2015 - No Clutter To Be Seen

jillbe

Good morning declutterers, here is my list, so far this morning:

199 ood breakfast bars - binned
200 worn out toothbrush - binned
201 assorted cardboard packaging, foil inner tube - recycling
202 assorted paper items, leaflets - recycling
203 broken dinner plate (oops!!) - binned
204 plastic food pack, milk bottle, vitamins container - recycling
205 newspapers - recycling
206 magazines - recycling
207 ood Art Fund membership card - binned

probably declutter some more by the end of today.......:j

115K

I have to bag up the junk that the council are collecting this week. I left it all out the front and some things have been taken by the men who go around looking for things they can sell on. Very helpful and if they can use it why not. It will only be a couple of bags of broken stuff that I doubt anyone would use.

53. The end of a bottle of facial oil used up today as I bought a new bottle. I think I will try and clean the decanter bottle it comes in so I can put the new oil in there with some essential oils.

I will have to look how to clean a bottle as I wasn't sure if you just need to use hot soapy water or if you have to sterilise it. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/708988 It looks like you can use hot water and vinegar.

Casati

Just a little update, been otherwise occupied this weekend..

212 & 213 two ebay parcels posted
214 old hairclips - bin
215 ye olde nail varnish - bin (not just gluggy but weirdly gritty and grainy)
216 sheets of stickers binned
217. One of my Rob Brandt crinkled cups. Chipped. Upset about that one. In fact, to be honest, double extra super upset, because I wasn't the one who chipped it.

Few more bits into rag bags / craft box for school / library book bag but won't be counting those until they've left the house...

I've been busy but I'm feeling a bit lke I've failed so far this weekend, trying hard not to lose momentum.

allybee101

Finally made it to the charity shop and tip with a bunch of bags that have been hanging round far too long

Charity shop
48. Cook book
49. Desk date book (calendar with 'thought for the day' that is yearless so can be reused)
50-51. 2 small decorative blue glass bowls
52-55. 4 glasses
56. Phone holder
57. Cream metal pail
58-59. Two packets of decorative paper rose petals
60-61 Two fridge magents
62. Soup bowl
63-68. 6 tshirts
69-71. 3 pairs of trousers
72-73. 2 skirts
74. Shrug
75-76 2 tops
77-80. 4 scarves
81-83. 3 small blue plastic storage bins
84. Small red plant pot
85. Blue vest top

and to the recycling centre:
85. Old wooden shelving unit (beyond redemption) plus other random scraps of wood
86. Mobile broadband dongle
87. Broken freeview box (but I forgot to take the remote)
88. Bag of metal scraps - a broken grater, the leer arch mechanism from a folder, underwiring from a damaged bra
89. Bag of rags
90. Pair of shoes that are beyond repair
91. Bag of assorted oddments that wouldn't fit down rubbish hatch in flat
92. Bag of clothes hangers (offered to the charity shop but they didn't want them)

Lovely feeling afterwards to have removed that lot from my home. Having some lunch then will tackle some more tidying and cleaning

Casati

218. address book tatty but unused ecycled
219 out of date unused diary recycled
220 pencils - for firelighting
221 some old craft templates and patterns - bin/recycling
222 packaging-bit too tatty to use for ebay - bin / recycled
223 old postcards recycled

Casati

ooh a bit more...
224 bank statements burned
225 scrap paper recycled
226 ring binder, weird size, dismantled & recycled / binned
227 wooly pom poms. I'm sure I was making something with these, can't for the life of me remember...Binned!
228. spare bulb for a lamp we no longer have (and that was so hideous we used to just switch it on when friends came round so we could all have a good laugh)
229. Load of instruction leaflets for long - gone appliances
230. Some little spongy cylinder things, don't know what they are. Look like miniature earplugs. I've been keeping those for five years thinking that they MUST be important. Obvious;y not.

Can you tell I've been in the Kitchen Drawer of Doom??

Mumof2_2

and a bit more ....

46. ice cream scoop - CS
47. 2 x tops - CS
48. 1 x shorts - CS
49. 2 x skirts - CS

On to 2 bags now for the CS; they're going to love me on Thursday!

CookieMonsta

124- 121. OOD Make-up items binned

125. Wool sold to an online friend and posted off.

Skintmama

25. Leaky hot water bottle - bin
26. Old cosmetics - bin
27. Bottle argan oil - given away
28. Hair accessories - CS
29. Plastic water bottles - RC
30. Loads of bits of paper with phone numbers - bin
31. Broken pencils - bin
32. Tatty pencil case - bin
33. New pencil case - CS
34. Full notebook - RC
35. Catalogues - RC
36. Old greeting cards - RC
37. Empty shampoo bottles - RC
38. Cardboard packaging for telephone - RC
39. Ferrero Rocher plastic box - bin
40. Work diary - burned in fire.

I am changing and getting more of an eye for clutter! Have cleared out my dressing table drawers so can now put things away instead of strewn across the surface. Things are starting to look better and it is only January Hope all is going well for everyone still.

ETA Shocked and sorry to read about your car Saver-upper. Thank goodness no one was hurt.

Alli135

not posted all week but have managed to take some small old notebooks and post it notes to work as I can never find a bit of paper for notes when at my desk!!
Have had to stop our bedroom as Hubby has decided to decorate the kitchen and taken all the cupboard doors off. So far today :
3 bags of recycling and 3 black sacks !! Can't believe how out of date some things were. Trouble with cluttered cupboards mean I open them to cook something and the chaos makes me close the cupboard and order take a way!!
Not any more - cupboards that have been done are all organised !!
Have told the family if they don't know where something goes to ask!!


Thanks to all the posters for the continued inspiration.