2014 decluttering thread (part 3)

karren

Despite having a huge declutterclast Jan I'm faced with house crammed with junk again!!

So today appraised what's here and actually needed so giving away to charity shop a bag of clothes and coats never worn
And going through what's here and ditching g what I can bit by bit
It's v hard though

Uniscots97

18) lots of wrapping paper from my birthday pressies (decided not to keep it as I have loads)
19) empty shoe box

stellata

Some posts on here leave me in awe! I work full time so im trying to declutter between work and everything else. Im not finding it easy. Today I dragged a bag to the CS containing
A food mixer (working but I never use it)
An egg boiling machine ditto
5 shirts
4 scarfs
A beach bag I dont like any more
Some cups ditto
An old filofax type binder.

It feels great. Now im goign thru all my tights, socks, pants and t shirts to weed out the ones I never choose. Honestly, whoneeds 47 pairs of pants??!!
Magnolia.

azzabazza

Haven't caught up with everyone for a few days. Been so busy!

2 Bin liners of knitting wool to care home
Ancient paperback books to CS and some to recycling
Two children's chairs to CS
Various baby items set aside for friend who has become a Granny
Some more clothes and sorted ready to go to CS

And this is just the tip if the iceberg!

ziggy2407

Not much to report today but still its a victory

6 x wooden craft items - friends girls
herbal teabags - posted to a friend
mobile phone (was in a box under bed as OH couldnt get to grips with it) - Traded in @ local shop and gained £30
Mens top - Charity shop
Toy - Charity shop
2 x Son's shirts - sending to friend to be made into an ipad case for him

Keep up the great work, night all xx

PS Hope Ive not broken the thread (cos its gone a bit quiet since I re-joined )

Coulddobetter

47. make up bag CS

CDB x

mrs-moneypenny

morning all
out
pot of face cleaner that had gone off - binned
last weeks newspapers mags and junk mail - recycled
paperback book ive finished - CS bag
birthday card from the stash drawer - posted
packaging from a giant gingerbread skeleton (that was finally eaten) - binned

Yorkielass

My decluttering thanks to selling has gone really well, must get a list of what I've actually decluttered together and posted soon.

My big achievement in January is no purchases other than food, a hotel stay and some train tickets. So no packages of fabric, yarn, clothes etc for me. OH has bought a few bits for the house like a new screwdriver as his broke, some more rechargeable batteries etc but we've both been very good this month and very little has come into the house, which I always think is half the battle with decluttering.

Lilyplonk

I've had a busy couple of days - hence no decluttering. Off to do one of my regular CS shifts this afternoon, so hoping to resist temptation ............ - need to pay for stuff that I got a couple of days ago . They'd already 'cashed-up' when I was looking for change at the end of the day.

Good Luck everybody for the rest of the day - looking forward to reading about your successes when I get back this evening.

Take care all - Lilyplonk x

aimeemum

I know I'm joining the game late but please can I join in?! I've made a start in the last month but I still have a huge way to go to get this house organised.

Brief description of me - mum of 3 smallies, married to a student who also scuba dives, plays ice hockey, fishes, and does any number of other hobbies which take up space. We have a dog and 3 large goldfish who currently inhabit a 120l tank!!! :eek:

We are all crammed into a small (read tiny) 2 bedroomed terrace. We have the world's smallest kitchen, a very small and horribly muddy grass patch which is dark and dank and north facing. There is a small loft, but very little storage. The understairs cupboard is my hubby's man-den! lol :rotfl:

Add in 5 people's worth of clothes and shoes, bedding and towels, food and toiletries, plus 3 children's worth of toys, and you have some idea of how cramped our little abode is!

My mission is to de-clutter, pack and sort ready for our house move which is definitely happening before September 2015. I aim to have this house happy and running properly by April 5th (hubby's end of semester).

I'm selling what I can, charity shopping the rest. So far I've made nearly £60 since the beginning of December, most of it in January! lol. I've sorted out under our bed which was at best a dumping group, at worst a landfill site! lol. I sorted the kitchen and things before Christmas but of course they get cluttered so quickly with 5 people to feed (plus a dog!).

I am however to determined to make the most of it, and get rid of everything unnecessary as lets face it.....we don't want to take it with us!