Hoarding - A New Start

sjprmc01

Hmm difficult q as most of my 'me' shopping is done online! Most of the time I wear new things straight away (or within the week) occasionally I will squirrel and pretend if its something I've bought when I wasn't meant to (more so when I buy kids clothes). However when we food shop I make sure all the fridge/freezer stuff goes away but sometimes cupboard stuff can be left in its bags it came into the house in for days

Oh, if I have a sales haul (aka boots) I lay it all out and admire . Then find a 'home' for it in my room

mcculloch29

I think 'shizzle' has replaced 'kipple' as my favourite word for a conglomeration of tat. Welcome Guinea Pig Girl. I love piggies, I have had three throughout my life and am tempted to get more - but a pair next time. Pigs do take up a lot of space though...

Another Light Bulb Moment this week. I was looking at the loo seat, which is wooden and painted white. The wood is now showing through in quite a few places.

I was wondering how long it would take to sand and paint, when DS pointed out that it was surely more cost effective to just buy a new one and save the paint for something else.

A!di have them on special this week, so I now have a nice new pine seat, awaiting fitting. I can do this but DS has the brute strength to shift the old fittings.

As hanging on to something past its best rather than replacing is definitely a hoarding feature, I also binned (put aside for recycling bin) my washing up bowl which has split around the top in several places. Poundland provided the replacement.
Two bags of books to the CS today, I struggled to carry them and the lass at BHF did comment "We will collect if there's a lot you know."
I think I shall take that as my cue to declutter as many as possible. Along with three electrical items that are never used, as BHF take those.

mcculloch29

I have nobody to hide from so my shopping is brought out, never hidden (unless it is presents or surprises). I am And, aka mcculloch29, and my hoarding 'things' are bags of any description, mugs, books ...and clothes.
I've "sorted" toiletries thanks to the lovely, supportive No Buying Unnecessary Toiletries thread.

decogecko

BH no never hidden my purchases. Although up until recently I treated shopping (mainly for clothes or home accessories) as a hobby, I would wear the clothes or use the homewares but it wasn't a 'loved purchase' i.e. I brought it because I liked it not because I loved it. Over the last few weeks I have donated a lot of homeware items to CS, most with the price stickers still stuck to the bottom. These weren't expensive purchases but were a waste of money.

Maybe being 'secretive' was your way of having control - the clothes would be revealed when you were ready.

Deco x

Goldiegirl

Mcculloch29 you've just reminded me of something that's lurking in my garage.

Last summer we got a new loo seat, as one in situ was past its best.

It was all safely fitted, but instead of throwing out the old one, I put it in the garage just in case.

This just in case thing is a feature of my behaviour when I get something new, I keep the old thing just in case the new one breaks and we have to go back to using the old one.

Of course we never ever need the old item again, so it sits gathering dust for a few years before I decide it's safe to throw it out.

It's pretty crazy really.

That old loo seat is going, we don't need it!

NinjaB

It's the first time I have seen this thread and spent some time reading through. I can't get rid of anything easily and luckily? have a large walk in attic so much of things "I need" get put up there so the flat looks OK but the attic ... phew. I shall have another sit down and read the rest of this thread but realise I definately need to sort myself out. Have continually found myself thinking ...they threw this or that out, I would have found that really useful. I annoy the OH a lot with it. Having a little one I have all their clothes upstairs and should ebay it but find it a lot of effort and things just don't sell. Did do a car boot last year and still resentful over OH selling things "too cheaply" for my liking. I have nail varnish that is over 25 years old!!! Haven't used it for that long either but don't know why I don't just get rid of it. Don't intend to use it ever as nail varnish. I did paint some pebbles for herb markers a while back with it mind you but think that was me being desperate to find a use for it as opposed to wanting pebble herb markers lol. Anyway ... hello all and I think I will be back when I have analysed things a bit more. Good on the rest of you for changing your habits

Pitlanepiglet

I've mainly dealt with my compulsive buying (note use of mainly!) but in the past I used to hide stuff, but not just from others, I would bring it into the house and stuff it in a wardrobe as if I was hiding it from myself - I guess I knew that I was spending excessively and didn't really want to recognise it.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Never hid stuff. Didn't parade it around either, though. Would bring it in and take it out and put it away until it was wanted.

With non clothing purchases, say food, it comes in, bags on the counter and everything is put away whilst the kettle boils.

I've started going to the gym, so do something like that with the kit, bag, that sort of thing, too - the gear came in, was tried on, tags remove and packed in the bag ready to go for the next visit.


Otherwise, they could be ruined by a daft cat or a clumsy cuppa before ever being used. Which would never do.

Patchwork_Quilt

When I buy food, it goes away at once. Clothes, however, go upstairs on the bed, spread out so that I can gloat over them. Then they go over the bedroom chair at bedtime. After that, I try to wear them as soon as possible.

All clothes are from the charity shop, you understand, except undies.

Currently decluttering some of our woodpile into the stove. DH wanted to get rid of it as some of it seems to be going mouldy rather than seasoning but I have just lost half my job and the electricity/gas statement came today.

And thank you to whoever mentioned Lent decluttering. I will have to give this a go.

MrsAtobe

Another two and a half bin bags cleared from the wardrobe yesterday! .

A busy day here today, I'm taking the swimming springer over to Brean beach to meet up with some members of a springer forum that I use. I will hopefullly get back home in time to get the bags to the cash for clothes place, I'm running out of room...