2015 - No Clutter To Be Seen

Barny1979

Barny1979 wrote: »

387. Two t-shirts given to charity
388. Pair of shorts to charity

389-390. Two shirts to charity bag
391. Book to charity

Dizzy_Imp

Had a really busy day sorting and flinging things...

39. Bag of children's coat hangers (at least 30!) TIP
40 - 41. Two baby coats. CS BAG
42. Dog-chewed dinosaur toy. BIN

MoonJelly

Hi All,
I am working on declutering my house. I seem to have a lot of toilettries. Any idea what to do with them? I use a number of them and have backups for those which have been discontinued. Also spend good money on them. How do you decide what goes and what stays? I also have a number of knitting magazines (which I do use since I am a keen knitter). But I realise that these two are cluttering the place. Help?
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Dizzy_Imp

Hi MoonJelly - would suggest scanning your knitting patterns and storing them digitally. If you need one, you could print it and recycle once finished? Toiletries are a bit more difficult. I've had to just stop buying any and use what we have in the house. Admittedly DH has complained of smelling like a fruit salad, but waste not, want not lol x

mrs-moneypenny

I'm working my way through a rather large toiletry stash myself so know how you feel on that one,
Re the mags how about going through them and letting the ones go that don't have any patterns in you'll knit, that would reduce the stash a little, I must do it with my cross stitch and knitting mags.

Dd3 made some more sakes on eblay last night so a big dolls house was collected and five bags full of stuff went home with her toget ready to post.

Thrift

Moonjelly, I too found I had a load of toiletries in part- used state so decided to keep just one of everything on display until used up and then restock from the store. The stocks have gone down in a very satisfactory manner. I think it all started when family left home and items still got bought regardless.

Just decluttered a load of windfall apples to make a crumble. I stewed what could be salvaged from a mix of cooking and eating apples, stirred in the remains of a jar of mince meat found at the back of a cupboard (so no sugar needed) and it tastes delicious. Better than just throwing them all out.

MoonJelly

Dizzy_Imp wrote: »

Hi MoonJelly - would suggest scanning your knitting patterns and storing them digitally. If you need one, you could print it and recycle once finished? Toiletries are a bit more difficult. I've had to just stop buying any and use what we have in the house. Admittedly DH has complained of smelling like a fruit salad, but waste not, want not lol x

Thanks for suggesting scanning knitting patterns. Why didn't I think of that?

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

I'm working my way through a rather large toiletry stash myself so know how you feel on that one,
Re the mags how about going through them and letting the ones go that don't have any patterns in you'll knit, that would reduce the stash a little, I must do it with my cross stitch and knitting mags.

Dd3 made some more sakes on eblay last night so a big dolls house was collected and five bags full of stuff went home with her toget ready to post.

I could sell the extra toiletries on Ebay?

Thrift wrote: »

Moonjelly, I too found I had a load of toiletries in part- used state so decided to keep just one of everything on display until used up and then restock from the store. The stocks have gone down in a very satisfactory manner. I think it all started when family left home and items still got bought regardless.

Just decluttered a load of windfall apples to make a crumble. I stewed what could be salvaged from a mix of cooking and eating apples, stirred in the remains of a jar of mince meat found at the back of a cupboard (so no sugar needed) and it tastes delicious. Better than just throwing them all out.

I used to have really long hair so I just stocked up on fav items when on sale. Now I have a pixie and still can't bear to part with stuff (I need help). And thanks for the tips on using random items to make crumble. I have lots of windfall apples (that never go to waste). I also use whatever pears we buy that end up being too tough to chew but still good to bulk up crumbles.

Thanks for the support. I feel so stupid for letting things go out of control in the first place.:(

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CookieMonsta

2008. Liz Earle instant boost skin tonic uu and binned.

2011 - 2009. Hair dye and two nairs uu and binned.

MoonJelly

2 large bags out to the charity shops!
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Casati

More to add, nearly at my 2015 target! The place does look better but I feel like theres still loads more to go until the house can breathe.

1918: body oil UU
1919: mascara UU
1920-1922 three bracelets
1923-1924 two magazines
1925-1927 three books
1928-1932 five tops
1933: body lotion UU
1934 waistcoat
1935 sweatshirt
1936-1937 two dresses
1938 skirt
1939-1942 four necklaces
1943: jumper
1944-1957 twelve CDs
1958 shower puff thingy that was on it's way to becoming a sentient life form....
1959: notebook
1960 old disintegrating oyster card wallet
1961 pair of boots


I'm so nearly there, I'd like to get to 2015 before October but I think it's unlikely!