Enough is enough - the great declutter

earthmother

Well, things have moved slowly this week, but at least in the right direction.

I've freecycled 9 big empty Roses tins, and underbed storage tub, and a broken laundry basket (the tins were in it, and the chap said he'd take it if I didn't want it - saves me a trip to the tip). I also have times arranged for a bag of packaging and two carriers of jam jars to go.

The school fete ended up getting two carriers of books, and about 6 bags of toys - could have taken more but ran out of time and buggy space.

I've got a load of stuff in the local paper this week - so far only sold one small item, but hopefully things will pick up over the weekend.

Mum took half a dozen blacks bags of clothes away last weekend to sort out for me - they're all stuff the boys have outgrown, so until it's sorted by size, I won't know what I can sell and what I need to store - don't quite know how it backed up that much, but the shear scale of it has meant I've not had the chance to do it.

Still have loads of boxes around - enough to make the letting agent comment on the inspection - but these things can't be helped.

Mudbath

Hiya
IN - 3 wooden pallets
OUT - 3 wooden pallets to the allotment, a huge bag of stuff to the charity shop, a carrier bag full of stuff to the school fair.

Not a bad day xx

pigpen

In..

Nothing

Out..

DD1's bushy eyebrows.. replaced with more streamlined ones lol

ebay

13/80 selling £21.69
2 to post
1 the payment is still to clear!

I've just had a leaflet through saying there is a charity collection on Tuesday so I aim to fill binbags for that today! a minimum of 3!!.. so I need to get my act together in the flinging stakes. Starting with the boys clothing I think!

zarazara

IN =nothing
OUT = 20 bags of rubbish to the tip,some metal and plastic as well.

magicalmilliecat

I'm joining in with this great de-clutter! It's just taking me an age to get through everything... my fiance and I seem to have accumulated quite a collection of random junk over the years!

We put a load of CDs, DVDs etc., on eBay recently and made around £200 which was fantastic! I think I'll need to set aside another full day to list the remaining stuff I have lying around though.

It WILL be worth it though... just got to keep the motivation up. Reading everyone's comments on here has helped greatly.

Ellidee

pigpen wrote: »

Out..

DD1's bushy eyebrows.. replaced with more streamlined ones lol

How many binbags did they fill ? :rolleyes: :rotfl:

nicki_2

IN : Nothing

Out : Nothing except us for the day....but we're back home now :rotfl::rotfl:

pigpen

Ellidee wrote: »

How many binbags did they fill ? :rolleyes: :rotfl:

about 4!!! she could barely see where she was going!

The hubby has minced the grass and filled the compost bin.. and trimmed my bush and filled next doors wheelie bin with clippings and a bag of rubble!

Ellidee

pigpen wrote: »

and trimmed my bush and filled next doors wheelie bin

:eek: :rotfl:

pennyocs

ive been watching this thread for ages now and have decided its time to bite the bullet and get on with it.
today i took 3 in 1 pram to charity shop along with giant bag of baby toys,gave rest of baby stuff cot,highchair,bouncy chair to neice whos expecting. have got several bags of books waiting to go to hospice and charity shop. still a long way to go but it feels great having cleared out a lot of stuff and helping a charity all in one go.