The Great Declutter Part 3 - 2011

TheDoolallyDilly

Have added 4 glasses that are surplus to requirements to the charity bag, as well as a couple of really old plastic cups (from when my younger son was little - he's nearly 16 now!) to the bin.

Might be popping into town this afternoon, to take a moniter to CEX to sell. I also have some books I borrowed from someone to return.

Tete_en_l'Air

Did a little bit more last night, tidied out a couple of magazine racks - recycled a massive (a foot high) pile of old magazines and newspaper articles (How To Get A Bikini Body In Four Seconds-type articles) dating as far back as 1999 :eek: and managed to tidy away my recent Good Food and Sew mags which WILL come in useful.

I've brought the last of the charity bags into work to drop off at lunchtime and also have about 7 old pairs of glasses - I have a feeling my optician may take donations to go to Africa or something? And I've also brought a pair of trousers which need a new zip to go to the mending place. I haven't worn them in three years but I do love them and will never get around to attempting to fix them myself so it's worth the £8 I think!

TheDoolallyDilly

Tete_en_l'Air wrote: »

I've brought the last of the charity bags into work to drop off at lunchtime and also have about 7 old pairs of glasses - I have a feeling my optician may take donations to go to Africa or something?

Yes, they do, I found some old glasses belonging to my son, and I donated them to the optician.

clairehi

Hi everyone,

oh dear, I have a lot more items "in" than out I think but the biggest "In" has yet to be delivered - my new baby :rotfl:hope he/she arrives soon as the longer I am pregnant, the more baby stuff I buy!

In:

Moses basket - nearly new £15
Changing table - nearly new £15
Baskets for same!
Bouncy chair - nearly new £10
bed guard - nearly new £10
Bag of baby clothes from neighbour - free
changing mat - free!
box of toys - free!
nappies - free with voucher from tesco

pending: (DHs chores for the weekend)

loads of cardboard for tip
bag of rags for textile recycling
bin bag for CS: old teddies, recipe books, 2 DVDs, 3 old shirts, 1 pair football boots, 1 pair wellies
black bag of plastics recycling
table listed on ebay, 7 watchers so far...

out:

DS1 old trading card collections - freecycle (with his permission!)

shellysue

Craft room
out
big bag of rubbish sorted into burnable or bin
load of magazines from 1998 - vintage:), craft magazines gone to DD, who will use them and pass them on.

In
last lot of fabric to make pj's, no more fabric buying now until I have used what I have.

Tidied up and put stuff away, now I can't find anything:rotfl:

greent

Morning all!

Few things to add since my last post:

IN
1 new paring knife
2 prs jeans for DH
pr shoes DH
pr shoes me
top, 2 bras & 3 prs knickers from M&S outlet for me
roll of Xmas wrap, 3 packs tags and 2 xmas presents
frying pan

OUT:
more stuff added to NCT pile
charity bag collected and more things added to new pile in garage
old paring knife (bent & tip broken off)
few sample sizes of beauty/ bath products used up
MASSES of paperwork (recycling box full)
lots of paperwork filed
Bucket, loo brush, rubber gloves & bath mat (blocked loo which the boys didn't tell me about and continued to use for a few days.... bleurgh_pale__pale__pale_)

am most pleased about the paperwork - had 3 stash piles of stuff that hadn't been sorted since last year (middle of) - all in one place, sorted and some (quite a lot!!:o) still left to file, but masses got rid of)

Mumof2_2

More decluttering whilst Flying in our bedroom:

101. yet another bib - CS
102. block of wood (intrigued why it's there, it was hidden!)
103. 2 pairs of slippers - CS
104. plastic bottle - recycling
105. airline tags
106. balloon!
107. broken clip
108. badge
109. instruction leaflets
110. cardboard
111. goggles glasses
112. old envelope - recycling
113. old raffle tickets - recycling
114. empty pills foil iykwim
115. empty medicine bottle - recycling
116. clothes tags
117. broken pencil
118. bubbles
119. 2 lots of deoderant
120. blouse - CS
121. hair band
121. dusty old cotton wool
122. toy ring
123. badge
124. plastic plate
125. old scrunchie
126. old receipts
127. old paper bag - recycling
128. 2 lots of nail varnish
129. old paper - recycling
130. treasury tags x 2
131. bits of old thread?!!
132. tea light in holder - unwanted gift so CS
133. picture frame - as above CS
134. sample pot of body cream
135. hair slide
136. plastic slide
137. 2 brand new pairs of tights in packaging - don't like the colour/style so CS
138. old hand cream

All this was stuff on my shelves or in one drawer or (very :mad: here) on the floor by DH's bin grrrrrr.

whitewing

Mumof2 wrote: »

More decluttering whilst Flying in our bedroom:

All this was stuff on my shelves or in one drawer or (very :mad: here) on the floor by DH's bin grrrrrr.

Oh, what was your DH doing with a blouse and nail varnish, lol!

I am still waiting for my brother to help move out the filing cabinet and shelves, grrr.

He has found a few boxes of my stuff in my parents' loft that he wants to bring over, double grrr as I want to get organised before bringing anything else in to be sorted.

Decluttering not going well, neither is work, nor is baby. (The latter because DH won't just leave her and go).

charlie-chan

I've made about £40 on Ebay so far and I still have a few things to sell!

I need to declutter my desk tonight (in order to do some job applications), use brown parcel paper to wrap up any Ebay items to be posted tomorrow and take some items to the CS on the way into town today.

Yesterday I emptied the storage files and put all its contents into a blue bag ready for recycling. They were all teaching magazines which I no longer need and can get rid of .

elaine12022

Another bag to the CS (finally worked out what CS stood for), plus1 book & pamphlet. Even got rid of a couple of pieces of jewellery.

A few things in rubbish bins around the house.

Came back with another pot of Avons footworks, plus the mug I promised OH, and 2 storage boxes. (50p)

Only other things in 1 tin of beans & a jar of mayonnaise.(& post).