Decluttering 2012, this year, definitely ...

Monsternextdoor

Afternoon everyone

Haven't been around for a few days had a sick bubba and been having a clear out so so far got rid of
Undercounter freezer
Old wicker chair
Corner shelving unit
Train table
Happy caterpiller rocking thingy
Some of moo's clothes
Some gift sets that I have made up ready for selling

And im starting again today as I have more stuff to do, Got someome coming to pick up more gift sets and have wrapping stuff coming to make up some more so I can declutter those as well.

Have a good day decluttering !!!

fitnessfreak74

Afternoon all

Welcome to all newbies and well done everyone.

Well ebay proved to be a slight disappointment. out of 17 items listed less than half sold so have relisted along with 4 additional items. I finally caved and put the Michael Kors iphone cover on ebay. i set the price quite high at £35 as won't accept any less for it given it is worth £75.

I responded to a freecycler who was looking for Moroccan style things for a themed party they were having so offered my tagine which they promptly collected on Saturday. Once again listed the PS1 dance mat on the London freecycle group and a lady responded and would like it so hopefully will be rid soon. have been trying to get shot of it for months!

Had a slight flinging frenzy on saturday morning and half filled a CS bag with clothes. My wardrobe is slowly on its way to only containing clothes that I actually like to wear and feel good about. I also took a good hard look at the bookshelves and selected 6 to go to the CS. so total of 50 out by end of 2012 is now 13. Still some way to go. I also binned 3 folders of stuff from courses I did at my last job over 5 years ago. realistically if I ever need the info I can go online. So there is now a lovely space where they used to be. :T

p.s. Sarah, I'd be delighted to send you the DS charger. It's for the original one not the 3DS.

parsniphead

Hello all

I have spent some time this morning reading this thread and feel really inspired. There is so much stuff to decluttering in my house I don't know where to start. One of the things I'm struggling with is getting rid of the old baby stuff. He is 18 months old now and I still have ALL his clothes from birth. I do try to get rid of them but it makes me cry. I have turned into the worlds biggest, emotional softie since having him.

So any enough waffling, can I join in? I thought perhaps I could start with the bathroom which shouldn't be too painful then move onto the kitchen.

One challenge I want to set myself is to throw out 5 bits of useless paperwork a day.

Have a tidy day.....ha ha says me:rotfl:

mineallmine

Hello all newbies. Glad to see you here. We're all in this together. No need to beat yourself up about clutter, much better to think what can I do now, today, this week? When you watch an advert think what can I do during these few minutes.

I've cleared the bedroom floor, apart from hubby's bits which he'll sort through. I also did another critical look at clothes. So stuff that has a bad memory or just doesn't feel right goes.

262. Hair stuff used up
263. Bag (friend)
264. Brush..... (friend)
265. Eye gel stuff (friend)
266. Brooch (CS)
267. Bracelet (CS)
268. Bag (CS)
269. Calendar (CS)
270. Another brush....... (friend)
271. Magazine (recycled)
272. Brochure (recycled)
273. Compact (CS)
274. Purse (CS)
275. Old container
276. Odd shoe
277. Top (CS)
278. Top (CS)
279. Packaging
280. Bag

So good to see the bedroom floor mainly clear. I think to keep things clutter free it's definitely about having less stuff as well as good storage.

I'd like to start fly lady soon but will only start in the spring once I've given all rooms a declutter. As I can only do so much at a time.

Monsternextdoor

Ahhh old shoes gone, some more stuff to go on buy and sell sites as well in the few hours after I've posted now trying to get in the garage and get rid of some more stuff before I drag out the Christmas tree, Im going whole hog this year as I cant wait to see my LO's face when she sees a huge tree and lots of deccis

Found some baskets that I will use for hampers for presents and some new terracotta pots that I'm gonna decoupage for my new house (very sad I know !

Feel better getting rid of stuff its strangely liberating lol

lessonlearned

Day one - it begins in earnest. I have loaded the car ready to take to charity shop tomorrow morning.

1. 2 dining chairs, 1 occasional chair
2. 2 bags
3. electric firelighting kit
4. outside Christmas tree with lights
5. 3 x chandeliers
6. pottery christmas tree
7. metal candle holder ornament

So that's 11 items in total. Feels better already:D

suzeesu2000

welldone everyone, lovely to see our new peeps flinging with gusto :rotfl:

Only a few bits more from me but, as we always say, one out is better than anything in! I shall own up here to having a new set of pans coming tomorrow so I shall be sending some of mine off to the charity shop. Have to keep one for wax melting - good job I can make candles, we keep having power cuts, like being back in Victorian England! :rotfl:

135 - 1 bottle massage oil - c/s
136 - 1 CD - c/s
137 - 1 bookmark - c/s
138/141 - 4 dishclothes - c/s
142/143 - 2 teatowels - c/s
144/145 - 2 big sheets of cardboard - recycling
146 - bag of mixed rubbish - bin

Also decluttered about a foot of dust off the sitting room furniture :eek: my mother would have been appalled :rotfl:rejigged the contents of the wall unit and looks lovely again. Did one load of laundry washed & dried and all put away now have another wash on the go ready to dry in the morning. Boy I am on a roll - it wont last!!:rotfl::rotfl:

have a great evening all

loopychriss

loopychriss wrote: »

Going to have a relaxing day in tomorrow, hopefully sewing some more bags for an event on Saturday, and tidying up a little. Going to tackle a big pile of papers that I've been [STRIKE]nagging[/STRIKE] encouraging hubby to look through and sort for over a week now. If you want a job doing..... etc. etc.

Well..... they are still sitting in a pile waiting for him to sort through, so I suppose I'll have to get on and do it myself!

Been no progress here over the weekend: I have been very stressed lately so haven't spent much time doing things around the house, been trying to relax and unwind. Not easy when I have so much to do and a house that won't sell, and trying to keep it clean and tidy. Also trying to organise 65th wedding anniversary party for mum and dad, and Christmas! The housework has slipped a bit these last couple of weeks so I don't really want any more viewers until I've tackled it.

mineallmine wrote: »

Hello all newbies. Glad to see you here. We're all in this together. No need to beat yourself up about clutter, much better to think what can I do now, today, this week? When you watch an advert think what can I do during these few minutes.

Great advice mineallmine, and you're doing so brilliantly with your target, well done!

A few things I left off the list in my last posting:

148. Dried up slice of ham found in back of fridge - food digester
149. Wilted celery - compost bin
150. Bits of manky cauliflower found in fridge - compost bin
151. 2 pieces of week-old chicken that had been left in fridge - food digester
152. Old roast potatoes found in fridge - birdtable
153. Coriander plant used for soup - compost bin
154-157. Slimming World hi fi bars, out of date - bin
158. Lots more fabric used up making morsbags

Hoping to get some motivation back this week for tidying and cleaning. Not much left to declutter, but I'll go through it all again and see if there's anything that I missed last time that we haven't used.

Keep at it everyone... it's nearly December, time for the Christmas decs to go up!!!

valerie57

Hi all I have been reading through this thread and am inspired to start getting rid of some of my clutter. I would like to try and list some stuff on ebay but I can't work out how you know how much postage to charge. How do you regular ebayers do it? Many thanks.

greengoblin

valerie57 wrote: »

Hi all I have been reading through this thread and am inspired to start getting rid of some of my clutter. I would like to try and list some stuff on ebay but I can't work out how you know how much postage to charge. How do you regular ebayers do it? Many thanks.

Hi Valerie. I weigh the items on my kitchen scales then use the royal mail postage finder website to work out the price.
http://www.royalmail.com/price-finder it should walk you through the details it needs (remember for e-bay you need to put 3 postage options in so write down 1st and 2nd class!)