The Great Declutter Part 3 - 2011

candygirl

Have decluttered my bedroom bookshelf, and put it in the spare room.Also have 3 bags of rubbish for the tip and 3 bags of clothes, so have done really well in the past week.Will now just have to remember not to buy anymore crap :o

cat04

fairy3 wrote: »

I have no experience of ebay and if honest would have to say it is a bit daunting but maybe as I get a little more confident this will come as have tons of 'stuff' which would probably sell and would go towards other house essentials, like a shed door!!
Fairy x

Hiya, I sell quite a few things on ebay (when I get round to it!) but I'm also on Facebook and there are few groups where you can 'sell it, swap it, give it'. I've sold some things from there, as has OH, as well as buying a few too. If you are on FB try typing 'sell' and the name of your town into the search and see what comes up.

We also sell a few things via the local paper free ads and when the weather gets nicer, at carboots. As already mentioned there's Music Magpie, which I've never used, but we have a local CEX shop and you can check what prices they pay in cash or trade in vouchers on their website for phones, laptops, dvds, blu rays, cds, consoles and games etc. We've found they pay quite good prices for some of the stuff we've sold, but it does depend on what it is (i.e. some CDs they may only pay 10p for!)

Having a mental blockage and can't think of anything else at the mo! HTH

Billie-jo

elaine12022 wrote: »

Thanks Yorkielass, he's been struggling healthwise, and so it has been hard going, so now he can have a fresh start. He's still officially employed until end of Feb so can't do anything till then - and he'll be around to help me! He says he feels like a weight has been lifted off his shoulders.

Sorry to hear that hubby has lost his job but WOW what a positive attitude you have to it, its very admirable. Well done to both of you and hope that something good comes of it all and his health improves. :T

Today has just been a 10 minute blitz but even so in to the charity shop bag went 5 brand new unopened lots of toiletries that I dont want, 2 new sponges and a small ornament.

Grand children came down and decluttered 5 bread rolls, 8 sausages and 4 rashers of bacon and two glasses of juice each :eek::eek: think their parents forget to feed them sometimes :rotfl:

Aquamarina

Good evening everyone,

Just poured a glass of wine :beer: and checking in on mineallmine's mini-challenge. Here goes:

1. Radio (to DH's work)
2. Cables (Freecycle)
3. Pedal (Freecycle)
4-7. Old games (CS)
8. Jason King Video (CS)
9. Whizzer and Chips annual 1977 (CS)
10. Travel Book (CS)

Hoping to complete the challenge with 10 more tomorrow.
Thanks mineallmine for the motivating challenge!

Aquamarina x

candygirl

Elaine you do indeed have a fab attitude, my OH's job is also at risk with probable redundancy, but we will survive wont we hun xxx :A

MetalMand

I have been inspired to declutter, it actually came as a shock to me how much off a horder I had become but so far I have recycled/binned a trailer full of stuff, and donated a futher 8 bin bags full of stuff to charity..clothes,toys,household stuff etc. I used to love to give to Freecycle but mine has gotten so greedy lately that i'm lothe to donate to it anymore especially after I saw people ask for Flat Screen TV's,Nintendo Wii's, a car, a laptop, everything for a wedding inc dress,shoes,veil,favors,car,flowers yadda yadda in just one day (sorry rant over) .But anyway i'm feeling much better for the decluttering and I plan to continue so thank you for the inspiration.

marmiterulesok

mineallmine wrote: »

I'm feeling gentle on myself today mainly because I have a sniffly cold.

Who's up for getting rid of 20 things today or tomorrow?
Shall we seek out those things cluttering up hallways, stairs, anywhere!
Have you had some "ins" recently of clothes or stuff - perhaps try and seek out the older things that go in return.

Let's go:j I'll be back to report on progress later :j

I'm game for this.I'll report back tomorrow!

PS Hope you feel better soon.

mineallmine

Aquamarina wrote: »

Good evening everyone,

Just poured a glass of wine :beer: and checking in on mineallmine's mini-challenge. Here goes:

1. Radio (to DH's work)
2. Cables (Freecycle)
3. Pedal (Freecycle)
4-7. Old games (CS)
8. Jason King Video (CS)
9. Whizzer and Chips annual 1977 (CS)
10. Travel Book (CS)

Hoping to complete the challenge with 10 more tomorrow.
Thanks mineallmine for the motivating challenge!

Aquamarina x

:j:j:j10 things gone woo-hoo!:j:j:j

Our local charity shop looked a bit depleted when we dropped stuff off today so every little helps.:A

marmiterulesok wrote: »

I'm game for this.I'll report back tomorrow!

PS Hope you feel better soon.

Look forward to hearing about the progress marmite :beer: Have been sneezy and droopy (not many of the 7 Dwarfs symptoms to go!):A

mineallmine

mineallmine wrote: »

I'm feeling gentle on myself today mainly because I have a sniffly cold.

Who's up for getting rid of 20 things today or tomorrow?
Shall we seek out those things cluttering up hallways, stairs, anywhere!
Have you had some "ins" recently of clothes or stuff - perhaps try and seek out the older things that go in return.

Let's go:j I'll be back to report on progress later :j

Hello declutters, lurkers and everyone,

Right the get rid of 20 things today/tomorrow mini challenge:-

1. Used up toiletries as part of that challenge, washed out and recycled (recyling)
2. Old t shirt that had shrunk in the tumble drier so a size smaller! (charity)
3. Electrical gadget (charity shop that found out today accepts electricals)
4. Rag bag of old clothes that charity shops often sell to the ragbag man (charity)
5. Bubblewrap packaging (charity - useful for wrapping china and stuff)

A slow start but with a sniffy nose, blocked ears and tiredness its ok :A

How's everyone else getting on? :j

cyclingyorkie

I'm in - I'm sure I can find 20 things - esp as I have a charity bag awaiting for collection on monday!