2014 decluttering thread (part 3)

Goldiegirl

Welcome Aimee !


I've done a few bits over the last week or so










27 2 x DVDs – eBay
28 4 LP’s sold individually – eBay
29 P & O Cruises slippers – eBay
30 Batch of 20 LP’s sold as a lot – eBay
31 2 jigsaws – eBay
32 Old paperwork – shredded
33 Old desk fan – electrical recycling


Its slow these days..... I almost long for the days when I had much more clutter, as it was such fun getting rid of it!


But the fact that I'm not so cluttered now, shows that the work has paid off

PenguinOfDeath

Gaining inspiration from this thread, can anyone recommend where the best place to sell a load of football shirts might be?

I have at least a bin bag full of shirts, most for the same team spanning the last 15 yeas and I have no use for most of them. Ebaying seems the obvious option but time consuming and/or expensive if sold individually or as a job lot.

I've seen a few sites that offer to buy footy shirts, has anyone used one of these and we're they any good? Any other suggestions, I'd like to get some sort of money for then rather than giving away if possible

TheDoolallyDilly

Welcome Aimee - you have got a lot on your plate - hope this thread helps you.

Goldiegirl - I feel the same, I've decluttered so much, I don't have that much left to go! Well, maybe it's that what's left is the stuff that needs the really hard decisions

78: Pile of out-of-date catalogues and brochures - recycling
79: CD-rom and instructions for a wireless mouse we no longer have - recycling/bin

Need to ramp it up a bit to reach 100 by the end of January :eek:

fannyadams

another day off, another purge:

• gone through all biro/pens and binned ones that don't work.
• gone through our highlighters/felt tipped pens etc binned dried up ones
• sorted out kids stationery point - i.e. scrap paper/notebooks/colouring pens/pencils/felt tips/rulers/rubbers/pencil cases etc and purged broken/driedup/no use ones to bin
• wiped over bookend where these 'live'
• purged takeaway menus/village newsletters etc kept current ones only, rest to recycling

going to pause for lunch (declutter something from freezer) and declutter a movie/one or two of MY programmes from the Humax
and run Spybot on the PC whilst I am away from it and Cleanup on my return

azzabazza

Welcome to the new folk. Glad you are getting inspiration. This thread certainly spurs me on.

Packing for a 4 day break I have disposed of several old and tatty wash bags and make-up bags, three packs of very dried out facial wipes and two old toothbrushes. The toothbrushes however get put in the cleaning box for a while. Very useful for cleaning nooks and crannies!

charlies_mum

Welcome all new comers. Been to the tip this morning with seven, yes seven bags of rubbish ! Also taken some cardboard for recycling.


There is a space in the kitchen next to the freezer that I want to sort as it will be the ideal place for the hoover. Just having a cup of tea and will tackle it in a mo.


Since the New Year I have managed to sort loads, but there is still loads left

ziggy2407

Today's achievements so far:

2 x Diaries - Freecycler
Pan Trivet - Freecycler
Apron - Freecycler
Skull & Cross Bones sign - Friends little boy
Junk Mail/takeaway leaflets - straight into recycling
2 prs old/worn slippers - Bin

Have also been taking the time to go through emails and un-subscribe from any that are no longer wanted/needed

Keep up the great work, everyone is doing a fab job :T

aimeemum

Thanks for the welcome everyone! This thread has inspired me! I tackled the main bedroom today - it's always the last one to get looked at as it's ours, and no-one but us go in there. It's normally full to bursting with no floor space. NO MORE!!! I have the clothes that all need folding/putting away which are currently on the bed, but everything else has a home now, even if it's in a box labelled 'to be sorted'. So pleased! :j

Found 2 books to possibly sell and a dressing gown that no longer fits youngest to put on ebay! 3 boxes of rubbish to sort through ready to take to the tip (not sure when, may try to squeeze it in my black bin as it's mostly paper) and 3 things to put up in the loft space tomorrow that as still down from Christmas (decorations and a rocking reindeer).

Off to make celebratory jam tarts with eldest now while tea cooks lol :rotfl:

loopychriss

Update from me:

96. 5 magazines put out for recycling
97. Manky dummy of grandson's binned
98. Altered picture frame given to friend as a present
99. Bag of buttons given back to friend who let me go through them
100. Pair of broken earphones of hubby's (I accidentally hoovered them up and the ear bits came off the wires)

Made it!!! 100 things gone forever..... now to start on the next 100!

Loads of things have come in over the past couple of days: my daughter is getting married in June and I said I'd do the table centrepieces, so picked up a load of sample items from Ikea last night. None of them are really suitable so instead of finding homes for them I am going to take them all back next week and get a refund. I also bought a couple of dresses in the sales today, but will go through my wardrobe and sort out 4 items that are too big for me now.

I'm also on the craft destashing group and have been using up craft bits as well, but I'll only count those if I gift them and get them out of the house.

So.... 100 out of 100

rosieben

loopychriss wrote: »

... I'm also on the craft destashing group and have been using up craft bits as well, but I'll only count those if I gift them and get them out of the house.

is the craft destashing group on facebook or is it a thread on here please? Craft destashing is something I really need to get into