The Great Declutter Part 3 - 2011

Enlightenment

Evening, 1/2 bedroom done, polished and hoovered, moved furniture too and have more room now... but now I have a huge pile of washing (drawers are empty and cleaned as well) as I'm washing everything, sorting for CS then putting it all back in order so I can find everything. Tomorrow; wardrobe and other half of the room to do and last cupboard in hallway.

Then it's just a case of taking the bags to CS, rest of rubbish out, Ebay and sell a few things and keep it like it.

One good thing about being broke and any extra money going to debts is that we can't buy anything and add to the clutter, so we can really see the difference

butterflylady131

Hi,
I would like to ask a bit of a daft question, if I may?
How long does everyone keep their paperwork for? I have loads of old payslips/bills etc, can I shred them if they're more than 6 years old, or do I have to keep them?
Would help enormously to get rid of them. There's only so much paperwork you can keep in a 2 bed end terrace!

Thanks

Jane

Becky_2

butterflylady131 wrote: »

Hi,
I would like to ask a bit of a daft question, if I may?
How long does everyone keep their paperwork for? I have loads of old payslips/bills etc, can I shred them if they're more than 6 years old, or do I have to keep them?
Would help enormously to get rid of them. There's only so much paperwork you can keep in a 2 bed end terrace!

Thanks

Jane

Jane, that's a good question. I have thought about asking the same.

I would also be grateful to hear other peoples opinions.

Here are mine: I have shredded my credit card bills today up to January 2009. Utitlity bills I have only kept the ones for my current address and I have also kept the final bill only from my previous address. Payslips, these are next on my list to be shredded. I have had a lot of different jobs over the last 10 years so I think I will only keep my payslips for the last 2 years and also the payslips where I paid into the company's pension scheme.

auntymabel

Caty wrote: »

Try washing it with bicarbonate of soda instead of washing powder and white vinegar instead of fabric softener. Might do the job. If that fails, try soaking it in bleach overnight.

If the bicarb doesn't work and you don't want to use bleach try lemon juice. Also good for rust marks.

NicNocs

Dear Skint

I keep meaning to ask about the info in your signature....can you let us in on how you've managed to clear over £26,000 worth of your £30,000 debt in 7 months.....that is SOOOOO impressive!

thanks

cat04

My new washer was due for delivery between 7am and 7pm yesterday.....and it didn't turn up. Mad is not the word, I was actually getting excited about doing loads of washing grrr. I've emailed and Monday morning will be ringing them up for a bit of a moan. Cleared a bit of the massive pile by doing a bit of hand washing and got a small load done at OH's Nanna's during dinner today. At least we've saved on water and electric not having the washer and dryer on lol.
I've been through the basket of allsorts/junk on the kitchen side today as well as the bigger papers etc propped up against the wall next to it. Recycled a fair few bits and returned/filed things in the correct places. Got rid of a few teacher gifts this week too. Got 2 ebay parcels posted yesterday and will have the last 2 to do on Monday.
I've written a list of all tasks I need to get done over the hols, both decluttering and other things like school shoes/uniform, packing for holiday etc. Spoke to the ex yesterday and as well as having them from Monday to Thursday this week he would like to have the girls during the last week of the hols, plus they're going to my parents for most of the 5th week of the hols. Should be able to get loads done in that time, including decorating the spare room finally!! I feel really positive about getting lots done over the next 6 weeks

silvasava

Becky2 - Make sure you keep ALL your P60's. I keep payslips for about 2 years & then shred but you must keep your P60's for at least 7 years.

Callisto

I didn't have much time for decluttering last week and it will be the same again this week as I have various appointments and I'm helping my sister. OH's Mum is staying this weekend in the spare room, so there was much stacking of boxes against the walls yesterday, in order to get a clear path to the bed! At least this means OH has sorted out the mountain of clothes he dumped in there a few weeks back, that I was purposely ignoring!

In

Two pairs of glasses

Three books

Bag of stuff from sister to list on Ebay

Out

Dress and tub of moisturiser given to Mum

Cleared a shelf in the kitchen and recycled several leaflets/brochures from days out

Pending Out

Four tops into charity bag

Three items sold on Ebay

lola34

Well we started again yesterday by doing a car boot, DS's wanted to do one but it was a bit poor and we only did about £45 between the 3 of us but never mind, the car was a bit emptier on the way back and have found another car boot near us that has a special offer on, only £2 to sell over the summer so might be worth a try, and at least I got rid of 'big' things like the hamster cage and kids tents etc. After decluttering constantly for the past year I did struggle slightly to find stuff but the car was full.

In:
nothing

Out:
Car boot stuff sold
Old magazines and catalogues- recycling

Pending:
Ebay parcel

minuettoallegretto

Decluttered DS1 (14) to Army Cadet Camp yesterday - then I cautiously ventured in to his room. End result, I'm spending today washing every bit of clothing I can find, then I'll be having a big sort-out - 2 of his cupboards have got my stuff in so not quite as bad as it sounds! In between I'll be decluttering myself and the smaller ones (3 & 5) to the seaside for a couple of days:rotfl: