Decluttering 2013, the saga continues ...

donnajt

TheDoolallyDilly wrote: »

Yes, I think I'm buying because I want to be stylish :rotfl:it's not working

I just don't want to waste money buying things that I wear a few times, then send off to the CS (or to the second hand clothes shop we have, to try and get some money for them) because I don't look like I thought I would I might need serious help!

A year or so ago, when I thought I had nothing to wear, instead of buying anything, I 'made' myself wear a different outfit (based around all the pairs of trousers I had - 5 pairs) every day for two weeks. It was easy, which made me realise that (a) I did have something to wear and (b) I quite liked my clothes and could make different outfits out of them. I think I might be a bit lazy, need to do that again ...

DoolallyDilly - we clearly are the height of fashion lol

I always have "favourite" outfits that I wear over and over again so I am hoping the Project 333 breaks this habit and makes me more experimental

Of course it helps that now all my wearable clothes are together, today will be the first day of using my new wardrobe as i have a friend coming to lunch....

...but i still have no idea what to wear :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

donnajt

museumworker wrote: »

Battling the laptop battery, just wanted to record the following (numbers to follow):
35 items from DDs wardrobe to charity
5 items from DDs wardrobe to recycling.
Learnt the secret to clearing a child's wardrobe. Just do it when they're not around! The number of years we've battled over it - and I just got on with it by myself and she thanked me when she got home!!!

I know those battles well...the good thing about my DD is she is almost 13 and adjusting from tomboy to almost girly girl - so when we did her wardrobe last week, she was quite happy for me to get rid of stuff

Can't wait to hear your DD's reaction to her empty wardrobe yesterday!

donnajt

flyingmamma wrote: »

thanks for including ur list , i had a prob wit scarves too... i ended up keeping 2 ... fine woollen ones and bagging up 15 others along with several hats which i never wear . it was lovely opening my wardrobe this am , room to move and see what was in there! easy selecting an outfit for work too! have to do kids wardrobes next as they are overflowing!

flyingmamma - i think i need to buy some new scarves believe it or not - they are all similar...boring!! Mum bought me a beautiful patterned turquoise one for xmas, i would love a jade green one and a bright pink one, have been online looking at different ways to tie scarves so no doubt by the end of jan i will be known as he scarf lady lol

I did the kids rooms first - they were easy, it was our wardrobes that proved to be a nightmare

donnajt

maid_in_cornwall wrote: »

Wow, Donna, your bedroom looks amazing! Well done you!
Tomorrows itinery is going to be a bag from my bedroom and another bag from the little hallway by the freezer which attracts stuff like nowhere else on earth.

So that will be TEN bags out of the house

Head first into my clutter and get rid!

maid in cornwall - thank you

I must admit the room seems like it has doubled in size - its not normally so untidy and cluttered but since I had flu over xmas lots of stuff got dumped in there including the xmas tree and decs, laundry etc, its not normally so untidy.

Its lovely having tidy drawers and wardrobes and nothing stuffed under the bed (hubby thinks I can't see crap that he stashes and forgets about!!!)

TEN BAGS OUT - that's flippin brilliant well done x

donnajt

TheDoolallyDilly wrote: »

Donna, that is amazing!! Well done, it must feel great.

I shredded some more paperwork today, plus found some (well) out-of-date crisps in the cupboard - they're in the food waste bin now!

Thank you doolallydilly - upstairs is my favourite place to be at the moment lol! I intend to have the rest down by next week!!!

I need to shred desperately but find it so boring - when DD was little she used to love shredding - can;t even bribe her with money any more to do it

you should have crunched the crisps up mixed with cheese and put on top of a mac cheese or pasta bake

donnajt

mineallmine wrote: »

Basically it involves specific tasks for each room. And the areas which are still REALLY bad, when I declutter anything from them I'm going to aim to declutter a minimum of 10 items! Once the amount of stuff has reduced in the really bad areas I can then look to clear the shelf, floor etc. One step at a time

· Flylady and declutter 500 things in January! 293/500
· Reduce Spare room stuff by 10 items a time. Clear floor, desk, bed
· Sort Lounge papers with wallets. Clear table/shelves
· Clear Bedroom windowsill, boxshelf, floor
· Reduce Garage stuff by 10 items a time
· Reduce Loft stuff by 10 items at a time

Great list mealallmine - almost 300 items decluttered this month that's amazing

look forward to hearing yoru progress xx

donnajt

flyingmamma wrote: »

found a lovely capsule wardrobe for spring for my daughter on boden website if anyone interested in project 333. it was a pic of abiut 12 keys items i think i will use this when i declutter her wardrobe.

flyingmamma thanks for this will def be having a snoop

hannerrbabes wrote: »

I started today!
I sorted through my 2 boxes of items to ebay and photographed everything ready to list tomorrow. Also sorted to carrier bags from them for the charity shop. (Sadly the one my mum volunteers in, and I used to, is too far away to donate to but I wish I could donate to them as they've been burgled twice since november! )
I also sorted through my packaging bag that i use to send ebay things.
And found lots more stuff to ebay/amazon.
Well done people! and good night:D

Well done hannerrbabes - but I am so disgusted that anyone would rob a charity shop...how low can u go?

suzeesu2000 wrote: »

get one of those multi hole photo frames and make them into pictures? If you have a coffee table, get a glass top cut for it and display the card beneath the glass - great talking point...

what a lovely idea

donnajt

museumworker wrote: »

Just working on my next 3 months - Feb to May. I played quite safe with outfits first time round so am thinking how I can inject a bit more variety/make it more suitable for Spring. Have been reading this site http://www.puttingmetogether.com/p/building-remixable-wardrobe-series.html for inspiration. I have put together a VERY short list of needs:
* chambray shirt
* perfect black pencil skirt
* mustard yellow or bottle green cardigan
* polka dot t-shirt
* grey t-shirt
* coloured (burgundy?) jeans
* long chain to put pendant on (chain on last one broke)
* possibly possibly a coloured blazer
Found the chambray shirt for £2 on a sale rail, and am looking out for the rest. It was good to write a list of what I wanted as over the last few days have been thinking 'oh, I have something I could use instead of that'. Planning to go through my bags of clothes and pick out items to use, and HOPEFULLY will be a bit more ruthless with getting rid of stuff. TBH am enjoying the whole capsule wardrobe thing, so what's the point of keeping bags and bags of stuff I won't use?

Might 'cheat' or adapt slightly to include more jewellery/scarves. I LOVE jewellery and have lots that I wear and that would add a massive amount of variety. Haven't decided yet though, might stick to the 33 for the next 3 months before I return to work in June.

Ooooh thanks for this link - I too have a list of "wants" for my wardrobe lol...including a jean jacket and a chambray shirt - i saw an amazing webpage with 20 ways to wear a jean shirt...must have lol

I found the jewellery really hard, I have a few "good" bits of jewellery and love my junk stuff too....I decided on two blue necklaces and one diamonte necklace...hoping this is enough!

loopychriss wrote: »

(mainly trying to get a quilt finished I started 4 years ago in March)

How is the quilt coming along loopchriss?

purplevamp wrote: »

Not much done today, as I was at
[STRIKE]If I'm feeling brave I'll put a photo of my bedroom up, if only to make you all
feel better about your rooms!!![/STRIKE] I may be feeling brave but I'm more embarrased :o:o:o. I had to stand on the bed to get the full effect!!!

DO NOT BE EMBARRASSED!!! We all started in the same place - just set yourself small targets - and I warn you it gets worse before it gets better once you start sorting thru it

Hope you are feeling better today x

donnajt

Morning all - sorry about all the replies my PC struggles with multiquote!

Just watching these images of the helicopter that has crashed into a crane in Vauxhall, truly awful

My friend is coming for lunch today, so have a short list for this morning:

1. Bake Victoria Sandwich DONE
2. Hoover DONE
3. Small ironing pile (about 10 items) DONE
4. Tidy dining room / kitchen DONE
5. Get dressed!!! DONE

Bin men been today - lovely to see all the pink and black bags gone!

cte1111

10 minute declutter this morning (meant to be 5 minutes but am moving slowly today):

Knife block and knives
2 baking tins
Small plastic jug
3 ramekins
Little box
Strip light bulb (not had this light for 6 years now)
Plastic cup

Picked out a few bits from the kitchen cupboard that I was nervous of tackling, think might be able to tackle the rest of it with my OH sometime soon.