Enough is enough - the great declutter

pigpen

I have another 4 things that have sold.. .. so those are out today!! plus the 2 from yesterday

The one in thing.. was the gas & electricty bill.. £875.67 :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

I have a few bits of uniform that can go as well as they will be too small for Tiddles when she starts school in 15 months.. so pointless keeping them.

I have some winter coats to rehome.. about 8.. everyone has grown!

angelavdavis

zarazara wrote: »

its been a nothing in nothing out day. except for food which we ate for dinner so I dont suppose it counts.
and not at all related but a good idea, someone told me that if you get a set of bedding, ie quilt cover, pillowcases and sheet all together, put the lot into one of the pillow cases, then when you change the bed a matching and/or complete set of bedding is all ready to hand.

We do this - used to drive me potty until someone suggested this.

pigpen

I only have 1 set of bedding.. I take it off.. wash it, dry it and put it back on!!

Another medium sized box of junk has been binned.. and I have another 6 things to ebay.. I need £600 in May to cover the remainder of the utility bill... or I may be a complete rebel and pay them the minimum and get rid of the student loan..

pigpen

Mary.. the general calibre of my ebay stuff is household gibble and outgrown clothing from the children mainly.. I sold everything.. clothes toys.. you name it!!! I never had any fewer than 200 things listed!!

Lizzieanne

I am hopeless.

I came into my office 2 hours ago to have a good clear out, inspired by this thread. So far, I've filled half a black sack and I've spent the rest of the time reading stuff on MSE!

zarazara

brought in 1 item to the home today. but have another item up for sale but its not gone yet. [sport equipment]

pigpen

I took a carrier of boxes to nursery for craft.. another out!!

They want all the little tikes toys as well so I'll box them up when I get time!

£55 transferred to my bank account.. pennies!!! That'll pay my phone bill!

nicki_2

Out
- recycling stuff (and bin has been emptied )
- Split corkboard/whiteboard thing. You couldn't write on the whiteboard anymore and the corkboard was too small to be of any use

In - NOTHING :j Well unless you count the pair of ankleboots I've just won on ebay.... but they've not arrived yet :rotfl:

pigpen

I don't believe this.. another item just sold!! I can get used to this!!!

EmptyPurse

Thought I'd join in, if you don't mind, as I really do need to declutter!

Have already listed a few books on Amazon but not had much luck: only sold two so far. Has anyone else had any success selling books via Amazon? Or is there somewhere else that I should try?

Also have a small bag of stuff to sell on Ebay but need to buy memory reader for digital camera before I can actually upload anything. Why, oh why, is life never simple?

The main nightmare will be sorting out all the paperwork that seems to have accumlated behind my back. Is it me or does it breed when my back's turned? I have drawers and drawers and drawers full of the stuff. Anyone have any idea how long I should keep old electricity bills, phone bill etc? I know bank statements need to be kept for seven years but I'm not too sure about the rest. I have stuff going back to a flat I lived in nearly 10 years ago - 10 years and at least three moves since then!

Another massive job will be tackling the junk in the loft. Even though I live in rented accommodation I have access to the loft and seem to have put all sorts of stuff up there 'by accident'. In fact I'm not even sure what's up there. Aaagh!!! Might save that until Saturday and then go up with the radio and a flask (if I can ever find the flask that is........)