2014 decluttering thread (part 3)

tiny_courageous

just had a quick shufty round the glass cupboard. Liberated 15 glasses and 2 mugs for the charity shop,and binned a bit of the doorbell that hasn't worked for about 10 years.

115K

- Reorganised the under the sink kitchen cupboard and binned an old tube of extremely cheap toothpaste, it was like cleaning your teeth with little shards of gravel.:eek: I don't know why it was there anyway as I don't generally wash my teeth in the kitchen.:D

- A too big dress, two sets of old flip flops, an old oven glove and a few tops from hub's wardrobe going to recycling.

- Filled up a squirt bottle with the ends of a few bottles of hand cream and put by the front door so I remember to keep my hand soft during the colder weather.

- Not really decluttering but I need to put up a mirror by the front door, I meant to do that since I painted the porch last summer.:o

AlwaysHappy

5 more:
271. pens - bin
272. mould spray (didn't spray) - bin
273. teatowel - discoloured - bin
274. card wallet - bin
275. game - ebay

zcrat41

Someone upthread mentioned address books. I've got 3 which I'm condensing into one but I'd also like to back that up on computer. I currently use a mix of the contacts on my iphone and Hotmail. Does anyone have any good suggestions about one place to keep them all online?

Other than that no decluttering today - but at least I'm thinking about it!

115K

More stuff gone:

- Threw away two pegs.

- Ripped tea towel, some old underwear and some curtains gone to recycling.

- Threw away an old mascara and some old, cloggy nail varnish.

jlhmd666

Afternoon all

Well I managed to fill 4 carrier bags with shredded papers. There was a bag in our bedroom that we just shoved papers into so I sorted through that today. Added to the papers from the kitchen junk drawer there was a fair bit of shredding to be done. Sadly I know that's not all of it :eek:

I also threw away an old mascara and added 2 more books to the charity box.

Earlier today I made a list of clothing items everyone could do with. I'm going to get these and that's it, no more clothes buying until next year - no charity shop buying, no bargains,nothing. The only exception is Christmas pyjamas as the kids have new pyjamas then There are just too many clothes in everyone's drawers. Obviously I have to allow for growth spurts but I feel like we are becoming clothes hoarders

mummyroysof3

Love this thread. Yesterday I cleared out a kitchen cubourd that houses stuff that isn't food and some some plastic drawers that holds craft paper and pens etc. I want the drawers for somewhere else so I binned a lot of it lol. Kids rooms are being swapped round so I'm going to get rid of loads of stuff....wardrobes done already though.

jlhmd666

mummyroysof3 wrote: »

Love this thread. Yesterday I cleared out a kitchen cubourd that houses stuff that isn't food and some some plastic drawers that holds craft paper and pens etc. I want the drawers for somewhere else so I binned a lot of it lol. Kids rooms are being swapped round so I'm going to get rid of loads of stuff....wardrobes done already though.

I'm dreading decluttering the children's rooms :eek::eek::eek:

pollys

Old duvet
Lamp
Cardboard
Pillows

Getting rid of the duvet has made a big difference. We now have more space in the under stairs cupboard.

Pollys

And a bag of old outgrown socks, about 12 pairs!!!!

highlandlady72

Congrats to everyone on their de-cluttering.

My major de-clutter last week (and of the year), was selling my car. As I walk to work (all of 10mins), & only really used car to get food shopping. And I've got an Aldi/Tesco within walking distance (10/15 mins). Plus on a bus route into the town centre with regular buses going past.
Also sold 8" tablet, which I really hadn't been using that much.