The Great Declutter Part 3 - 2011

Mumof2_2

Not done much today at all but have listed about 8 books on Netmums for sale.

OUT:
2 more books to go to CS

dragonlily

I finally got started today. I have been extremely ruthless and cleared my whole wardrobe and have a car full ready to take to the charity shop on Monday.

I am not bothering selling much on ebay from my clothes but do have a few older radley bags and a stunning brand new pair of Hobbs shoes (you know the moment love them so much, you ignore the fact in the shop that they just don't really fit!), which I will list.

xx

charlie-chan

I have taken one bag of books to the charity shop today.

tattycath

73/100

4 bags clothes-charity
2 bags of broken toys/rubbish - bin
1 empty box-recycle
handful of newspapers-recycle
2 catalogues-recycle
1 old battered wok-bin
1 dead bunch of flowers - bin

85/100

mineallmine

whitewing wrote: »

Got rid of a set of shelves
All the tools, paint etc has gone into a spare cupboard in the kitchen
Understair cupboard now just has the things we need for self employment in
Also got a carrier bag of stuff to give to some children we know
Got rid of some old biscuit tins - the sort that will come in handy some day!

DH and I started to get a bit snappy with each other so we're calling it a day. He has just whizzed round with the vac so it feels like we've achieved something now - it didn't before.

Have a bit more to do in the morning so hoping to get rid of a filing cabinet.

I need some better storage really but I can't decide how best to organise it. Still we can see the floor again so am pleased about that.

Brill stuff on all your hard work. It is hard going but a sorted understairs cupboard alone is worth it

mineallmine

Juli wrote: »

Hi, Can I join in? I really need a mammoth declutter. The tell-tale signs are every time we can't find something - which happened this afternoon - I realise how much Stuff there is! Plus whenever anyone comes to stay I spend the evenings of the previous week clearing stuff out the spare bedroom to make room for them.

Welcome aboard. I'd need a year to prepare for someone to stay :rotfl:

Decluttering 50 things this weekend.
1-8 - mammoth amount of takeaway menus/brochures and gumpth (recycling)
9. rubbish bits (bin)

Hoping to target using up some more toiletries stash this weekend too. :A

MoneyQueen

I have sorted half of the kitchen today.All the food cupboards and cleaning cupboard are done. Binned and recycled quite a lot of things. I have to do fridge/ freezer/ dishes/ pans drawers tomorrow though as I am going out tomorrow, they may have to wait till next weekend.
It's such a nice feeling to know where everything is in the kitchen!!

Happy decluttering

MQ

2boysmum

Thought I had made an impression on DH when I came home from work and he said he had filled a black bag from the bedroom for the CS, looking in the bag there is a huge parka coat and a couple of t-shirts, coat takes up biggest part of the bag! Oh well, at least he tried! Need to do it myself when he's not in to see what I'm binning as everytime I try to get rid of something he says keep that it might come in handy1

dragonlily

Well done everybody! We are all doing so well :j

I have sorted half of the kitchen today.All the food cupboards and cleaning cupboard are done. Binned and recycled quite a lot of things. I have to do fridge/ freezer/ dishes/ pans drawers tomorrow though as I am going out tomorrow, they may have to wait till next weekend.
It's such a nice feeling to know where everything is in the kitchen!!

I so need to get on with the food cupboards. Still I have spent the last couple of weeks buying the bare minimum to run them down; so virtually nothing left in the fridge or freezer now. The food cupboard is just half full now; big improvement, at christmas I was nervous of opening it as so much was crammed in. I want to clean them, before getting a shop in.

I got some stuff on ebay too, hooray!

I wanted to do the count but given the sheer quantity of stuff I have cleared and the fact I have put it in the car I can't do it now. I think I will start with the count today and see what else I can clear.

I might go shopping later, I need a couple of new things for work. I did find an old monsoon top and they do that £10 off an item £50 or over if you take an old item back. LOL probably not very MSE or declutter friendly looking to spend your ebay sales money on new stuff LOL!

x

minuettoallegretto

I've been lurking for a while now, and have found everyone really inspiring - thank you!
I had to share a funny thing from the last week. The decluttering has been going so well that my wheelie bin was full - but I needed to put more in. (Closed bin policy round here). So out comes the kitchen chair, and into the bin I climb to trample it all down - just as the workmen fitting next door's new windows come out for their coffee break!:eek: Still, the bin went from full to 2/3 full, so I think that counts as a result.:rotfl:
It's now been emptied again, so the work continues - bring on the next hundred!