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Enough is enough - the great declutter

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  • Yorkielass
    Yorkielass Posts: 2,235 Forumite
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    Glad to see everyone's been busy over the bank holiday weekend

    We've been decorating our office this weekend and emptied everything out of it into the living room and various other places are have painted, curtains ironed and back up and the furniture we already had is back in there and stuff sorted into it. Hopefully new bookcase and desks coming from Ikea today (OH at home waiting) and then we'll sort everything as we gradually put it all back in. OH did quite well going through his stuff last night and there was a bin of recycling and a bin of rubbish to go.

    3 of my 4 ebay things on Sunday sold - £14.50 profit in total.

    Both suits have a bidder so they'll both be going soon hopefully and OH's lego is getting there - loads of watchers.

    Once new desks and bookcase are in and OK will try and sell old ones through work, if not I'll freecycle them, luckily the desks come apart really easily so they aren't taking up too much room in the garage :rolleyes:
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  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    pigpen wrote: »
    oops.. Out.. nothing..

    in.. 5 wardrobes, 2 dressing tables, 3 chairs, 3 arm chairs 1 bedside cabinet, 1 sideboard.. and a bookcase

    When I bring things in.. I do it with STYLE!!!!! ROFL!!!

    ahem...

    Out..
    1 dead wardrobe

    In..
    The complete works of Dickens in red leather bound hardback.. see... how could I say no??
    1 towel rail
    2 duvets
    1 mattress
    4 folders of ancient knitting patterns
    and... a doormat!
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
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  • charlies_mum
    charlies_mum Posts: 8,120 Forumite
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    Pigpen,

    I agree about the Dickens, books are my downfall :o

    If you took out all my business stock, the only clutter would be my books.
    You're only young once, but you can be immature forever :D
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    Originally Posted by pigpen viewpost.gif
    oops.. Out.. nothing..

    in.. 5 wardrobes, 2 dressing tables, 3 chairs, 3 arm chairs 1 bedside cabinet, 1 sideboard.. and a bookcase

    When I bring things in.. I do it with STYLE!!!!! ROFL!!!
    ahem...

    Out..
    1 dead wardrobe

    In..
    The complete works of Dickens in red leather bound hardback.. see... how could I say no??
    1 towel rail
    2 duvets
    1 mattress
    5 folders of ancient knitting patterns
    and... a doormat!

    Double *ahem*

    Out..
    nada

    In..
    1 double bed with mattress and headboard
    3 huge plants.. beautiful though they are
    a shoebox of random gibble
    a 4 ft high pile of records.. don't ask.. please!!
    a set of step ladders
    a paste board

    AND... a silver plated serving platter!!!
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • Ellidee
    Ellidee Posts: 6,216 Forumite
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    Hmm think I've cracked it Pigpen. You are a burglar - right ? :rolleyes: ;):D
    Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. William James
  • Mum_on_a_mission_2
    Mum_on_a_mission_2 Posts: 1,429 Forumite
    Freecycle queen - Pigpen?

    Moam
    Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.... life is a WIP.


    Snowball says too far away, working hard to bring it forward.
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    Nope.. an old lady we know is moving from WWAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY up here to WWWWAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY down there from a large 3 bedroomed house to a small 1 bedroomed flat.. so I've pilfered her house contents.. I am keeping a lot of it.. but it is to replace what we will be throwing out.
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    AAaaannnnndddddddd .... DS1 came home with 4 pillows a handfull of shells 1p and a broken magnet piled into a pyramid sculpture..
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • Mum_on_a_mission_2
    Mum_on_a_mission_2 Posts: 1,429 Forumite
    pigpen wrote: »
    Nope.. an old lady we know is moving from WWAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY up here to WWWWAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY down there from a large 3 bedroomed house to a small 1 bedroomed flat.. so I've pilfered her house contents.. I am keeping a lot of it.. but it is to replace what we will be throwing out.

    Sounds good to me - I'm all in favour of recycling!

    Out - thick wicker storage boxes, Ebay parcels
    In - food!

    Out tomorrow - lots and lots of recycling stuff to the tip

    Moam
    Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.... life is a WIP.


    Snowball says too far away, working hard to bring it forward.
  • Gers
    Gers Posts: 13,173 Forumite
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    Yesterday - out:
    • HUGE pile of marked exam papers stretching back 3 years (all recycled) :j
    • Big bag of unwanted clothes (all recycled) :j
    • Unwanted desk :j
    • Unwanted bedside drawers:j
    • Empty picture frames which have been lurking for years:j
    • Assorted contents of desk and drawers which have been lurking for years :j
    • My guilty feeling for disposing of all the above :j:j
    Kept:
    • Assorted love letters/cards from assorted blokes just to remind myself of my youthfulness :o
    • My guilty feeling for keeping all the letters! :o
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