2014 decluttering thread (part 3)

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I am about to go through my photos and getting rid of a bulky photo album and just keeping the ones I want in a box.

Bins emptied and recycling into bin.

Hoovering today (boring!) so I will be decluttering some dust.:D

mrs-moneypenny

morning all
hope everyone is well
a few outs
the dogbed i made for DD1s forthcoming puppy has been delivered to her
3 zips a reel of cotton and a metre square of lining fabric from my stash also went to DD1
watched 4 dvds that werent very good so they are in the CS bag
used up a tub of body butter, tub is now in recycling

lola34

Well I eventually made it to weigh in the bags of clothes, I got just under £10 so better than nothing.


Started a sort out of the dresser in the kitchen and got rid of some papers into the recycling


Bag back to a friend who wanted me to sell it for her but it didn't sell


Spare Christmas lights to my Mam whose broke over Christmas -she'd bought them for me in the first place


Old phone in the bin - was going to sell it but it won't turn on properly - OH smashed it up first as it had some info on it and it wouldn't let me delete it

loopychriss

Found my list, so this is what I've managed to declutter over the past couple of weeks.

41. Receipts from handbag
42. 1 non-working pen
43. Piece of 10 day old birthday cake that had gone all hard
44. 1 bag
45-54. 10 items of clothing
55. 14 items to food bank
56-75. 20 items to charity shop
76. 3 old copies of Handy Pages (local information booklet)
77. Teacup with broken handle
78. 3 candles in jars + 1 candle
79. 1 cafetiere
80. 1 manky washbag
81. Poppadoms
82. 1 used up craft knife
83. Broken glasses case
84. Keyring
85. 1 cake pop from granddaughter's birthday party on 27th December
86. Emptied one opened bottle of bathroom cleaner into another and chucked one bottle
87-94. 8 morsbags made out of fabric stash (will be out of house tomorrow)
95. 2 phones given to daughter (we got new ones)

Goodness, that's nearly the month's target already and there's still 11 days to go! I'm not very quick at decluttering at the moment, but I'm going to keep cracking on, slowly and steadily.

Thistle-down

I decluttered under the kitchen sink - somehow I ended up with 6 scrub brushes among other things.

I put 4 and a bunch of other stuff I will never use in a bag outside that said "free cleaning supplies"

Someone took it pretty quickly, I hope it will be useful for them.

mrs-moneypenny

that was a kind gesture thistle down, i hope whoever took it finds it useful.

finished the stocking i was working on so have decluttered lots of little felt offcuts and remnants of thread into the bin. i cant throw the leftover beads and sequins away as im sure they will come in useful:o

Coulddobetter

Socks -bin
Handbag x 2 -eBay
Toiletries -eBay

Up to 46/365 did get higher but bought a few things in the B@@ts sale.
As my name says could do better....
CDB x

ziggy2407

Hi Lovelies

Can I re-join please? I have popped in and out over the years but would really like to keep on top of things. so, from the beginning of Jan I have decluttered

Tin chocolates to OH's work
Tin chocolates to Bin men
Box of Thorntons to ladies in Charity Shop
Apron - charity shop
Football mug - charity shop
Utensil pot - charity shop
Top Trump cards - charity shop
Clock - charity shop
christmas jumper - charity shop
13 nick-nacks from DS room - charity shop
Wellies (outgrown) - Nursery @ school
small Christmas tree - Nursery @ school
Dead batteries - recycling @ school
Bag of cans - recycling @ school
magazines - passed to neighbour
magazine - sold
DS bike - sold (he put money straight in his bank)
old calendar - recycling box
2014 Calendar & Diary - Freecycle
2 x scrapbook albums - friends daughters
2 prs x canvas pumps - Grandson
1pr trainers - Grandson
waterproof trousers - friends little boy
Bags of junk - Nursery @ school (model making)
old shoe brushes - bin
old/dried up shoe polishes - bin
vase (broken) - recycling bin
old saucepan - bin
bag of carrier bags - local shop

Have also managed to:
clear under sink cupboard
clear "junk drawer" in kitchen - all neat and now holding tea towels

We (as a family) are also:
dealing with post immediately
recycling all junk mail that comes through door (instead of letting it pile up)
using up toiletries before starting new ones
using up cleaning products before starting new ones
take carrier bags to shops
we are also aware of whats in the cupboards/fridge and freezer

Keep up the great work everyone you are all amazing and inspirational.

Sorry for all the waffle

suzeesu2000

Cor, everyone is so busy at dejunking! I haven't done much I am afraid but the little bits are adding up.

Manky old doormat - bin
Boxes from Xmas chocs - recycling
Bits left from an old face cloth - bin
Old money box, opened and can't reseal - recycling
Carrier bag full of shredded papers - recycling
Empty jig scouring !!!!! bottle - recycling

Hope to have more to report, keep up the good work all

LeaLea89

Hi All!

Just a quick post whilst i am on my lunch at work

Managed to sort/de-clutter the following since my last post:

- 3 bolster cushions - freecycle
- 3 tins of paint - freecycle
- 2 bags of rubbish - tip
- put a dress on ebay
- 2 piles of letters sorted and recycled where possible, others filed away
- cleaning cupboards sorted out, decanted liquids into one bottle when there were more than one open!
- tin of choccies to work

will be back on it later when i am back in from work!