Decluttering 2013, the saga continues ...

somerandom

68. Torn cardi - recycling
69. Old Notebooks - recycling
70. Batteries - recycling
71-77 7xTops - CS
78 Necklace - CS
79 dress - CS
80-84 4xold painting clothes - recycling
85 Old rusty bin - rubbish
86 Ruined old mat - rubbish
87-90 4xpieces of chipped/rusted kitchen equipment - rubbish

I feel like I had a really good day today - something shifted in me & I felt like it was easier to get rid of stuff I'd been keeping hold of - for example I decided that instead of holding onto some clothes to sell or "just in case" I'd just give them to charity shop & although the notebooks don't sound like much - psychologically they were quite a shift as I didn't know why I was holding onto them but couldn't quite part with them until today. I could also start to see the difference mainly in terms of there being room to put things away in the cupboards under the stairs.

Thanks all for the motivation - I feel like I've been to a decluttering bootcamp

Rummer

Two giant boxes to the dump that were filled with packaging

Where does all this packaging come from?????

Mumof2_2

Hi there, do you mind if I join you please? I'm resuming my decluttering mission (did go a bit AWOL but need to get sorted!) so think it'd be good to jump in here.

I'm not going to list items bit by bit as anything is progress but have managed to:
* get bag of stuff ready to go to CS (old toys/outgrown clothes)
* found socks/cropped tops not suitable for CS which can go into clothes recycling
* gathering stuff to list on fleabay over the course of time

OK, doesn't seem much does it but we all have to start somewhere!

Sue14

Since my last post about a month ago, I have sold 3 more DVDs, a CD single and my DS's guitar, amp and accessories on ebay. I was especially pleased to see the guitar go, as it has been taking up so much room in the airing cupboard, he bought it when he first left school and never got around to learning to play it, and then didn't take it with him when he moved out.

I think I'd better join the challenge for November to get me motivated, as I've not got rid of much lately and the 'cupboard of doom' is getting full again, lol! Today I've gone through all my old proof of postage receipts for ebay parcels (dating back to 2010?:eek:), and have kept the ones from the last 18 months and put the rest through the shredder. I've also gone through the 2 pots of pens and binned 3 that weren't working.

So for the challenge:-

1. CD single
2. jiffy bag from stash used for sending CD
3. 3 x pens binned
4. pile of receipts shredded
5. used envelopes taken into work
6. pile of paperwork shredded

sweaty_betty

I'm so impressed with everyone here! We've just finished building work, so have a few lovely clear rooms, but the rest of the house is a mess! One particular room is the dumping ground for everything, we also have a lock-up that we're renting and I have no idea where we're going to put all that stuff...
So my challenge for Christmas is to declutter room by room - maybe a room every 10 days. So first I'm going to clear our front room and make it a nice place to be again - this will include relocating a fridge freezer, so might be a tall order

mrs-moneypenny

morning all

plan today is to declutter the ironing basket - ive got so behind on that and need to catch up.

7 shirts that were too small for DS2 are now in the charity bag.
1 bathbomb - used up last night
1 pack of bath salts finally finished off


well done to everyone you are doing brilliantly
welcome to all the new declutters

mineallmine

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Brilliant decluttering everyone :T Every little helps

Manic few days at work, finally a day to get some decluttering done :j

1. Face cloth
2. Toiletry used up 1/10 targeted this month
3. Another toiletry used up 2/10
4. Gumpth posted thro
5. Recycling

The tv ad is on so I'm going to see how much I can declutter now :j

I'm focusing quite a bit on toiletries. Really want to pare these down to what I like to use. Have a lot of unloved things knocking around. Or things that are a faff.

6. Face mask used up
7. Dregs of an old cleanser used up
8. Dregs of a shampoo used up
9. TENS machine. CS

Need to be up to 40 things today so I need to get a move on :j

luxor4t

Today:
CS boxes: [STRIKE]will be delivered this afternoon![/STRIKE]
- 4 ornaments
- small sealed notebook
- 2 Xmas decs
- game

recycling:
- 3 used puzzle books
- 2 brochures
- redundant family history notes
- huge cardboard box
- old curtains into fabric recycling

16 total 111/200

Racing against the clock as I have a big job coming up till the end of November and a cleaning blitz booked for very early December.

Re toiletries: I am still plodding through my mountain. I hope nobody gives me any toiletries for Christmas, I've not used last years yet

Edit to add: CS run done

Yorkielass

I found 40 items of food (oops) and paper recycling when I got home on Thursday so just made 500 items for October.

Then I had a couple of days in London for my birthday so no decluttering there and only came home with a couple of cosmetics, a new wallet for OH and 2 new pairs of boots and some show programmes so that's pretty good, and only a few 'non consumable/money' gifts that need homes.

Back on the decluttering yesterday

1-18 set of old crockery in laws bought for OH whilst at Uni but that we don't use anymore sold on gumtree, 18 things out, £7 in, all good.

Not decluttering as it's not left the house but finally finished all the ironing and now OH's office isn't full of clothes (we were drying stuff in there whilst we decorating dining room) so house is starting to look better.

Great start to November everyone!

115K

I have been decluttering a lot this year and I almost feel like my home has been rejuvenated.

I think I will start again in 2014 if there is a one thing a day challenge on here.