over this resulted in
    -giving one bin bag full of stuff to charity shop
    -two bin bags full of clothes and shoes to the homeless
    -one bin bag full of junk for the bin

    also finally framed and put up some lace in the hall :)
  • Kaz2904
    Kaz2904 Posts: 5,797 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Sequeena, hugs for you :(
    Gorgeous puddy though :)

    Drum roll please............. I have finished tiling my kitchen which I started about 18 months ago when I got utterly fed up of waiting for DH to do it. I shall grout it on Wednesday after I've collected the kids from school.
    I did the estate agent tour around the "finished" rooms in our house (the ones DH plastered and painted and left 1/2 done!) and made myself a list. It is 2 A4 pages long and I'm going to get it done by hook or by crook :D
    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.
  • Sequeena
    Sequeena Posts: 4,728 Forumite
    Thanks Kaz and well done :D

    Today I'm attempting to sort downstairs. This is going to be fun :eek:
    Wife and mother :j
    Grocery budget
    April week 1 - £42.78 | week 2 - £53.05
    24lbs in 12 weeks 15/24
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