2015 - No Clutter To Be Seen

Goldiegirl

Here's the results from the last few days of de-cluttering. I hope I can keep this level of de-cluttering going




24 2 worn out ‘bags for life’ – recycling
25 empty bubble bath bottle – recycling
26 Christmas cards – recycling
27 2 sets of broken Christmas lights – bin
28 Various out of date financial jottings – recycling
29 Filofax – eBay
30 Set Square – eBay
31 Slide Rule
32 Stencils – eBay
33 Last of work paperwork – recycling
34 4 mugs – eBay
35 ‘Women’s things’ that I’m now too old for!! – bin
36 Old makeup bag – bin
37 Hand lotion gift set – eBay
38 MS Excel guide logoed by a previous employer –
39 Old paperwork relating to a car we are selling
40 Health insurance policy issued by former employer –

CookieMonsta

DH decluttered something for me today by accident.

He thought he'd be helpful and put a load of washing in.

I come home to find my pure merino wool dress has shrunk beyond recognition I could save it to make something out of the felt but that isn't realistically going to happen so I've had to bin it.

77. Pure merino dress -binned.

mrs-moneypenny

ouch cookie monsta, that not really the sort of decluttering you wanted. (i did the same to a lambswool jumper just before christmas)

Barny1979

Barny1979 wrote: »

22. Sorted out fridge and ditched an old tub of butter, chipotle sauce, mustard of two varieties, some pate and some ice cream sauce all out of date to varying degrees!!

23. Old bottle of Mayo, mayo ditched and bottle on recycling
24. Two t-shirts to the charity bag

CookieMonsta

Thank you for the sympathy mrs-moneypenny!

Sorry to hear about your jumper.

Hopefully I can do some more proper decluttering soon, heading into the loft at the weekend

mollymunchkin

Not much going in here as I'm back in work full time & gym after, leaves me too tired to sort through much at the mo. Just one pair of shoes which I've only worn once and rub my feet. Going to take to work to see if someone wants them.

teachergirl

Made a start this evening which is really good as it is a work evening. Done nothing for a few days as my parents have been ill. Today I tackled the kitchen drawer in the unit...have not been in it for a long while.
Here is my list,


Old watch(broken)-bin
About thirty cake candles(semi used)-bin
stray party poppers-bin
Cocktail stirrer-bin
long matches-into box by burner box onto fire.
number candles unused-CS
Bird fridge magnets-CS


Discovered I appear to have a fuse obsession. Have found about 10 unopened packets not to mention the stray ones at the bottom of the drawer!!!!:eek:
Weird thing is I can never find a fuse when I need one. have put them in my "useful box" where I found yet more fuses hidden under a bag of hooks:o
Now I will update my signature this does feel good but not sure I will be able to keep it up on work nights.

black_cat

79. Old bra - bin
80. Cassettes - CS
81. Faded, half-used candle - bin
82. Measuring cups - CS
83. Milk pan - CS
84. Plastic cutlery tray - CS
85. Wire cutlery tray - work
86. Yankee Candle - 1/2 box tealights - CS
87. Another Yankee Candle - 1/2 box tealights - CS
88. Glass tealight holder - CS
89. Another glass tealight holder - CS
90. Yankee Candle travel spray - work

Some things are easy to get rid of whilst others only go after I've given myself a good talking to! It might be useful/attractive/have cost hard-earned money but if we haven't seen it or used it for years, how can we justify keeping it?! We haven't got the space to keep things "just in case..." and it makes feel good to think that someone else has a use for my unwanted stuff and that the charity is making money from it. (I only give to one local charity shop - Headway. It's not overpriced, the people who work there are lovely and some of them benefit from the charity themselves). Then there's the added benefits of having more space, the house being easier to clean, not having so much to pack when we eventually move and simply enjoying what we do have a lot more.

Need to get rid of more stuff...

Mrs_E_3

went through dd's wardrobe today and put three items into charity bag. Also three ebay parcels out the door.

mrs-moneypenny

took pressie, card, certificate and insurance book down to former student, then friend came round so gave him his wifes birthday pressie that id bought before christmas also managed to declutter a gift bag and card with said pressie from my stash so a few things gone.