2015 - No Clutter To Be Seen

Barny1979

Barny1979 wrote: »

1. Duvet to the charity shop
2. Small picture frame bought in Barcelona 10 years ago and never used, off to the charity shop
3. Five old coins, no value on eBay, so off to charity shop for someone who may appreciate them
4. Last year's calendar recycled and new one put on wall after hanging around for a week
5. DVD boxset in charity shop bag
6. Audiobook in charity shop bag
7. Book received at Christmas and read, into charity shop bag
8. Dodgy Christmas jumper I got in 2013, which I've never worn, in the charity bag

Not too much decluttering today, though
9. returned an item in the post and built two shelving units to held tidy the place up
10. 2 DVDs I've finally got round to watching, now off to Charity Shop
11. 4 old plastic storage boxes for the tip

bubblegumcola

I definitely need to join this.

I seem to declutter sporadically and then it starts building up again. I took quite a few bags of outgrown kids clothes and books to CS before Christmas.

Probably my biggest problem is organising paperwork and knowing when to throw it out. If anyone has tips on how to organise paperwork I'd be grateful. I tend to throw stuff into plastic storage boxes then it all gets mixed up and takes me days to find it when I need it. We also have a self employed person in the house so that paperwork needs kept separate too. Getting my paperwork organised would probably be the biggest achievement!!

Today I've decluttered by putting all my christmas decorations in storage boxes and back into my garage. (An achievement getting as far as the garage as my christmas tree lay in its box all year in the dining room last year!)
All Christmas cards have gone to recycling bin and the box the crackers were in plus a few empty fizzy drinks bottles which were languishing at the back door.

I have to do it in small steps because if I do too much at once I just end up putting stuff in piles and boxes which just sits there for weeks and it just overwhelms me.

pavlovs_dog

bubblegumcola wrote: »

Probably my biggest problem is organising paperwork and knowing when to throw it out. If anyone has tips on how to organise paperwork I'd be grateful. I tend to throw stuff into plastic storage boxes then it all gets mixed up and takes me days to find it when I need it. We also have a self employed person in the house so that paperwork needs kept separate too. Getting my paperwork organised would probably be the biggest achievement!!

we have a filing cabinet and it is by far the most effective system we have ever used. Even if I don't get to purge the files as often as I would like, at least it is sorted by category (and, for the most part, bills and statements are in date order). It took time to set up but it has paid dividends.

I believe that with financial stuff it is recommended that you keep 6 years worth of records. With utility bills I only tend to keep the annual statements as they are all paid by DD so our bank statements act as proof of payment.

something I started back in 2013 and need to finish is a 'doomsday file'. I deal with almost all the financial stuff, and if anything were to happen to me, OH would be pretty clueless. It lists all key info (who our accounts are with, account numbers etc, dates of key bills, contact details of key friends and family) in one place so that if something were to happen, I can refer him to ONE document instead of an overwhelming filing cabinet full of info.

kacie

I am decluttering candles today, found a bunch of half used tealights that I'm now burning. Actually hoping I find more as I go, as it's really nice to have the lights off and just the candle light

mrs-moneypenny

decluttered my last years ORT jar, well the thread from it anyway after id taken a photo. ive just started a new one for [STRIKE]next[/STRIKE] this year (still havent got used to that yet:D)

bossymoo

What's ORT, mrs mp?

I've been in DS(6) room with him, and he's donating a singing police car to the charity shop and a broken catapult plus an armful of other gibble to recycling and rubbish. We've put his hornby things in a bigger drawer, but he has two empty now, despite a range of cars and fire engines being up there.

So both kids rooms have been de-gibbled which is great. I might do the coat hanger thing in my wardrobe tonight...

Catslovelycats

Dropped off 3 bin bags of clothes and bric-a-brac to a very ungracious and rude lady at a local CS today. Shall give my next donations to someone who actually wants them!
Have just had a semi-declutter of my blanket box that contains several pairs of shoes. Have decided to donate to (another!) CS 2 pairs of boots and 3 pairs of shoes.
It also now means there is space to store the throws/blankets inside that were sitting on TOP of the blanket box until now!

mrs-moneypenny

bossymoo wrote: »

What's ORT, mrs mp?

Old Raggedy Threads, while im cross stitching i put the snippings into a pretty glass jar over the year i get a nice mix of all the projects ive worked on layered up, they look quite pretty. ill post a photo of last years when im next on photobucket.
last years had lots of blues as i was working on titanic, this years will be lots of reds as im doing a celtic lady in a red medieval dress

luxor4t

Two green plastic Christmas tree shaped dishes into CS bag. Never used: no idea why I bought them Sigh

Becky_2

Another bag has been filled with shredded paper so that's one more folder sorted. 1 lip cream have been used up. Several tea lights have also been used up.