Hoarding - Springing Ahead

ivyleaf

Good luck Catriona_P!

silvasava

Sorted out some more books to go the the CS - bag by the front door is getting larger & larger Kitchen worktop looking much tidier too as not so many unused cookbooks. May cull some more

Gingernutty

One towelling dressing gown - that brings me down to two

One scarf - love the Day of the Dead skulls and flowers pattern but the sheer fabric kept unknotting itself and leaving me looking like I was about to rob a bank

Two pairs of jeans - still got six pairs

Two CDs - ripped and unfit for Music Magpie but playable

More books - a twee Cath Kidston embroidery book and some self help books

Three belts - nice but too thin for the trousers and jeans I own

An audio cassette gidget with connecting cable - it was supposed to transfer audio cassettes to MP3 files but I never got it to work correctly

Once I start looking, it's easy to find stuff to lose.

mcculloch29

I listed a construction kit - totally unused, one needing glue and paint - on a free to good home local FB page and one of my best friends rang me within the hour, so that will be rehomed. DD has some bits and pieces to pick up on her next visit too.
Motivations... I made it a challenge to fill the recycling wheelie bin every fortnight when we first got it, and it was good motivation to get rid of shelves of work documents that were outdated, and those that weren't are on the Net anyway. (Adult education). I think I will give that another go the next time it is emptied, it's pretty full at the moment.

GreyQueen

Gingernutty, your neighbour must be the spiritual kin of my own neighbours. I keep a special pair of extra-strong black rubber gloves in an outside cupboard for wrangling with other people's stuff.

In the past, I've ignored the overlarge cardboard boxes left outside the recycling bin and they sit there, week after week, getting soggy and disintegrating. It's easier for me to spent 3 mins dealing with it than suffer the annoyance of seeing it several times a day for weeks.

Couple of weeks ago, one of them dumped their Xmas tree, complete with pretty nice decorations. I de-dec'd it and bagged them for the c.s. - gone in the second to last donation bag. Wasteful and idle beggars.

Today is a non-working day for me, and I have a few errands to do, but am also planning on some housework, which will free up some kipple for the recycling bin/ possibly the chazzer.

Does anyone else find themselves a little surprised that they are still managing to find stuff to hiff out? I have a tiny flat, a very small bike/ storage shed here at the block and a 6 x 8 ft allotment shed a mile away, and it seems to me that I can always find stuff which is no longer needed on the journey.

Some of it makes sense; books which I've read and don't consider keepers, clothes which are worn out for ragging, but there is still good stuff coming out of the woodwork.

I've decided I shall rootle in the 3 small drawers of my wall unit today and see what may have appeared in there since the last go-round and whether any of that can go for recycling.

Keep the faith, lovely peeps. If more goes out than comes in, it can only get less cluttered, right?!

littlegreenparrot

I wanted to de-lurk to share a lovely de-cluttering story

I have had a handbag sat in the back of my wardrobe for more than 5 years, I bought it because it was a lovely, leather, classic style, that was reduced to next to nothing because it had a tiny fault. What I failed to realise at the time, is that although its a beautiful style, its not really my style. I've never even used it.

I've been reading this, and the KonMarie thread, and decided it had to go. Asked colleague at work if she'd like a look, and she took it very gladly yesterday. Today she's shown up with beautiful flowers, chocs and wine for me. She's just back from 2 weeks off, following the death of her ex husband, who she was still close to.

I feel all lovely and warm, its certainly bought a lot more joy to us both in the last couple of days than it would have done sat in the dark in the wardrobe :A

GreyQueen

littlegreenparrot wrote: »

I wanted to de-lurk to share a lovely de-cluttering story

I have had a handbag sat in the back of my wardrobe for more than 5 years, I bought it because it was a lovely, leather, classic style, that was reduced to next to nothing because it had a tiny fault. What I failed to realise at the time, is that although its a beautiful style, its not really my style. I've never even used it.

I've been reading this, and the KonMarie thread, and decided it had to go. Asked colleague at work if she'd like a look, and she took it very gladly yesterday. Today she's shown up with beautiful flowers, chocs and wine for me. She's just back from 2 weeks off, following the death of her ex husband, who she was still close to.

I feel all lovely and warm, its certainly bought a lot more joy to us both in the last couple of days than it would have done sat in the dark in the wardrobe :A

:T That is so lovely, the handbag is bringing joy to its new owner and joy to you as its former owner; what could be better? You did a good thing, there.

I always like to give things away respectfully; clean, tidy, ironed and folded. Just because they're not wanted by me, it doesn't follow that they are worthless items which should be treated disrespectfully, or that I should create extra work for the chazzer sorters to get that item out on the shopfloor asap with minimum labour.

115K

littlegreenparrot wrote: »

I wanted to de-lurk to share a lovely de-cluttering story

I have had a handbag sat in the back of my wardrobe for more than 5 years, I bought it because it was a lovely, leather, classic style, that was reduced to next to nothing because it had a tiny fault. What I failed to realise at the time, is that although its a beautiful style, its not really my style. I've never even used it.

I've been reading this, and the KonMarie thread, and decided it had to go. Asked colleague at work if she'd like a look, and she took it very gladly yesterday. Today she's shown up with beautiful flowers, chocs and wine for me. She's just back from 2 weeks off, following the death of her ex husband, who she was still close to.

I feel all lovely and warm, its certainly bought a lot more joy to us both in the last couple of days than it would have done sat in the dark in the wardrobe :A

Wonderful.:T

Softstuff

Out today: 1 small wooden display-unit, 1 pedal bin (rusty with occasionally faulty lid), 1 wicker bin (broken and barely holding together), 2 plastic baskets, 1 shirt (I kept putting this on to go out, then deciding I didn't like it on, do kept hanging it back up in the wardrobe...), 1 large picture frame, 2 dresses.

In today: 1 small plastic bin, some cardboard boxes for packing.

Moving really galvanises the mind I'm finding.

GreyQueen

Have you got a moving date to work towards yet, Softstuff? And yes, moving really does concentrate the mind. The thought of having to handle it all and set it down in a new place and then thing !!!!!!?!?