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Shifting this debt one £ at a time.

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  • elly68
    elly68 Posts: 2,556 Forumite
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    Loving the declutter inspiration i'm doing rubbish at selling the stuff but i pass our landfill,recycle plant everyweek and i have been filling the boot .Its been too wet here for booty but gumtree sales slow but sure keep going jwil
    So finally debt free and it feels amazing however continuing here to stay debt free.Next declutter house and body and finally swim under that waterfall x
  • brizzledfw
    brizzledfw Posts: 7,302 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Well done on keeping on and getting OH to do some 'heavy lifting' too...imagine your house feels a lot 'lighter' now?

    Have a good week x
    MFiT-T4 Member No. 96 - 2022 is my MF goal :D
    Winter 17/18 Savings Rate Goal: 25% [October 30%] :T
    Declutter 60 items before 31.03.18 9/60 ** LSDs Target 10 for March 03/10 **AFDs 10/15 ** Sales/TCB Target 2018 £25/£500 NSDs Target 10 for March 02/10 Trying to be a Frugalista:rotfl::T
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,015 Forumite
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    elly68 wrote: »
    Loving the declutter inspiration i'm doing rubbish at selling the stuff but i pass our landfill,recycle plant everyweek and i have been filling the boot .Its been too wet here for booty but gumtree sales slow but sure keep going jwil

    Thanks elly, sounds like you are doing really well!
    brizzledfw wrote: »
    Well done on keeping on and getting OH to do some 'heavy lifting' too...imagine your house feels a lot 'lighter' now?

    Have a good week x

    Thanks Brizzle. I think it's still in the stages of getting worse rather than better but I'm hoping that the tipping point will come soon!
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,015 Forumite
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    I've pulled out all the 6-9 months clothes this morning as little miss seems to be starting to outgrow things the little chunk! Going to get them washed and sorted to see if there's anything I don't want to keep.

    I've started pulling out some of the 3-6 stuff that I know doesn't really fit any more, so that will be added to the clothing that I still haven't decided what I'm doing with :think:

    DH had some more sales last night so a few more bits going today :T

    I've prepped a couple more bits for me as well.

    I've pretty much finished using up all the toiletries that I have been keeping - things like body lotion etc that I don't tend to use. All those containers have now been recycled, and apart from a couple of lots of bath salts everything has now gone, even the magazine samples! :T I've just got toiletries I actually use now.

    I have restarted using cloth nappies again (hadn't got back into it with little miss) as I am fed up with the quantity and weight :eek: of the nappies in our black sacks. I'm also going to have another bash at potty training little jwil from Monday as well.

    Better get on!
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,015 Forumite
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    I've done a fair bit of shuffling around and have managed to get 3 big bags of books onto the bookshelves and off the floor. That's made a nice difference!
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,015 Forumite
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    The Great Declutter 2016

    Books (car boot) - 121
    Magazines/Newspapers (recycled) - 121
    Ebay sales (posted) - 506


    Other:
    1. Paperwork (shredded and recycled)
    2. 3 bottles of oven cleaner (used and recycled)
    3. Bottle of drain cleaner (used and recycled)
    4. Bottle of window cleaner (poured away and recycled)
    5. Packet of tea lights (given away)
    6. Paperwork (shredded and recycled)
    7. Salt and pepper set (car boot)
    8. Microscope (car boot)
    9. Salt and pepper set (car boot)
    10. Book (recycling, damaged)
    11. Paperwork (recycling)
    12. Cards (car boot)
    13. Bag (car boot)
    14. Bag (binned, destroyed by dog!)
    15. Baby bottles and teats (binned)
    16. Baby clothes (charity/recycling)
    17. Baby clothes (car boot)
    18. DVD (car boot)
    19. DVD (car boot)
    20. Bumper (charity)
    21. Pyjamas (recycling)
    22. Sock (recycling)
    23. Plaque (car boot)
    24. Wash bag (car boot)
    25. Cushion (bin)
    26. Clothing bundle (recycling)
    27. Pet bed (bin)
    28. Paperwork (recycling)
    29. Soft toy (car boot)
    30. 2 x phone chargers (car boot)
    31. Assorted toys (car boot)
    32. Embroidery kit (car boot)
    33. Phone accessory (car boot)
    34 - 75. Children's books (car boot)
    76. Toy lorry (car boot)
    77-78. Children's books (car boot)
    79-80. Puzzles (Given to neighbour)
    81. Boxes from various electrical items (recycled)
    82. Organiser (Car boot)
    83. Printer cable (Car boot)
    84. Box of floppy discs (Car boot)
    85. Degraded pot of hair gel (bin)
    86. Bag of batteries (recycling)
    87-88. bags of soft toys (charity shop)
    89-90. bags of needlework items (neighbour)
    91. Childrens brush and comb set (car boot)
    92. Box of books (charity)
    93. Bag of stained/damaged clothing (recycling)
    94-101. Pans/Trays (scrap)
    102-105. Plastic bowls (bin)
    106-109. Cooking accessories (car boot)
    110. Broken Toy train (bin)
    111. Toy car (car boot)
    112. Gardening gloves (car boot)
    113. 4 x cds (car boot)
    114. Odd string (bin)
    115. Wicker basket (car boot)
    116. 2 x empty perfume bottles (recycling)
    117. Childs cup (car boot)
    118. Sweets (left over from our wedding!) (Bin)
    119. Pen (bin)
    120. Broken bowl (bin)
    121. Computer and accessories (car boot)
    122. Papier mache box (relative)
    123. 2 x hairbrushes (relative)
    124. Pram liner (car boot)
    125. Plastic tub (car boot)
    126. 2 x pairs 3d glasses (car boot)
    127. Misshapen pillow (bin)
    128. Assorted food (recycling)
    129. Tea pot stand (relative)
    130. 2 x hats (relative)
    131. Stool (relative)
    132. Cushion (relative)
    133. Model car (relative)
    134. Jumper (car boot)
    135. Assorted clothing (recycling)
    136. Paperwork (recycling)
    137. 6 x pairs underwear (recycling)
    138. Bag of clothing (recycling)
    139. Breast pads (car boot)
    140. Lanyard (car boot)
    141 - 142. Body lotion (used up, recycled)
    143. Body spray (used up, recycled)
    144 - 149. Bottles of alcohol (to be sold)
    150. Assorted packaging (bin)
    151. Mirror (car boot)
    152. Washbag (car boot)
    153. Cloth bag (car boot)
    154. Wrapping paper (recycling)
    155. 18 x mixed items (passed to relative)
    156. Bag of assorted items (passed to relative)
    157. 6 x plants (dead :o )
    158. 2 x perfume bottles (recycling)
    159. Oven gloves (bin)
    160. Shoes (recycling)
    161. Toilet brush (bin)
    162. 2 x candle holders (car boot)
    163. 2 x candles (bin)
    164. Assorted bits and pieces (bin)
    165. Razors (bin)
    166. Gym ball (car boot)
    167. Scart lead extension (car boot)
    168. Small jug (car boot)
    169. Bottles oil/perfume (recycling)
    170. Body lotion (used up, bottle recycled)
    171. Diary (recycled)
    172. 6 x packets seeds (bin)
    173. Laminated document (bin)
    174. 2 x bags shredded paper (recycling)
    175. Huge pile paperwork (recycling)
    176. DVD (car boot)
    177. Assorted electric cables (car boot)
    178. Wool offcuts (bin)
    179. Assorted toiletries (used up and recycled)
    180. Box full of assorted makeup (bin)
    181. 6 x bottles of part used suncream (recycled)
    182. 1997 Diary (recycled)
    183 - 184. DVDs (car boot)
    185. Big bag fabric (charity)
    186. Big bag clothes (charity)
    187-188. 2 bags assorted needlework booklets (charity)
    189-192. DVDs (car boot)



    Ebay listings (not counting towards declutter total) - 717
    Survey earnings: Amazon Vouchers - £20, Paypal/cash £123.70, Other vouchers - £10
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,015 Forumite
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    Nearly at 1000 items gone now :T

    Today I'm doing a bit of listing and some more sorting and general mooching.

    Hope everyone is well!
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • tattycath
    tattycath Posts: 7,175 Forumite
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    jwil wrote: »
    Nearly at 1000 items gone now :T

    Today I'm doing a bit of listing and some more sorting and general mooching.

    Hope everyone is well!

    Well done jwil! :T :j :T you're going great guns!
    GE 36 *MFD may 2043
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    2020 Jan-£40-feb-£18.28.march-£25
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  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
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    Wow that's fantastic xx
    NEXT TARGET: Halifax credit card DEC 22 £0 / £4499.12
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  • brizzledfw
    brizzledfw Posts: 7,302 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Over 1000 items..and 2 smallies...total respect jwil :D
    MFiT-T4 Member No. 96 - 2022 is my MF goal :D
    Winter 17/18 Savings Rate Goal: 25% [October 30%] :T
    Declutter 60 items before 31.03.18 9/60 ** LSDs Target 10 for March 03/10 **AFDs 10/15 ** Sales/TCB Target 2018 £25/£500 NSDs Target 10 for March 02/10 Trying to be a Frugalista:rotfl::T
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