Decluttering 2012, this year, definitely ...

Igamogam

Have relisted 8 items on Eb*Y - aiming to get plenty more on there this weekend

2 items relisted last week are selling with watchers and 2 hours to go I relisted them at 99p and they are now selling at more than the start price I originally listed them with - I can never work this one out! Possibly bidders see 99p and think its a bargain ( it is !) and then get into bidding more.............

Anyway OH out flying for the day and DD2 at orchestra for the day - just me and the cats and a perfect drying day so once I get the WM on I will be decluttering :T

Igamogam

Here is a copy of part of an email I got from Oxf*m - where I send all my charity bag stuff - usually things that dont sell on Eb*y. I just felt it made the effort all worth while and I am glad the stuff was useful to someone and kept out of landfill

Thank you for choosing to Tag Your Bag – it means that since we last wrote to you your items have not only sold for £49.03 but made an additional £12.26 in Gift Aid. £61.29 could help to provide training to a woman coir worker in Sri Lanka so she can develop innovative products which will fetch higher prices and help her family.

I get a sheet of sticky labels with a unique number and the charity can claim back the tax through gift aid ( you have to be a tax payer) and just stick a label on the bag whenever I drop someting off.Lots of charities do it

tiny_courageous

I don't usually get rid of books - last time I had a clear out I ended up buying most of them back! But I have managed to find 10 that I know I'm never going to read again, so they're in a bag ready for the CS. Also managed to find a couple of little things that I've put on ebay - worth a go! One of the bookcases now looks quite reasonable, except for the top shelf which I can't reach so OH will have to sort that.

EndlessStruggle

I'm relisting a lot of items that didn't sell last free listing weekend and more to list. Will feel excellent when all this stuff is gone. Will have much more to list over the next few weeks I reckon as finally starting to get my mum on board with the decluttering!

luxor4t

I've been in the garage :eek:

DH went to the recycling centre:

wood skip:
110. chair that has been broken :mad: (saved the Cath Kidston oil cloth seat pad)
111. part shabby-chic'd bedside cabinet that had woodworm when I stripped the dark varnish off

cardboard skip:
112. assorted cardboard boxes

tetrapack bank:
113. 3 weeks worth of milk & OJ cartons


Ditched in February 113/100

elsewhere:
114. odd bits of polysterene
115. broken picture frame
116. plastic wastepaperbin
117. more carpet off cuts
118. a wierd bit of metal that arrived in the front garden two nights ago - looks like a scaffolding clip.

tiny_courageous

Making the most of a good mood, I sorted out two drawers. There's now a big bag of cables and old MP3 players for the charity shop, along with two calculators, some candles and a couple of horrendous ornaments that I don't even know how they got in the house, never mind how they've lasted so long!

Also sorted out a bag of giftbags and wrapping paper. Some that are a bit worse for wear went in the recycling, while the rest were filed in one bag where previously there were two. I am feeling more streamlined already!

squeakysue

71) empty shampoo bottle
72) empty bubble bath bottle
73) bottle of hand soap decanter into existing bottles and recycled
74) kids doodles recycled
75) letters dealt with and recycled
76) pair of ripped trousers binned
77) upstairs bins emptied
78-86) random odd socks that have not been paired up for months binned
87-167) 80 toy cars from loft given to nephew! :T
168) cars carry case to nephew

Feel like a bit of a cheat with the cars ha ha but it is a lot to go in one go so I am counting as singles and officially past the 100 Mark :j

pollys

Just taken 2 bin bags full to bursting of too big clothes to the charity shop. Have 4 very old pillows waiting to go, and lots of general household rubbish.

The nice weather has spurred me one.

Well done everyone

Pollys

Sue14

Although I've been off work for a few days, OH has also been off so not a lot of decluttering got done. After work today I had a quick sort out in the spare room and put in CS box:-

5 hand knitted baby jackets and 3 hats
A baby shawl
Unused green 'L' plates
Unused headphones from an old phone
A modem cable
3 mains leads
A pack of tile spacers
An odd ball of wool
An old board game

Also I filed some paperwork, and had a little pile for shredding/recycling, and OH took some cans, bottles and newspapers to recycling.

Ditch 100 in February challenge 84/100

Callisto

12 - 17. Ebay parcels posted
18. Cardboard box cut up for Ebay packaging (and left over bits recycled)
19. Magazine recycled
20. Small jewellery box given to Mum

Oooh, everyone is doing so well with meeting (and exceeding) the February target. I am not doing very well so far, so will see what else I can find to go this weekend.