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The Great Declutter Part 2

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  • Kaz2904
    Kaz2904 Posts: 5,797 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    We finally had the bin men round on Friday. They've not been for ages. I had all of my recycling sorted and ready to put in the car but saw the recycling lorry so I just took the plastic bottles and the cardboard. I put out the tins, glass and clothing (6 black sacks worth). I got home from work yesterday morning and they've not flaming well taken it. And it's been raining since then. How cheesed off am I? Now I have to bring in wet rubbish that was nice and dry that I was all prepared to cram into the car but left because it was easier for them to take.
    GRRRRRRR!
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  • cornishlady
    cornishlady Posts: 1,446 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    lola34 wrote: »
    Haven't been on for a few days:

    IN

    Money box for saving loose change
    Few bargains from the CS £1 each
    Top for me from Primark
    New make up bag from Accessorise sale - only £3.40 instead of £12:D

    OUT

    1 school shirt DS left lid off pen:o
    Few Ebay parcels
    3 Charity bags - all full up
    Broken shredder

    Also tidied out the table in the lounge- has a storage compartment that gets full very quickly:o

    hi i've just come across this thread &am well aware that i need a major declutter,but awhile back when my shredder broke i threw away the top shredding bit but kept the base and use it to keep cleaning stuff in to carry around the house eg polish bathroom cleaner mr muscle etc hope this idea might help some of you
  • kalojac
    kalojac Posts: 423 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Morning All

    A while since my last post.

    IN (yesterday)
    • Food shopping
    • 2 new toys for the 3 boys (xmas/birthday money)
    • New jumper for DH
    Out (today)
    • Broken hoover
    • 2 bags of junk from Airing Cupboard (hopefully more, still working on it)
    • 3 bags of stuff ready for free listing day on ebay.
    • 1 bag of shredding

    Thanks for your hints/tips, Kalojac x
  • Sequeena
    Sequeena Posts: 4,728 Forumite
    In
    7 packets of walkers sensations (big bags) all for 30p :D My OH works as a duty manager in Morrisons and the bags were in the canteen (just gone out of date but still good)
    2 packs of pasties (reduced)
    Chocolate cherry brownie thing (reduced)
    :money:

    Out
    Bag of rubbish
    Wife and mother :j
    Grocery budget
    April week 1 - £42.78 | week 2 - £53.05
    24lbs in 12 weeks 15/24
  • nickynoo08
    nickynoo08 Posts: 1,860 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Room for one more?
    I've been trying to declutter since we took xmas decs down and its all getting a bit much now. I dont seem to be getting anywhere, even though i'm getting rid of mountains of stuff:rolleyes: My aim is to have all my decluttering done by end of March, i'm due my second bubs in April so would be nice to have it all done before then.

    Right over the last 2 weeks i've.......

    IN
    • Xmas bargains, presents, cards etc now stashed under my bed
    • food shopping
    • clothes for ds(3) and new bubs
    • baby toiletries - all stored away and were either free or v cheap
    OUT
    • 8 black bags of rubbish, broken toys, bits of nothing i seem to have everywhere:confused:, old shelves totally wrecked
    • a mountain of recycling, xmas paper, packaging for toys:mad: - why so much!!!
    • charity x2 bags of clothes, toys, usable furniture
    It's official my bin men hate me:rotfl:and they'll hate me even more next week:o

    next week i plan to tackle the dining room as we're getting a new storage unit to replace the wrecked one. Hopefully once we have that our dining room will look a million times better, proving we dont fill it with clutter again:o, and if i have the energy i want to tackle my wardrobe too. I attempted this a while ago but i wasnt ruthless enough and now i've had enough. Might be because i'm preggers and cant fit in to most of my clothes but there really is no need for the amount of jeans and t-shirts i have:rolleyes:.
    £387.39/£196.46
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  • rubbish being collected again tomorrow:beer::beer: - must spend today chucking more c**p out! At the end of the month we go back to fortnightly collections - so must make the most of the weather induced change in council policy!
    :jFlylady and proud of it:j
  • Hi everyone

    Eventually got to the charity shop on Friday with four HUGE bags, where does it all come from?
  • MsRed1
    MsRed1 Posts: 324 Forumite
    IN
    Sunday papers

    OUT
    Orange recycle bag
    I went away and now I'm back.:j:j
  • debidoodle & loopychriss - thanks so much for washing-machine tips. It's made me feel that all is not lost ... I'll check the filter first (not sure where it is, but have the instruction manual for machine so hopefully I can find it) then if no luck will call up a washing machine person - got a couple of numbers from friends yesterday for recommended repair men.

    I had planned some decluttering today but still haven't got to the bottom of the tidying... will press on & "report back" later...
    Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
    William Morris

  • artydoll
    artydoll Posts: 2,084 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 17 January 2010 at 3:40PM
    IN...
    new slippers for OH ,postman,yes Sunday delivery,they are clearing their backlog
    large bag of dk wool for my granny square crochet,postman

    OUT
    pr trouser of OH,s with hole in the knee chucked in bin before he notices ,or he,ll say I ,ll wear them in the garden,but he wont.

    PENDING
    Duuuum car if it wont work tomorrow
    waiting for my DS to have a look before we chuck it,lol
    Earnings £245 in 2014:T thanks to swagbucks
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