Decluttering 2012, this year, definitely ...

marmiterulesok

That's 5 more books that I've decided to declutter.I'm determined to reach my target and have two more days to do it in!I'll be back with more later hopefully.

56-60 five books

donnajt

What a fab thread! I have been decluttering since August and my house is almost straight - a new shop has opened locally where you can donate everything except gas operated items and people can go in and get stuff for free - what a great idea!

I have sold loads of Facebook (find this quicker and easier than ebay esp as no postage and packing and NO FEES!
Donated on freebay
Given things to family and friends
Sold 12 bags of unwanted clothes to rag man
Cleared kids rooms - sold, given away or donated toys

So the big stuff is done and its great feeling loads of space around me, I removed my bathroom blind yesterday when i was cleaning and suddenly realised how small and dark it made the room ... goodbye blind - straight on freebay and gone within 30 mins! now that's my kind of decluttering lol

Now I need to concentrate on the smaller less fun jobs - paperwork etc - things that i put off on a yearly basis...

Only halfway thru this thread but have got some great ideas for finer decluttering so thank you all !

silentsister

donnajt wrote: »

So the big stuff is done and its great feeling loads of space around me, I removed my bathroom blind yesterday when i was cleaning and suddenly realised how small and dark it made the room ... goodbye blind - straight on freebay and gone within 30 mins! now that's my kind of decluttering lol

Welcome donnajt - and well done on all your efforts! It's really good to get rid of big stuff, isn't it, because you can definitely see you are making a difference. And I know what you mean about bringing in light. It encourages, but it also points to places you've overlooked. In the summer I keep all the curtains open and bring in as much light as possible. In the winter they are shut to keep in warmth, but I know that means I can't actually 'see' the piles. That's why we do need each other - someone's going to mention an area I've been putting to the back of my mind - and off I go again.

Good luck to us all in the last couple of days of this month!

donnajt

silentsister wrote: »

Welcome donnajt - and well done on all your efforts! It's really good to get rid of big stuff, isn't it, because you can definitely see you are making a difference. And I know what you mean about bringing in light. It encourages, but it also points to places you've overlooked. In the summer I keep all the curtains open and bring in as much light as possible. In the winter they are shut to keep in warmth, but I know that means I can't actually 'see' the piles. That's why we do need each other - someone's going to mention an area I've been putting to the back of my mind - and off I go again.

Good luck to us all in the last couple of days of this month!

Thank you silentsister for such a lovely welcome!

I cannot believe I haven't seen this thread until now

Right, from starting at beginning of this thread, I have got lots of catching up to do...so...

here is my October 2012, 100 item challenge:
1. Broken storage box
2. Broken old fleece sleeping bag
3-6. popped and binned halloween balloons left DS one to play with
7-11. odd socks found in bottom of DD's wardrobe
12-16 Baby puzzles cleaned and bagged for DH's friends 10 month old son
17-41. 34 avon books recycled
42. Found Mum's cake box in cupboard (on side to return to her later)
43-86. Old DVDs bagged up for Music Magpie
87. Freezer - home made burgers that I made in 2010 - in food waste!!!
88. Defrosted vol au vent cases (no idea when or why I got these) rolled into one pastry block for pasties
89. 15 old nasty ice-creams defrosted down stick
90. emptied 6 almost gone jars, cleaned and taken to glass bank
91. Big bag of Halloween decorations given to Sis in law for family party this week
92. Blind from bathroom window
93. 6 novels donated to the book library at work
94. Hairclips, bobbles, hairbands that have seen better days or grown out of ie Barbie (DD almost 13!)
95. 6 Happy Meal toys binned
96. 6 dried out felt tips
97. 8 empty packet of crisps from DD's schoolbag (dirty moo!)
98. 3 magazines read and tossed in recycling bag
finally...
99. Page 1-76s of Decluttering 2012, this time, definitely...(thats all of January 2012 roll on February 2012)
100. boo hoo, home made chocolate cake to sister

short_bird

13 items going out in 5 parcels via ebay and another cereal box sized batch of paper shredding and recycling:D

(And 4 unsold items going into next Sunday's record and book sale)

happytails

morning!!

5 parcels to post office later, thanks to Ebay. 2 letters posted this morning.

Got 2 bags of stuff to take to the CS, hopefully ill manage this today, if not it will be done tomorrow as its cluttering up my hallway!!

Me and the kidlets all have colds and feeling a bit rotten today, at the hoarse throat and bunged up sinuse and runny nose stage - fun fun fun! Hoping ill get some bits done throughout the day but for now, i just need to focus on getting through the day!!

Sarah x

Godiva500

5 items were collected yesterday for Ebay, 1 more to go.
Changed beds, washing done, now gonna have a shower, then a coffee and then get back to my book on my ipad - I love being retired lol.

marmiterulesok

56-57 two more books
58-63 summer plants to compost heap and plant pots back down to cellar

happytails

Charity bag didnt go. Will go tomorrow. Post office stuff went

Though my friend gave me a bag of stuff for baby when i went to visit this afternoon so need to go through that. And got a sack of dog food too and some horse riding gloves for DD.

Going to quickly disappear upstairs with a bin liner and quickly sweep round the bedrooms, see if there is anything i can shift for charity whilst the kids are occupied

Sarah x

luxor4t

Had a tidy up today and made sure that arrears of CS delivery were sorted out - two boxes of books and a pile of records were lurking in the corner

Another two items onto Freecycle - one should be collected on Thursday .

68. unravelled pedestal mat binned
69. book to cs
70. tens machine binned (broken)
71 - 76. assorted decorative items for cs
77. oddments of wall paper into bin.
78. old trousers to fabric recycling