The (Flylady inspired) Anniversary Declutter Mission

rach

I am going to do clothes and shoes at the weekend. I have quite a lot of clothes I never wear and the ones I do wear hardly fit in the wardrobe, so something must be done! It's ridiculous hanging onto stuff that a) doesn't fit and b) I have no occasion to wear! Shoes I did recently but I bet there are some more that can go...I feel ruthless!

toottifrootti

Toots' List

1st Paper Monday
Anything to do with paperwork
instruction booklets and guarantees
bank stuff
do filing
photos
boxes of cards
kids pictures
books
magazines etc

2nd Cotton Tuesday
ebay leather trousers, [STRIKE]leather jacket[/STRIKE], 2 velvet dresses, navy skirt, brown skirt
[STRIKE] denim leggings to charity bag[/STRIKE]
try on cropped trousers, fat face top, pink skirt, green skirt,
check t-shirts and shorts
mend navy blue cardigan
[STRIKE] quick check of chest of drawers (done recently)[/STRIKE]

3rd Leather Wednesday
Handbag sorting/putting away
polish brown boots
polish black boots
polish black shoes
ebay jane norman belt and brown woven belt
tidy scarves and gloves
ebay navy shoes
ebay cowboy boots

4th Linen Thursday
Linen drawer - tidy
Deal with striped curtains - ebay/ freegle or charity bag
[STRIKE]Navy cushion to charity bag[/STRIKE]

5th Wood Friday
Sorting sheds - this will need a week!!!!
Tidying wood thats for DB - put in bags
2 x Desk drawers sort out

6th Iron Saturday
Cutlery drawers and all those utensils you never use
Dig out bike from shed and clean to give to C
Garden tools/lawnmowers again get them ready for spring - if I can reach them if I havent done the shed!!!!

7th Day of rest! Almost lets pamper Sunday
Sort out your toiletries/make up bag
[STRIKE] Throw away stuff which has been open for a good while, gooey mascara and nail polish.[/STRIKE]
Not long now until you can start using the fake tan and need the sunscreen so your final declutter is a good exfoliate.

havent made a huge headway todat but have shredded another binful - would do more just now but bin needs emptying and I cant see round the back of the house!

have managed to strike off the easy bits of my list and tomorrow's list is a real doddle for me so I will try and do some of the other bits - paper is going to take a while but i have broken it down (babysteps:rotfl:) and will try to get through it that way.

my sitting room is a mess but it will get better by the weekend I hope!!!

toots xx

esmf73

Ok - so my mission for today is garage, garden and porch cupboard. Let me deliver the boys to school and then I can get on with it. The garden shouldn't be too difficult this season! Am not looking forward to the garage as I have been collecting for a jumble sale at the end of the month and have oodles of stuff in there. NOT all mine.

Went out last night to a ladies evening and RESISTED buying handbags and clothes although it was hard. Tonight am out to dinner with another group of ladies - made what has turned out to be a lovely casserole with odds and ends from the freezer. Am really NOT looking forward to doing all the paperwork tomorrow - I can't see the sideboard I use as a desk at the moment :eek:

Then on Saturday I'm taking the children out to a planetarium for the day - will be fun I think.

Dustykitten

Morning all

esmf73 good luck with today's mission!

For me it is bags and shoes. I've done the bags in the kitchen so going to do the ones upstairs and see if I an rehome some bits from the cupboard in our room which becomes the cupboard in DS3 room next week.

Later I'm off to deposit stuff at the scrap store/charity shop/recycling bins.

helen_jelly

1st Paper Monday
Anything to do with paperwork/photos/boxes of cards/kids pictures/books/magazines etc Just the bedroom to do now
[STRIKE]Remeber some paperwork needs to be kept for certain periods of times
[/STRIKE][STRIKE]Shread confidential waste - this can be used in the compost/wormery; for pet bedding or packing up those ebay sales you will be making later in the week.
Please recycle all other paper where possible.[/STRIKE]

2nd Cotton Tuesday
[STRIKE]Clothes - anybody's for charity/rehoming or ebay but not creating piles!
If it has not been worn in a year is it ever likely to be?
Do you have summer/spring clothes stashed away which you could sort out?
Are some of your winter clothes really past their best?
[/STRIKE]Are there items not being worn because they are waiting to be mended/[STRIKE]defuzzed? If so get that done this evening and start wearing them
Anything that needs drycleaning take to the cleaners.
Clothes which cannot be reworn can be bagged and labelled as rags and placed in the supermarket clothing banks or given to charity shops - they still get cash from the rag man.
[/STRIKE]
3rd Leather Wednesday
[STRIKE]Handbag sorting/putting away/rehoming
including camping stuff/sleeping bags/sporting equipment
shoes/boots - do any need reheeling/polishing/waterproofing
Shoe banks for recycling are in lots of supermarket carparks
Sort through belts and accessories.
Have you filled another bag for the charity shop yet?
[/STRIKE]
4th Linen Thursday
Linen and airing cupboards
Towels give them a good sort; Vets often want old towels
[STRIKE]Do not keep stuff just in case.[/STRIKE]
Sort all your bedding, do you need that many spare sets
Piles of spare nets and curtains again do you use them?
Cushions - any lumpy horrid ones to get rid of?
Napkins and Tablecloths you never use.
Again recycle/charity shop/rehome/sell but do not stash.

Quite a bit to be going on with for today - just need to fly downstairs a bit first and then its up to the bedroom to start the list of decluttering

Thank you for this thread - I've managed to get rid of loads of paperwork from downstairs that was cluttering up my mind [cos it was bothering me] but I feel alot better now that most of it is dealt with so THANK YOU

Helen x

hollyh

I'm going to do the list i didn't do yesterday today. I don't have an airing cupboard so all my towels and bedding are in boxes under my bed and i can't have to much or they won't fit so there's nothing to declutter.

Declutter handbag
Polish shoes

Penelope_Penguin

Paper jobs all now done :j Going to start on the linen next :j


1st Paper Monday
[STRIKE]Label 50 photos
Review financial papers - recycle/shred/file[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Pay DS's birthday cheques into the bank
Recycle papers[/STRIKE]

2nd Cotton Tuesday
[STRIKE]Sew name labels into DS's new school trousers[/STRIKE][STRIKE]
Mend my trousers[/STRIKE]
Make progress on my quilting project
Buy new sheet for our bed :j
[STRIKE]Launder the worn out sheet [/STRIKE]and cut the good part of it to size as primer for upholstery project
[STRIKE]
Hand wash DD's new yellow :eek: jeans[/STRIKE]

3rd Leather Wednesday
[STRIKE]Tidy and [/STRIKE]clean shoes in shoe basket
Get DS to polish his school shoes :cool:
[STRIKE]Take a hard look at the shoe store under the stairs [/STRIKE]

4th Linen Thursday
Tidy linen chest in bathroom
Tidy linen in sideboard

5th Wood Friday
Tidying and restock the woodstore
Drop a box of unwanted toys and games with my friend when DD goes to babysit :j

6th Iron Saturday
Cleaning out the car removing all the clutter from the boot and side pockets; remove paint splashes
Empty and clean cutlery drawer
Clean sandwich toaster
Overhaul my bike

7th Day of rest! Almost lets pamper Sunday
With DD, declutter our make up stashes; might be a few swapsies :j

helen_jelly

1st Paper Monday

Done

2nd Cotton Tuesday

Are there items not being worn because they are waiting to be mended/

3rd Leather Wednesday

Done

4th Linen Thursday
Linen and airing cupboards
Towels give them a good sort; Vets often want old towels
Do not keep stuff just in case.
Sort all your bedding, do you need that many spare sets
Piles of spare nets and curtains again do you use them?
Cushions - any lumpy horrid ones to get rid of?
Napkins and Tablecloths you never use.
Again recycle/charity shop/rehome/sell but do not stash.

I have filed everything - absolutely everything - go me

Helen x

Dustykitten

HelenJelly - you have done so well - star declutter so far!

I've done my shoes/bags/accessories. I don't have loads of these so not a huge job but a few more put in the car boot box.

I need to do some flying next but first some cyber decluttering (emails).

Plan to do some ironing/sewing later as today's tasks were quick ones.

I really want one of those defuzzers, just need to check finances first, Scots of Stow are on Quidco if anybody else was tempted.

PenPen - I know we can't have a new thread next week but I guess there is no problem with us continuing to use this one if some of us want to do it all over again next week?

helen_jelly

This thread was exactly timed right for me and once I'd joined it I couldn't face letting myself down by not doing it, off to do the linen stuff now, see's ya all later

Helen x

ETA I have done the linen - I have 4 large bin bags of curtains and sheets that are going to go to the school when they next have their "bags to school" day - you take in bags of old clothes, sheets etc that are collected, weighed and the school get paid per tonne of donated material and I have 2 large bin bags of towels and blankets that are going to a Vets. I haven't created much room as I still have stuff but what I have can be seen and got to! So I'm grateful for that. I now have to do some flying before everyone gets home in a couple of hours

Helen x