Enough is enough - the great declutter

daisy_steiner_2

Hi everyone,
I read through this this morning and I have decided to get my backside in gear and dejunk my house. I have listed 12 items on ebay and taken photos of about 30 more things - need to check with my husband if it is ok to put this lot on.

Just joined freecycle to get rid of a toaster and bits and bobs.

Oh and have bagged up clothes I do wear and won't fetch much on ebay for charity.

Feeling good about it now. Getting rid of the junk seems to have showed me that we actually have some nice stuff but it has been hidden for so long underneath a pile of junk that I forgot it was there.

pigpen

42 items listed here now... I need a few more pics doing and have still got the 3 boxes to sort through.. I am revoltingly skint this month and have 5 bills still outstanding needing to be paid.. stress stress stress.. I NEED this cash!

missyg_3

Hmm thinking about it, I wish i HAD kept a list of what I've got rid of! Might have to compile one from my turbolister and freecycle archives

nuttywoman

I was talking to my sister last night and she said that if she does`nt use anything within 6 months she gets rid of it.I answered that if i did`nt use anything within 36yrs i get rid! lol I`m not joking either! We`ve got rid of that much junk now - still more to go - but i can now see spaces and gaps in and around our house, i`m so excited !!

missyg_3

Right, I've had enough, I've been preparing ebay stuff almost all bloomin' day! I have my 30 items loaded up and nearly ready to go, just need to sort out the postage on them which I will do tomorrow.

Hope everyone's remembered to work with the new Royal Mail rates that come in on the 7th April

I'm going to use the 5p promo day as an excuse to start some of them at more than 99p! I'm such a rebel

Finished cleaning up the chest of drawers, and also walked a bag of plastics to the recycling this afternoon. Will do glass tomorrow (yes, I'm in an area where we get hardly anything picked up at the kerb... but I don't mind the exercise!)

Well done to everyone who's been working extremely hard and posting their updates!

Hi Daisy, keep us posted on how your ebay stuff is going! Good luck.

Pigpen, hope you get the money you need

Nuttywoman 6 months is quite extreme, what happens about her Christmas decos? Hehe. I'm similar though... with very few exceptions, things have to have a USE. I don't like keeping things because they look pretty or because they remind me of some distant memory (who's that in your avatar by the way, is it you? )

tattycath

25 items listed-bids on 3 of them so far and several watchers. About 14 more scheduled to start tomorrow and hopefully will have time to list more tomorrow too!! Have filled up the pantry and now need to resort the cupboards out so as to maximise on storage and space etc.-job for the weekend me thinks.

pigpen

10 more ebay listings tonight.. so I have 50 things ready to upload tomorrow evening!

There.. no I've said it.. I have to get them done!! My reward is to go slob in bed and watch a film!

nuttywoman

missyg, yes its me, i was trapped in the glass of my backdoor! lol

missyg_3

Currently £20.54 on 15 out of 36 items Going up slowly but surely. I don't think I'm doing quite as well with it as I was earlier in the year, but maybe that's because my best stuff has already gone

30 more items to finalise and list later on today, and once that's done my tax return preparation is the next priority.

Primrose

I walk round the house in frustration finding things that haven't been used for years yet I can't persuade my O.H to get rid of them because he feels it would be like throwing away part of his life. The loft is full of stuff that isn't used. we have books which have never been read or are kept because "one day I'll find time to read them" and a garage full of items "which will come in useful one day". Helpful hints please.