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  • BettiePage
    BettiePage Posts: 4,627 Forumite
    BettiePage wrote: »
    30. Door mat - bin.
    31. 3 saucers - CS
    32. Junk mail and local paper - bin.
    33-36. 3 x pairs of curtains from the old house that don't fit our new house to the CS.
    37. Shower rail organiser thingy - CS.
    38. Binbag of packing polystyrene and bubble wrap - tip.
    Illegitimi non carborundum.
  • flev
    flev Posts: 27 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    7-34: 27 books - charity shop :)
    35-37: 3 cuddly toys - charity shop
    38-39: 2 games - charity shop
    40: set of cookie cutters - charity shop
    41: box of Brownie felt-tip pens - old ones thrown out, working ones returned to Brownies
    42: old bunch of flowers - compost heap
    43-45: 2 jamjars & 1 glass bottle - glass recycling
    Make £2025 in 2025 challenge #21
    Total so far: £80.00/£2025 (4%)
    Matched betting: £50.56
    Prolific: £29.44
  • marmiterulesok
    marmiterulesok Posts: 7,812 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Photogenic
    For today:

    95-I've finished the shredding and put it out in the recycling bin.
    96-one picture for the cs
    97-126 thirty cds to sell/give to cs
    127-one wicker basket down to cellar
    I've got more dvds to list,but would like to watch a few first,so that can wait.

    I'm going to put my goal up to 200!

    I think that's enough done on a working day!

    Have a good weekend!
  • bonnie_bumpkins
    bonnie_bumpkins Posts: 1,245 Forumite
    We have meds and she is improving. Thank goodness:j:T:beer:

    Mood much improved after time spent with my two best friends most of the day. No decluttering done as I'm having a day off from everything house-related. Back to it tomorrow though - before the tennis that is!

    Well done to everyone for their efforts and successes :dance:
    *If you have nothing nice to say... say nothing*
    "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Martin Luther King Jr
  • suzeesu2000
    suzeesu2000 Posts: 1,182 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    been good and want a gold star please.
    Sorted the sock drawer, have three pairs left.
    Also sorted a wicker storage basket in the bathroom.

    372 - electric nail Thingy eBay
    373 - facial scrubber do-dah eBay
    374/375 - 2 tubes rough skin remover bin
    376/377 - 2 tubes body scrub/body butter eBay
    377 - 382 6 old foot files (for TWO feet!!)
    383 - 385 3 bottles nail polish
    386 - 388 3 pairs socks bin

    This decluttering can get quite addictive...I like it!!
    Saving 1 animal wont change the world - but it will change the world for that 1 animal

    25 for 2025
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    Make Do, Mend & Minimise in 2025 (and 2024)
  • Moorhen
    Moorhen Posts: 964 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary
    Morning everyone,

    yesterday I decluttered

    54 a book to a friend

    55-65 a load of toiletries to the CS and to the bin

    I am enjoying this!:)
  • ziggy2407
    ziggy2407 Posts: 4,106 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Wow, everyone is doing fantastic. Glad we are starting to feel a little more upbeat, am still going slow and steady and as a result everything is looking better and I feel a lot more in control.

    Junk 100 in July: 47/100

    35 tatty football - Bin
    36 Old & leaking boys trainers - Bin
    37 Craft Disc - Friend
    38 Craft Stamps - Friend
    39 Gift Box - Mum
    40 Blank cards - Mum
    41 Cress seeds in fancy grow box - Friends little girl
    42 Nail Enamel set - Step-Daughter
    43 Jogging Bottoms - Grandson
    44 T-Shirt - Grandson
    45 Tax Credits Form - Completed & Returned
    46-47 2 prs Shoes - Charity

    Keep up the great work everyone :T Back soon x
    Goodreads 2025 Challenge :16/75
    Goodreads 2024 Challenge: 65/80
    Goodreads 2023 Challenge: 77/52


  • Moorhen
    Moorhen Posts: 964 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary
    Hi all,

    Been to the charity shop twice today.

    Trip 1

    66-75 more unused toiletries.
    76+77 two mugs.
    78 an old camera.

    Trip 2

    79-90 eleven glass candle holders (I still have more in reserve!).
    91 a ceramic chicken egg holder.


    Wow, I am nearly at 100 already!:)
  • BettiePage
    BettiePage Posts: 4,627 Forumite
    BettiePage wrote: »
    33-36. 3 x pairs of curtains from the old house that don't fit our new house to the CS.
    37. Shower rail organiser thingy - CS.
    38. Binbag of packing polystyrene and bubble wrap - tip.
    39. OOD sunscreen - bin.
    40. Dregs of shampoo used and bottle recycled.
    41. Used notepad - bin.
    42. Yet another free newspaper and associated leaflets - recycled.
    43. Unused eyeliner - friend.
    Illegitimi non carborundum.
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 8 July 2012 at 8:31PM
    Pigpens 19/100 for July

    3 handfuls of recycling/old letters etc from the paper pile.
    1 broken vase
    1 pushchair chassis (which I have kept in my front room for 4 years without using as it was broken) Parts poached for ebay
    3 ebay items posted
    1 tub paint to DS1
    1 tub silicon sealant to DS1
    1 2m length of fabric out.
    1 binbag of rubbish from the girls room
    1 bedside cupboard from Squeaks room
    3 more tins of paint to DS1
    1 holey sock!
    1 carrier of old paperwork *fling*
    1 carrier of old knickers

    I have a large bag for clothes4cash so my weekend challenge is to load my ebay stuff into that bag.. I'll sell it one way or another! I could probably fill 2 bags without trying too hard.
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
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