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  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,017 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    The Great Declutter 2016

    Books (car boot) - 198
    Magazines/Newspapers (recycled) - 140
    Ebay sales (posted) - 659


    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)
    193-194. 2 bags clothes (charity)
    195. DVD (Car boot)
    196. DVD (car boot)
    197. Socks (recycling)
    198. Crate (car boot)
    199. Pillow (Bin)
    200. Ice scraper (bin)
    201. Greaseproof paper (recycling)
    202. 3 x sweet/biscuit tins (recycling)
    203. Bag of assorted used shoelaces/string (bin)
    204. Assorted pet bits and pieces (bin/recycling)
    205. Cooking tray (car boot)
    206. Dummies (car boot)
    207. Bag of baby clothes (friend)
    208. Cat scratcher (bin)
    209. Plastic crate (bin)
    210. Plastic crate (bin)
    211. Underwear (recycling)



    Ebay listings (not counting towards declutter total) - 845
    Survey earnings: Amazon Vouchers - £35, Paypal/cash £144.94, 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: 22,017 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Recent payments:

    1.[STRIKE]£200[/STRIKE] - £200C1
    2.[STRIKE]£1328[/STRIKE] - £735 BCM
    3.[STRIKE]£30[/STRIKE] - £0 LI :T
    4.[STRIKE]£30[/STRIKE] -£30 HA
    5.[STRIKE]£110[/STRIKE] -£30 BCMISALI
    6.[STRIKE]£1359[/STRIKE] -£1150 TDBC 57 133
    7.[STRIKE]£1010[/STRIKE] -£1010 WW 630

    Total: [STRIKE]£4067[/STRIKE] - £3155
    "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: 22,017 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Hope everyone is well :)

    I've been keeping busy, getting on with things. Did another car boot at the weekend, a little more successful than last week so some more stuff gone.

    I've not been keeping up very well with everything I'm decluttering from the house, so must do better. I'd really like to know how much I've gotten rid of by the end of the year.

    Had a lot of sales recently which is good, but most of the funds are being taken up with normal payments and living, so must step up the decluttering a notch to try and get some extra in for overpayments.

    Jumperoo has been dug out for little miss, which means a big pile of toys have to be relocated. I'm going to take the opportunity to weed through it and get rid of some.

    I gave a big bag of clothes to a friend yesterday who's pregnant, but I still have another three bags to go through so must get on with that and get rid one way or another.

    I've pulled out a lot of stuff to go, so must get prepping and listing.

    Finally someone came out yesterday to fix the roof hurrah! It only cost £75 too so that was good :T :T Hopefully we are now watertight again :j
    "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
  • elly68
    elly68 Posts: 2,556 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Well done jwill i did well at mine find reading your diary gives me a boot up the jacksy my little ones are big ones now so only distraction is myself .
    Keep plodding is my motto x
    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!
    You're going great guns. Well done :)
    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: 22,017 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    elly68 wrote: »
    Well done jwill i did well at mine find reading your diary gives me a boot up the jacksy my little ones are big ones now so only distraction is myself .
    Keep plodding is my motto x

    Aww thanks Elly, glad your boot sale went well. Keep plodding is a good one :)
    brizzledfw wrote: »
    You're going great guns. Well done :)

    Thanks Brizzle :)
    "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: 22,017 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Hey everyone, hope you are well! I must get on here more often and keep updated! I'm decluttering post it notes at the moment, by scribbling everything on there :rotfl:

    Payment wise I'm not doing very well, there's always something needed! I must do better next month.

    Sales are going ok, I haven't done much in the way of listing this week so must get on with that too. I have sold a few things, including one bulky baby item so that's good!

    I've got a few things going out today and hoping for some sales. Two people have asked me for BINs on items going out later. What's the point, they are not going to get it any quicker! I'm hoping it's a good sign though and that they will sell well.

    I finally got round to looking through some baby clothing. I've got the last few bits to look through now and sort into listings or price for the car boot. I actually ironed a load earlier in the week!

    I've been pretty lazy this week and not done too much. I've been looking through my books, and getting rid of those which I'm not that fussed about reading. I'll put them out for car boot, and will keep them there. If they don't sell, then when I run out of books to read (lol) I'll 'shop' from the car boot boxes. So that means a load has gone out. I don't have books stacked on the floor now which is progress. :T

    DH and I have both had an attack of gardening this week. The back is looking much better and lighter, but the front still needs a lot of work. Still a lot to do on both, but it's nice to see progress.

    Would like to do a lot of car booting this weekend, but weather is looking bad tomorrow. Monday looks good though so fingers crossed we can do that one. Maybe I'll try and persuade DH to do Sunday, but it's too much hassle to drag the kiddies to that one as it's an early start so only one of us can go.

    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
  • brizzledfw
    brizzledfw Posts: 7,302 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Well done on the gardening and hope you can manage a boot sale ..weather looks pretty good I think
    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: 22,017 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 27 May 2016 at 2:46PM
    The Great Declutter 2016

    Books (car boot) - 258
    Magazines/Newspapers (recycled) - 142
    Ebay sales (posted) - 705


    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)
    193-194. 2 bags clothes (charity)
    195. DVD (Car boot)
    196. DVD (car boot)
    197. Socks (recycling)
    198. Crate (car boot)
    199. Pillow (Bin)
    200. Ice scraper (bin)
    201. Greaseproof paper (recycling)
    202. 3 x sweet/biscuit tins (recycling)
    203. Bag of assorted used shoelaces/string (bin)
    204. Assorted pet bits and pieces (bin/recycling)
    205. Cooking tray (car boot)
    206. Dummies (car boot)
    207. Bag of baby clothes (friend)
    208. Cat scratcher (bin)
    209. Plastic crate (bin)
    210. Plastic crate (bin)
    211. Underwear (recycling)
    212. Selection of hats (charity)
    213. 18 x bibs (charity)
    214. Play arch (charity)
    215. Plastic crate (bin)
    216. 2 bags of clothes (charity)
    217. Kettle (relative)
    218. 2 x boxes full of bars of soap(!) (car boot)
    219. Novelty gift (bin)



    Ebay listings (not counting towards declutter total) - 882
    Survey earnings: Amazon Vouchers - £40, Paypal/cash £153.24, 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: 22,017 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    brizzledfw wrote: »
    Well done on the gardening and hope you can manage a boot sale ..weather looks pretty good I think

    Thanks Brizzle, looks like grotty tomorrow but ok for Sunday and Monday so fingers crossed!
    "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
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