The Great Declutter Part 3 - 2011

TheDoolallyDilly

lizziebabe wrote: »

Just went on to their website and they do not take my Epson printer cartridges - Boo Hoo! :mad:

And they don't have any cheapies for my printer either - but thanks for the idea.

They don't take my cartridges either, but if you search for a company on the internet, there are several others, and they all take different brands.

Yesterday :-

Out

A couple of bits and bobs from DS1's room
2 tops from DS1's wardrobe - CS
A very old tin of shoe polish that had turned to crumbs - bin
Another very old towel - in a bag to go to the vet

Pending out

2 of the 3 new tops that I bought for DS1, as they don't fit :mad: so they will be returned

funnyflipp

:TWell, wardrobe is finished so
OUT
11 t-shirts (ashamed to say all of them past charity shop state!)
So into the recycling
1 plastic box slightly do chewed
IN
1 storage box for my wardrobe

Yorkielass

I'm up for the challenge mineallmine feel I've done very little this week with being busy at work and then not feeling well so when I do get home I don't get a lot done.

Yesterday some stuff in for my guides, a couple of badges for me and a cheque for expenses which I'll pay in tomorrow or Monday.

Not a lot out other than usual recycling etc.

OH is having a day off today so I'm hopeful a bit of decluttering will be done but not holding my breath - he did promise to do the washing up and even mentioned putting a load of washing on :eek:.

So hoping to get home early tonight and start my mission of decluttering for the weekend, if I can do a charity bag tonight/tomorrow morning I can take it out tomorrow when I'm going to do my volunteering and drop it off then.

Penelope_Penguin

PenPen's 100 in 10 Challenge

Day 3; Thur

21 - 24. items of my clothing to DD for textile project
25. old candle to DS to melt down for sculpture project
26. tins to recycling
27. papers to recycling
28. shirt of DH to recycling
29. dribble of sauce to casserole and bottle to recycling
30. some OOD filing cabinet contents to shredder and recycling

Day 4; Fri

31. wheelie bin emptied

M-A-M - I'll join your 20 Over the Weekend Challenge :j

cutiepieabf

OOOoooooo, please can i join????? :j:j

i have a confession to make....... MY NAME IS ALEX, AND I AM A SERIAL HOARDER!!!

Now thats out of the way i have been reading all of your posts and challenges and i have decided enough is enough!!

So, my challenge is that by the end of the year - March 2011 (financial yr lol) - i must:
1. Put our old computer desk which is currently clogging up the dining room on freecycle
2. List and sell ALL of the items already put aside for ebay but currently sitting in a black bag in the dining room
3. Stop putting things aside for carboot sale and actually HAVE A STALL AND GET RID. I have 7 bin bags FULL of things for car boot in spare room as well as approx. 10 containers piled wobbly on top of the kitchen cupboard for HM cakes to sell at said car boot.
4. Go through all paperwork and shred any papers that can be disposed of. I do not need to keep my bank statements from 15 years ago, or my electricity bills from 5 years ago.
5. Go through mine and OH wardrobes and donate all clothes that have not been worn in the past year to charity shop.
6. Go through DS toys and donate all toys not played with/too young to charity shop.

Phew... and thats just the start!! If i am successful with this by the end of March then i will set myself a new challenge.

GOOD LUCK AND WELL DONE EVERYBODY!!! :T

The_Dragon

I've been lurking on this for a while but I have de-cluttered some stitching stash! A kit I wouldn't use went to someone else on MSE that was looking for a new baby kit/pattern and then today I got rid of a load of metallic and rayon floss to a friend that wants to spin them in with fleece to give an interesting start to a weave so I could say this is either 5 items or 120 :rotfl:, depending if I take each skein of floss as an individual item or not

boultdj

:wave:Hello Dragon,nice to see you again:)

Im in for a weekend challange,Mineallmine, but seeing as I'm at work will aim for 10 item's.

This week's not been to bad,actually managed to keep the side in the kitchen clear for 2 whole day's:rotfl:

IN
Shopping
Free Local Paper's
Post

OUT
FLP-recyled
Bag of shreded paper-recyled
Bin liner of plastic-again!-recyled
Some more wood,found in shed-took to freind with wood burner

Keep up the good work everyone, and have a good weekend.

marmiterulesok

mineallmine wrote: »

:jWho's up for a challenge this weekend?:j

I'm going to try and declutter 20 things this weekend.
I'm also going to blitz the living room surfaces (floor and tables).
Finally, to tidy the kitchen surfaces.

Will try and do the latter 2 using a timer and spending say only 15 mins on each.

Anyone want to join me or set their own challenge?:T

I'm game.I've managed a lot this week,but I can find more to go out/recycle,and it's good to keep at it whilst I feel motivated!

I also have a kitchen drawer full of junk,so that's something I could also sort out.

Your idea of giving yourself bursts of 15 minutes at a time,ie tidying in the sitting room,is good.I sometimes do that too.It means that you don't get bogged down.

The_Dragon

Okay I will mini challenge it, 10 items?

juliebunny

Oooh hello please can I join too since I'm failing miserably at the no buying toiletries this month, what with all the sales....de-cluttering is going better although I always seem to have bags of stuff lying around my house as my friends give me loads of stuff for the charity I support:

OUTS:
2 bags to Cat Rescue charity shop (various clothes, books, bags, CDS etc)
2 bags of newspapers to the cat rescue shelter
:beer:

INS:
1 cat (oops) - Millie

I'm up for the mineallmine weekend de-clutter too (hope I can count today's stuff....)

Most scary de-clutter = cupboard under stairs.