Decluttering 2013, the saga continues ...

Lilyplonk

Good morning all :wave: - hope all who are bug-laden are taking care of themselves - think I've managed to see off the worst of mine, though they've lingered longer than is usual for me this year . Just a bit of a 'rattly cough' that's giving me a bit of aggro at the moment, but basically back to normal :j.

I finished decluttering my coat hangers the other day - so now have a bagful of 'children's size' to take into the CS with me this morning - the best of the adult ones have been distributed between three wardrobes and the remainder have been binned - CS has more than enough of those :eek:.

Have also worked my way through another packing box and 'put items where they belong' - so another box for the outdoor lock-up. Looks like I'll be advertising on Freecycle again shortly :T.

The over-flowing food stash - from the 'Christmas-that-never-quite-happened' - has now been sorted into two plastic crates. One is designated 'treats' and the other is 'everyday stuff'. I've made a note of 'use-by'/'best before' dates so that as little as possible 'escapes' being safely used up.

At the moment, I'm feeling pretty good about my spare bedroom - there's now space to 'turn around'/'move things' without playing tetris and we've had a few 'dgk sleepovers' without losing one among the debris in there .

I've got an ambition to buy a new bed for our room - that'll involve shifting our current bed into the spare room and dumping the one that's in there at the moment. Unfortunately, it will also mean a 'shufty around' of the furniture in BOTH rooms - not looking forward to telling OH .................... may have to be left until I've cooked his favourite evening meal :rotfl:.

Keep up the good work folks - I'm off to the CS for my shift today - and need to keep repeating my mantra. 'I'm here to work - not to buy!'

Keep up the good work everybody :T - speak later - Lilyplonk xx

xdewdewx

I sold £15 worth of my boys outgrown clothes today, and another £20 supposedly on tuesday coming to collect.

Emptied my coin jar and got £52!

My biggest problem is trying not to fill his wardrobe to bursting again im addicted to buying him clothes!!

DundeeDoll

Hugs ziggy and anyone else struggling with the black dog.
Well done to everyone's declutters. Whether big or small, every little helps (except when it's horse meat :rotfl:
Off to work soon which will be a long day followed immediately by a church meeting so declaring my 13 already.
Another 13 videos to the bin. CS's no longer take them, we havent played any of them for maybe 5 years. Lesson to self - should have taken them to CS then while they'd have still been some use, so now being much more proactive in passing things on we no longer use, eg 1/2 size violin to friend with young daughter, revision books to school.
Time for my morning ritual of visiting each room with a scented candle, drawing curtains, opening window, making sure everything is tidy, closing window. All very nice

TheDoolallyDilly

wik wrote: »

My former wedding dress that has been decluttered into a fancy dress dress!!!

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y483/whysowik/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/309904_10151431607395803_1461801956_n.jpg

:T that's fabulous, well done!

Not much going on here - well, I've been 'preparing' for my interview next week :eek: - I've unsubscribed from a few email newsletters, and deleted some duplicate photos. Need to back up remaining photos, and continue decluttering my Word documents

donnajt

Morning all, I am so impressed how much we have all done! would be amazing to see it all in a heap together - hopefully the charity shop tills are fuller this january!

Have given myself a small list of jobs today:-
AVON - 3 boxes of returns (please God let courier arrive today as promised!)
Hoovering - cannot ignore this task anymore]
Ironing - small pile could wait until tomorrow
Declutter/use up:
Wrinkly apples - hoping to magically transform them into Dutch Apple Cake
OOD Yogurts - hoping to magically transform them into Muffins
Stale Bread/Rolls - hoping to magically transform them into bread pudding

donnajt

ziggy2407 wrote: »

Apologies for not having updated for a few days as am struggling with my depression and finding it really hard to do anything, I feel happy that I can get the "normal" everyday stuff done but am not managing to do any extras. so just a little update from me

Hi ziggy - I understand completely how you feel - I have SAD and have been struggling since September last year - I have had my medication changed for the 3rd time and I am really hoping to have turned a corner. If you want to chat, pm me x

donnajt

wik wrote: »

My former wedding dress that has been decluttered into a fancy dress dress!!!

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y483/whysowik/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/309904_10151431607395803_1461801956_n.jpg

What a fantastic idea

MummyEm

I'm pretty please with progress in Jan but still have a long way to go. For Feb, I am going to set myself a target of items to declutter. I didn't do this in Jan but regretted it halfway through the month as I think it would really have helped motivate me.

Feb declutter target 250 items.

RevolvingDoor

I am going to go around the house and see if there is anything else to go to the CS.

DundeeDoll wrote: »

Time for my morning ritual of visiting each room with a scented candle, drawing curtains, opening window, making sure everything is tidy, closing window. All very nice

Do you do that to air the rooms out?:)

cte1111

Mini declutter this morning:

Curtain hooks
Badge
Keyring
Shampoo that makes my hair look greasy

Also put other bits in my craft room away in their new homes.