The Great Declutter Part 3 - 2011

nikki1986

Cat that made me smile- enjoy your trip to the tip too

I've been decluttering since about 11 when I finally got my lazy bum out of bed I've filled up the wheelie bin so not sure how much more I can do for now! Does anyone else get a bit excited when the bin gets emptied so more chucking of stuff can be done, or is that just me?!

Skint_but_Optimistic

Eeh what a day, spent three hours at the other house, cleaning and getting ready to decorate and scrubbing plaster off tiles. Got rid of a bailiff looking for the ex husband, lovely. Two ikea bags to the charity shop and 7 lots listed on ebay. FIVE loads of washing done, dried and ironed... call this a day off? Treating ourselves to pizza tonight, I shall continue decluttering, starting with the wine...

Mingle

Hello!

I've decluttered my car so a load of old receipts out. The flat however is still a state and i've just lost my momentum. I have one big out though- a pile of books and fleecy blankets have gone to the new place for next year. Tonight i'm going to hopefully have a blitz and a tidy.

I've had a few IN's though, such as my graze boxes- i thought it would be good for exams and a pretty polka dot belt- i'm thinking that maybe updating accessories will stop me buying clothes? Here's hoping!

Mingle

I've got a bin bag full of rubbish and i'm not sure where from! I know i've thrown away a pair of boots where the material was coming off and couldn't be repaired and a faux leather jacket which was 1- too big and 2- ripped under the armpits, so that's gone. Some paper work is in there too as well as an old foil blanket. I've also packed up my DVD's for the move as well as packed some shoes into a bag. Good progress I think

Sue14

Yesterday I posted another 7 ebay items, so another 6 jiffy bags and some parcel wrapping paper also gone, and I've got another 3 items waiting for payment. I will be listing on ebay again for most of the weekend, but will try to get a bit more sorted in between, and OH may take some bits to the CS tomorrow.

I got a sewing machine from freecycle earlier in the week, so I will be able to finish making the cushions I started about 3-4 years ago, before my old sewing machine conked out on me, and that will get rid of a huge bag of filling (which I've saved from old pillows), as well as the material for the cushions.

Kaz2904

I have finished making DD's dress now so that's another WIP done and dusted. It only took me from yesterday evening and I even managed to get the bedding all washed today too.
We *may* have a little In/Out/In/Out. I was at the machine earlier and said hello to my puss cat as I saw her out of the corner of my eye. Then she meowed and I turned because she sounded odd. She wasn't her! She was a different puddy cat! S/He is only young, I'm guessing about 6-8 months. Still at that big head and ears stage. S/He went upstairs and I didn't notice if S/He came back downstairs. I was just telling DH about it when S/He came into the room from upstairs. S/He then ran upstairs again and hid under DS's bed.
We'll see if the family decides to extend itself.

Sue14

Kaz2904 wrote: »

We *may* have a little In/Out/In/Out. I was at the machine earlier and said hello to my puss cat as I saw her out of the corner of my eye. Then she meowed and I turned because she sounded odd. She wasn't her! She was a different puddy cat! S/He is only young, I'm guessing about 6-8 months. Still at that big head and ears stage. S/He went upstairs and I didn't notice if S/He came back downstairs. I was just telling DH about it when S/He came into the room from upstairs. S/He then ran upstairs again and hid under DS's bed.
We'll see if the family decides to extend itself.

That's how my MIL got her last 3 cats, they just moved in. lol, and she now has a stray which she feeds, and it sleeps in a box on her front doorstep (OH calls it the cat's bungalow, lol!), as it's too nervous to come into the house. The cat we have now was abandoned on the other side of our garden fence when she was a kitten, so we took her in, and we also have another one which comes into our garden and eats any food that our one leaves, so it saves wasting it.

So far today I have got 59 items listed on ebay, and this evening I will be re-listing the 71 items which didn't sell last time. I've also done 4 loads of washing, which are all out on the washing line, took a pile of clean washing upstairs and put it away, and OH took all our recycling to the recycling centre this morning.

cat04

Had a bit of a lazy day today due to a disturbed night and then feeling as sick as a dog this afternoon. Managed to get 17 items listed on ebay tonight, including some my mum has passed on to me to sell. I've got some more to list tomorrow so hopefully they'll be a few outs next week, plus some packaging out and best of all, some pennies in

Managed to finally finish cutting the hedge at the front yesterday afternoon just as the garden waste bin lorry came so it's nice and empty again!

lola34

Morning all

Was up in the loft yesterday so have filled another 2 CB ready for tomorrow -neighbours must wonder where it all comes from sometimes.
Recycled some old boxes and binned a big plastic tub that OH brought in ages ago- DS's were using it for wrestling figures but then it was cluttering up their room, they've got that much stuff they won't miss it.
Need to get one a do a load of listing on Ebay - I was all ready for last week but my internet was down all day so will start about 9ish.
Just off for my 3rd cup of coffee- have a great day everyone.

Callisto

14 items listed and 18 relisted on Ebay today. I've added a dress and a copperfoil picture kit into the charity bag, this will be taken to the shop on Tuesday, along with one Ebay parcel that needs posting.