Hoarding...not just on TV

thriftwizard

Oh and does anyone, when they have a box of chocolates look at the plastic insert where the individual chocs lay and think, "this could be useful..."

Erm - yes... and it NEVER is!

mollythewestie

blossomhill wrote: »

One way to deal with this - put a value on the goods, in your head - say £40. Then decide you would like to give £40 to your favourite charity. But give them the goods instead. They probably aren't worth anywhere near the £40 but it somehow makes it easier ...HTH

This is a great idea.
I always donate to a local hospice charity shop. When you register with the gift aid scheme with this particular shop they give you a small card with your gift aid number on, when you donate they mark your items with that number.
Twice a year I get an email from them telling me how much my items have made for the charity. Sometimes it's just £10-£20, once it was almost £100 - I *think* they must have found something rather collectible amongst my donation as I had only donated a small bag of what I thought were worthless knick-knacks.

It gives me a great feeling to see how much they get for things I no longer have use for.

lostinrates

Just want to say thank you for the kind wishes and PMs from the richarders. I am not actively dericharding, or anything much atm tbh. I had an MRI yesterday and am tackling my latrophobia head on...i have to see a gp today, first time in a good couple of years i have voluntarily gone with out dh to 'protect' me.

I don't have an actual diagnosis for the new problem yet, but think I know what it is having spent a lot of time googling and seeing things that link up with some of the things I have had a while, think i might be seeing the consultant on Tuesday.

Now the builders and i have settled into a routine and the twmporary kitchen is up and running the house is messier than usual, and needs a damn good clean, but there is not too much richard lurking down stairs.

Dh and i have almost certainly decided to chuck our bed. We have a small spare bed, its not longterm practical for us, but its certainly in a better state than our bed, and so we are considering taking ours to the tip this week and moving the small spare one, Which is like this http://www.polyvore.com/ikea_ps_veranda/thing?id=16938913

into our room. He would get the open side when he is home. I had been going to turn this into garden furniture ( richard alert) as i really, really dislike it now, had to buy a bed in a hurry for my post operative mother and i made a bad choice.

lostinrates

Re charity giving, you can donate STUFF as well as money with gift aid too i believe. That might be relevant when doing tax returns for people with lots of richard to unload, so very mse too

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Animal rescues. The PDSA. Retired greyhound trust. That kind of thing will love having that many quilts for their patients.


I'm bored. But as I'm also skint, I can't do anything silly.


But I am sooooo BORED!!!!!

lostinrates

mollythewestie wrote: »

This is a great idea.
I always donate to a local hospice charity shop. When you register with the gift aid scheme with this particular shop they give you a small card with your gift aid number on, when you donate they mark your items with that number.
Twice a year I get an email from them telling me how much my items have made for the charity. Sometimes it's just £10-£20, once it was almost £100 - I *think* they must have found something rather collectible amongst my donation as I had only donated a small bag of what I thought were worthless knick-knacks.

It gives me a great feeling to see how much they get for things I no longer have use for.

Oops, did not mean to repeat other advice!:o

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

VJsmum wrote: »

what if
- i find i do want to barbecue (barbecue, what a joke!!) some vegetables and i give away that big purpose built pan cluttering up a cupboard you BBQ larger bits on the grill itself. Or stick to the burgers and burned sausages like everybody else.

- i need to use the electric knife that doesn't cut anything what for? If it doesn't cut, the only thing you could do is throw it at a mad axe murderer in the hope it knocks him out or he trips up over the plug lead. And if you need to dispose of a body in a hurry, stick it in a freezer and then hire a woodchipper - far more efficient.

- i need to fill all those disney / warner bros / alton towers cups we got whilst there ive already told you, hire a woodchipper

- i suddenly decide to use the pizza pan instead of putting pizza on the oven shelf as I always do do you actually like soggy pizza?

- i need to use every one of my dozen or so casserole dishes you cannot dispose of a body via le creuset.

- the kids (who are 16 and 13) want to use all of the 200 :eek: or so colouring pencils and felt tips that we have. chuck them all and spend 50p on one brand new pack. Problem solved without the usual searching for a sharpener, all the leads being broken inside or searching for a red and black that hasn't dried up


Really, these are things I do not need. They are going.

I agree. You dOnt need them. Get rid now, before you realise who you have been subconsciously planning to do in.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

By the way, LIR, I'm sorry, but that bed is horrid. Could you not leave it in the spare room and sell it? And actually get a bed that you like in your room?

I would have a panic attack at the thought of being caged like that. Especially if there was someone else blocking my escape.

VJsmum

LOL Jojo - I am glad you are bored as that is a great response.

I agree the bed is a bit horrid <<sorry>> looks like a tomb. Would give me claustrophobia in a heartbeat. Keep the old one.

lostinrates

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

By the way, LIR, I'm sorry, but that bed is horrid. Could you not leave it in the spare room and sell it? And actually get a bed that you like in your room?

I would have a panic attack at the thought of being caged like that. Especially if there was someone else blocking my escape.

No need to be sorry, it IS horrid.:rotfl: i am not too worried about being blocked in, more about not having room for us all (dh, i and the cats)

Money is a bit of a precious commodity atm, with builders in Fixing the Wreck, hearing planned for autumn (hurrah) and now me needing more help again and potential health related expence. I am wary of spending on a bed for us right now:o