Decluttering 2013, the saga continues ...

Goldiegirl

Rummer wrote: »

After a great start I have been too unwell to declutter however my hubby seems to have gotten the bug and has been listing things on Gumtree :j it is great to see things go to new homes.

Hope you feel better soon

mrs-moneypenny

niftythrifty33 wrote: »

Do you all set yourself a target of items to get rid of? I'm not sure I have the patience to list everything but I like the thought of setting a certain amount of items to get red of.

I just took loads of spare wood and some toys and a bin bag of rubbish from kids rooms to the skip, also 1 full bin bag to charity...it feels sooooo good

mineallmine set us a challenge suggestion of decluttering 500 things in october that why im numbering mine to see how far i get with it. ill stop numbering them after the month end unless we get another challenge

Becky_2

Yesterday I spent 30 minutes or so in the garden securing things that could blow away in the storm, thankfully in the end the storm wasn't as bad here as predicted. Hope you are all safe and well.

I managed to fill a black sack while out in the garden with various empty soil packagings and loads of plastic flower containers that other tenants had left. I also emptied a couple of overgrown flowers into the garden bin.

Gers, good luck with your move to Scotland.

niftythrifty33

As I missed the last challenge, I'm going to set one myself. I will aim to get rid of 100 items by the end of this month!!! that's 4 days, not including the stuff I took to the tip and charity shop this morning. I've already boxed some books so will count them and carry sorting. It's going to feel sooooo good

Edited: okay scrap that, I've just got to 60 in the last 10 mins lol...new challenge is 200 in 4 days

niftythrifty33

I really wish books and videos weren't zero value these days as I have LOADS!!!!

mrs-moneypenny

morning all

quiet in here, is everyone too busy decluttering to come on the puter?

just had to go in attic to find some stuff for DS2 caving day at the weekend so had a quick declutter up there

336 small gardening set (fork and trowel) - school christmas fayre
337 pretty photo frame - school christmas fayre
338-340 3 cuddly toys - school christmas fayre
341 unused board game - school christmas fayre
342 yoyo donating to local school wet play box
343 ratty old bag for life - binned
344-345 2 more big battered cardboard boxes of things we no longer own - recycled
346 old 'position closed' desk sign - school props box
347 new unused filofax leather cover - school christmas fayre
348-350 3 babies cardis - knitted using wool from my stash for neighbours friends baby, just sewn buttons on so they are ready to go
351 sachet of facemask - being used up as i type
352 large tin of sweets i bought earlier in year and forgot about - on shelf near front door ready for trick or treaters (they are still in date)
353 big bag of whistles plastic spiders etc - on shelf near front door ready for trick or treaters
354 another pile of felt offcuts from the project im working on

got some bags of stuff ready to take out now to various drop off points so am off to do that

Becky_2

While going through my paperwork looking for a document I found a big pile of old receipts from over a year ago, they have all been shredded now. I have also recycled various cardboards and some old leaflets.

bigdaftkid

Too many to list since my last post but am now at 403 items. Hope I make the 500. Wonder if there will be another challenge for de cluttering next month so we can all have an incentive to carry on.

Rummer

Hubby has still go the bug and whole heap of things have now been collected by people and the car is filled with rubbish for the dump :j

Why is it though that the house is still packed?

bigdaftkid

I DID IT WOOHOOO 500 items completed. Having a rest from it now unless they do a new challenge next month. Hope they do. Well done to all the declutterers will be checking in to see how you are all doing.