Decluttering 2012, this year, definitely ...

BabyBoots

Hello falady and Linda - good to have you here.

I like your little and often approach falady - I was hoping to have a massive clearout today, but after all the chores and cooking, I have sore feet and have run out of time. I was hoping to see an instant dramatic improvement, but it didn't get this cluttered instantly either! I will plough on, little and often it is, and I have my month's target to aim for now.

pigpen

So far in September 1,000,160/100

7 binbags rubbish from loft which probably contained over 1,000,000 items!
7 binbags to CS from the loft!!
1 book flung
4 empty boxes gone
4 tesco crates gone
1 fleece sling sent to a friends son
1 pair holey socks binned
25 pairs of knickers!!! binned
2 binbags of rubbish from my room
1 sock to DS1 (we don't call him Dobby for nothing!)
42 ebay parcels sent
1 box meccano to DS1 and 43 assorted random cars/dinosaurs/action figures
10 sleepsuits and 1 tshirt to DD1
2 stuffed critters to DGS's
1 letter to DD1
4 items sold not from ebay
3 boxes iron tablets binned

42 ebay items gone.. 1 more with bids.. and 70 things listed.. 15 more to go on Monday

pjran

We had short burst tidying the garage today. One huge crate of bottles and jars to the glass recycling resulting in a beautifully clear work top.

Also spent time clearing the garden. Some pretty poor petunias ( not watered enough ) now on compost heap and cut back some climbing plants near front door. At least our house looks good from the outside :j

It definitely helps by listing our achievements, thanks for your support girls :beer:

suzeesu2000

Evening All:)

Hope everyone has had a good day.

Not done much this week, the mind was willing but the body is rubbish:rotfl:

155 - tablecloth to cs
156 - nightdress to bin:o
157 - fabric (from stash) made into nightdress:)
158 - nightdress II to bin
159 - music stand cover to cs
160 - few scraps of fabric to bin
161 - collection of OOD tablets back to pharmacy
162 - few scraps of medical packaging to bin

I PROMISE I shall do better this week :rotfl:

Night all:)

loopychriss

Yay! I finally got all my clothes out from the wardrobes, loft and those that were slung in a bag to get them out of the way. So far I have sorted them into 4 piles: Keep/Charity Shop/Not Sure/Slim Into.

The Charity Shop pile currently has 43 items in it and the 'Slim Into' pile 31 items. I've still to go through the 'Not Sure' pile as I need a 2nd opinion from hubby or daughter on whether to keep or chuck. The Keep pile is back in the wardrobe and there still seems to be far too many!

I finally have a wardrobe full of M&S Per Una and Autograph clothes that fit (or will fit in a couple of weeks when I've lost a few pounds), mostly trousers. I seem to be a clothesaholic, but most of them have come from charity shops. I see no difference in buying them in a charity shop or on Ebay, and when I can get them at a fraction of the price they cost new, I am a sucker for a bargain! (A lot of them were £1 each).

Consequently I have far too many clothes and have had to make some difficult decisions, but if they were the wrong colour, didn't fit properly, didn't do anything for me, out they went into the charity shop bag.

I will go through the rest tomorrow or Tuesday, and dispose of them later in the week. That's another big weight off my shoulders...

So, all I'm listing today is:

65. 43 items of clothing (maybe I should list them all separately then I've nearly reached my target!)
66. 1 stainless steel flask excess to requirements
67. 2 metal water bottles excess to requirements

Off to bed now (if I can find it under all the clothes!!!)

silentsister

Good morning all

Just a few things this morning:
1 sleeping bag to cs
1 broken coat hanger to bin
1 toothbrush holder to cs
2 bags to food bank

MoonJelly

Hello All,
The washing machine and fridge and tumble dryer all physically gone.
Cot gone to memeber of family with new baby.
Vacuum cleaner gone to member of family with new baby.
3 bags of baby clothes to the same niece with the cute baby (as above).
Office copier and office old records have gone into storage (will have to be professionally scanned and all that but I have to save for this so in the meantime they've gone into storage with the rest of the office stuff).

happytails

Afternoon!

Well some more things have been brought in, all bought in the sale or second hand which is MSE of me! Just adding to the kids wardrobes as they outgrow things and i sell them!

DD has a pair of jeans, a jumper and a dress.
DS has a fleece sleepsuit, a l/s top and a top and hoody set.

Ive put aside a few of their clothes to sell this week to make up for it

Last night i sorted my underwear and PJ drawer out and got a few bits to throw. And sorted out the baby clothes (we had tonnes in 0-3) and got rid of about 7 items to charity that the baby wont miss when she arrives!

Hoping to get some more bits done later as we are off to a friends for tea and play time with her kids this afternoon! x

marmiterulesok

loopychriss I would count them individually.

Today has been a busy day at work,so might not get much done tonight,but I can add:

-1 dvd to sell
-1 broken plastic container binned

145/150


Hi linda32 and welcome!:hello:

ziggy2407

Everyone is doing fantastic :T. Im still not feeling too good so just a couple of little outs for me today

September Sling 51/100

47-49 3 x School Sweatshirts (too small) - Passed to another school mum
50 Spare wheel for trailer - Freecycle
51 Wooden coat hangers - Work

Am working my way through the ironing pile and may come across a few more bits tomorrow, but I do feel that Im moving in the right direction no matter how slowly and its making such a difference. I am also managing to keep up the little challenges I set myself

Dealing with post straight away
Dealing with junk mail
Starting kitchen composting (again)
Bringing less carrier bags into house

Keep up the great work :T, you are all truly inspiring :A