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2014 decluttering thread (part 3)

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  • Uniscots97
    Uniscots97 Posts: 6,687 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Must tackle my spare room, I can barely see the bed in there for clothes/boxes and other stuff.
    CC2 = £8687.86 ([STRIKE]£10000[/STRIKE] )CC1 = £0 ([STRIKE]£9983[/STRIKE] ); Reusing shopping bags savings =£5.80 vs spent £1.05.Wine is like opera. You can enjoy it even if you don't understand it and too much can give you a headache the next day J
  • MandM90
    MandM90 Posts: 2,246 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    This morning I saw vitamins in my cupboard I never intend to take and are expired. So that's 6 more things out of my house. Tomorrow morning I'm going to go to the dump and CS and have a look through my kitchen to see what I don't use!
  • sonas_baby
    sonas_baby Posts: 222 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Been busy in the garden in this lovely weather, taken down 2 fences and an old coldframe ready to go to tip, ground cleared ready for path and fruit and herb garden to be planted. :j
    It is the job that is never started that takes the longest to finish. Tolkien.
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  • dizzy_lizzie
    dizzy_lizzie Posts: 2,952 Forumite
    MandM90 wrote: »
    I think I must have got rid of about 2000 things in the last two weeks. It's been mad. Keep staying up late just throwing stuff in boxes - OH thinks I've gone mad. I have SPACES between stuff in my wardrobe. And all the books I'm realistically ever going to read now fit on my bookshelf in an orderly fashion. Feels great! Will post some pics soon!
    Keep going everyone!

    Wow that is good going, well done :T
    Decluttered some vinyl lps today and made some money from them which was a nice bonus and it's only Friday, yay :)
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  • Becky_2
    Becky_2 Posts: 1,089 Forumite
    :T Well done to all for your achievements

    So far this week I have managed to:
    * Shred old insurance paperwork
    * Use up a perfume
    * Use up a facial lotion

    Hopefully I will do better next weekend.
    No toiletries challenge, started 18/1/2010 - Putting £1 in my savings jar for every item that I use up. Pot 1 to 4 = £261. Pot 5=£23
    Boots points:£39.21. Extra money in 2012:£674.59. In 2013 £603.48. 2014: £85. 2015: £0 :j
  • MandM90
    MandM90 Posts: 2,246 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Earnt just over £200 from a few bits I listed last weekend - more to end on Wednesday. Now to muster the energy to post it off. I've been tackling the house non stop for a while now. It's looking great but the more I do, the more I realise I can organise/get rid of!
  • PenguinOfDeath
    PenguinOfDeath Posts: 1,863 Forumite
    In the mood for a proper declutter this weekend. First job is to finish pursuading OH to get rid of or put in the loft a drawer full of jumpers he's had for aaages but not worn over the last two winters...

    We have bought a chimena finally so the decluttering of many old fence panels can start (and keep us warm in the evenings)

    I desperately need more bookshelves but have promise myself to go though the books we have now and try and whittle at least a couple down into the CS pile.

    Also gone this week:

    3 tops into CS pile
    1 pair of jeans and 1 pj bottoms in bin (worn out/ripped :o.)
    1 bottle of body lotion finished
    1 shower gel finished
    Old paperwork being bagged as fire kindling instead of shredded then having to be thrown
    Old packaging being kept for future Ebay sales (not really decluttering but MS!)
  • sillyme673
    sillyme673 Posts: 210 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    3 more bags to CS. Have decluttered loads but house still cluttered. I think it grows in the night, going to be even more ruthless.:o
    Death comes to us all.When he came to Mort, he offered him a job. MORT by Terry Pratchett.
  • Goldiegirl
    Goldiegirl Posts: 8,806 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Rampant Recycler Hung up my suit!
    A few more things have left the house in my slow but steady way!




    88 4 books – Greenmetropolis
    89 1 DVD – eBay
    90 Computer monitor – eBay
    91 3 LPS – eBay
    92 Travel toiletries – eBay
    93 Old jacket – clothes recycling
    94 4 jigsaws – eBay



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  • 115K
    115K Posts: 2,678 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    I threw out some junk I found in a drawer and was able to put some other bits into the recycling bin.

    I'm going to go through the DIY stuff tomorrow as I'm sure there is stuff in those boxes I can bin too as they are completely useless!:D
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