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2015 - No Clutter To Be Seen

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  • MoonJelly
    MoonJelly Posts: 330 Forumite
    Also I have to say thanks to my neighbour who kindly came over and helped me clear out my living room this week. It now looks amazing and clutter free. My dear friend is a born-organised mother of five so I listen to her.
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  • wannalot
    wannalot Posts: 186 Forumite
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    I've been a bit of a lurker on this thread for a while. I'm just starting to declutter.

    My situation is a bit like sillyvixen, in that I lost my mum at the beginning of the year, and still have to clear her things. The situation is complicated because i shared the house with her. I cleared some of mum's stuff soon after she died, but now I'm finding it incredibly difficult to clear out any of her things, so I have made a start by mostly getting rid of my own stuff. Over the past week I got rid of:

    1-27 - clothes and shoes sent to charity.
    28+29 - two vases - binned.
    30+31 - two chipped dishes - binned.

    I'm hoping to get rid of at least 100 things by Christmas, as the clutter is making me quite depressed.
    2025 goals
    GC: April £100
    Savings: save £6K (or move house)
    Health: Lose 3 stone
    Mind: read at least 24 books
  • Barny1979
    Barny1979 Posts: 7,921 Forumite
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    Barny1979 wrote: »
    392-393. Two glasses into charity bag
    394. Wallet into charity bag
    395. Holdall to charity
    396. Watch to charity
    397. New mattress protector to charity
    398-405. DVDs to charity
    406-413. Old reading glasses into charity box in Specsavers
    414. Work shows which are falling apart binned
    415. Dvd to charity
    416. Work shirt to charity
    417. Poster and frame to charity
  • selloptape
    selloptape Posts: 632 Forumite
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    Sorry to read your sad news Sillyvixen and Wannalot.

    36-37. Two ood solidifying salad dressings
    38. Cracked chopping board
    39. Ant farm with parts missing
    40. Toy shuttlecock
  • Barny1979
    Barny1979 Posts: 7,921 Forumite
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    Barny1979 wrote: »
    406-413. Old reading glasses into charity box in Specsavers
    414. Work shows which are falling apart binned
    415. Dvd to charity
    416. Work shirt to charity
    417. Poster and frame to charity

    418. Pedometer to charity bag
    419. DVD to charity bag
    420. Video game to charity bag
  • Dizzy_Imp
    Dizzy_Imp Posts: 2,782 Forumite
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    64. Dog-chewed slippers. BIN
    65. Dog-chewed magnetic letter. BIN
    66. Empty glass spice jar. RECYCLING
    67. TWO DOG MUZZLES PACKETS :mad: BIN
    68. Plastic protective cover. BIN
  • sillyvixen
    sillyvixen Posts: 3,642 Forumite
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    I got somewhere today - the 3 bags in the boot of my car for the clothing recycling bin have gone - the clothing bins at my 2 local supermarkets were full to overflowing when i went. today due to the road being closed i was sent by a diversion and went by a public car park with recycling facilities and found a clothing bank with plenty of room.
    However i was meeting my dad for lunch, so my car boot got filled with more stuff to sort!! a job for another day i think - there is still more but as it will be stored in the boot for a few days until i get round to it, i dont want stuff on display on the seats when i don't have room for it at home.
    Dogs return to eat their vomit, just as fools repeat their foolishness. There is no more hope for a fool than for someone who says, "i am really clever!"
  • Rummer
    Rummer Posts: 6,550 Forumite
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    Another bag of clutter packed up and ready for the CS as well as some items belonging to others looked out ready to be returned.
    Taking responsibility one penny at a time!
  • stellata
    stellata Posts: 326 Forumite
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    I feel shamed by everyones wonderful progress, I tried to start several times this year but each time ran out of steam or got derailed by life stuff. Im starting again today. Am going to do 31 items today, 30 tomorrow etc in the hope of seiing quick results. I have to go to work but I can easily find 31!
    Magnolia Stellata
  • selloptape
    selloptape Posts: 632 Forumite
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    41. Chewed dog ball (I don't even have a dog?)
    42. Carrier bag from designer clothes store
    43-45. 80s style bangles, gift from ex
    46. Dead plant in a pot
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