The Great Declutter Part 3 - 2011

cutiepieabf

Hey all,

Well, i still havent managed to put all the bits on ebay but in my defence i am waiting until saturday night as the auctions run for 7 days and sat/sun night is the busiest time on ebay. i find that when auctions end at this time they always go for something.
I have also listed the computer desk on freecycle so hopefully will be rid of that this week, and work have a room (literally) full of bits of computers that i have also put on freecycle.
GC is going well. i have a menu plan to use up all my stocks before i do a shop, so the kitchen is slowly looking less cluttered.
thats about all to report so far.

Well done everyone with their challenges.

One man's loss is another man's gain - let's hope we're all the losers!!

mfwin2019

3 boxes of baby clothes sold & collected today, must get on & list some more(10+ boxes & old toys & books!) then I can reclaim coat & shoe cupboard for coats & shoes - what a novelty that will be but it would declutter the hall where said items are currently languishing.

Will do some more shredding in a minute that will clear a small corner of the study - little & often definitely working for me

LadyMoney

Hi all

Anyone mind if I join in? I've just decluttered a small bedside table to my local Charity shop that has recently opened; they were delighted!

Onwards and upwards. Now if only I can get on with the shredding (think boxes in the garage full of stuff) - perhaps lunch first me thinks.

Ta ra

Kaz2904

Ironing done, all washing put away. Me >>>>>
I have put 6 items of clothing in the recycling bin. 6 bits of miscellaneous carp from my bedroom gone .
I have 5 items ironed and next to me awaiting photographing for ebay listing and 1 in the washing machine which I will hopefully list later.
I just need to figure out which evening to list on so that the items finish on Saturday/ Sunday evening. Do they still do 10 day listings? Off to have a little look see. I think I've worked it out as Thursday evening for Sunday so if I list stuff tonight then it would end on Friday evening. Would that work do you think? What soaps are on at what times on Friday? I'm working on Thursday night so I won't be able to list then hmm, decisions!

Mumof2_2

Here's today's update - I hit the dreaded top of the wardrobe (been putting it off for [STRIKE]years[/STRIKE] a few weeks ). The nursery, charity shop and recycling are all pending but everything is ready to go:-

2 jigsaws - to nursery
dot to dot book to CS
8 bibs to CS
blue dressing gown to CS
cot mobile to CS
pair of DS socks to CS
school skirt of DD's to recycling (big paint stain I can't get rid of)
very old dressing gown to recycling
scarf to recycling (old and battered)
3 pairs of very old shoes to recycling (sob sob - used to be DD's who is now 8 and she had them when she was very ickle )
8 bar towels to recycling
cardboard to recycling
paper to recycling
6 outgrown disposable (new!) nappies to bin
broken mirror to bin
broken toy to bin


... and breathe!

phizzimum

had a sort through a box of bits and bobs brought home from my late grandma's flat. it's lovely to have her photo albums, as my parents never took many photos. put the papers, documents, newpaper clippings, ration books etc with the box of my old school stuff I found the other week. some copies of birth/marriage/death certs that I'd got from DH's family went in there too.

still have several of Grandma's jewellery boxes and contents to dispose of...my sister wants to keep them, but she doesn't have room in her flat so I feel obliged to keep them. we've both already taken out any bits we would like to wear or keep for sentimental reasons. so I guess I'll have to talk to my sister about this again. also a box of slides and negatives, no idea what to do with them so the box went back on the shelf i'm afraid!

cutiepieabf

Kaz2904 wrote: »

Ironing done, all washing put away. Me >>>>>
I have put 6 items of clothing in the recycling bin. 6 bits of miscellaneous carp from my bedroom gone .
I have 5 items ironed and next to me awaiting photographing for ebay listing and 1 in the washing machine which I will hopefully list later.
I just need to figure out which evening to list on so that the items finish on Saturday/ Sunday evening. Do they still do 10 day listings? Off to have a little look see. I think I've worked it out as Thursday evening for Sunday so if I list stuff tonight then it would end on Friday evening. Would that work do you think? What soaps are on at what times on Friday? I'm working on Thursday night so I won't be able to list then hmm, decisions!

Thank you for this - i just checked and you can choose either 1, 3, 5, 7 or 10 days. I never realised this! I thought it was standard 7 days for an auction!! Damn. Now i have no excuse not to put them on before the weekend....
I think Sun night is the busiest time for ebay with most users online at that time, so i try and get them to either end sat or sun night. Good luck with yours!!

ellen75

Hi Phizzimum,
can understand totally how your feeling about jewellery, i lost my Mum ten weeks ago and have inherited her jewellery along with other things and its this that spurred me on to declutter, as in, i dont have the room to keep the important things without letting go of the rest. there is pieces of costume jewellery that didnt belong to her but various other relatives (which i am thinking of selling on a second hand stall) plus broken bits of gold that i have already cashed in and used the money (£200 voucher) to buy a nice bracelet and repair some broken pieces with memories.
Have started today with the 100 in 10 days so far its 4 bags of rubbish from the bathroom cupboard, kids rooms and kitchen.
(Mum will be smiling, always hated my cluttered house:))

Tete_en_l'Air

Yorkielass wrote: »

If you need to prove your address/ID for anything you will need a recent bill or bank statement - bizarrely they won't take print outs of online bank statements but will sometimes ask you to fax them a copy of one you got in the post - very odd. So I'd get them for one account at least - even if it's just one little savings acccount that only produces one page a month. With online making things cheaper with things like electricity if the bank will send me them for free I'm keeping them for now.

Ahhh, yes - didn't think of that, thank you. I think I'll whittle them down to the last 12 months then operate a one-in-one-out policy thus in theory only ever having the last 12 months' statements! We'll see how long that lasts!

boultdj

IN
Post-junk mail
Post - check from a survey:)

OUT
Post - recycled
Tin of paint - used up - done ceiling's
Bin been emptyed - ready to fill up again:D
A bottle of pimm's that I finished last night - only took 3 year's - last xmas pressie that Mum bought me.

Pending
Check to pay in bank