2015 - No Clutter To Be Seen

bubblegumcola

Yesterday I got a load of packaging out of the house which my youngest took to school for a project they are doing. Big massive bag of the stuff so that's cleared a space.

1 pair of wellies to my nephew as youngest grown out of them.
Bag of belated Xmas presents to nephew and other family.

I do need to do more 'proper' decluttering though but glad a few bits now out of the house.

mrs-moneypenny

Been busy tidying paperwork and am currently working through a rather large pile of shredding, the shredder is currently on strike while it cools down

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106. Pillow to recycling.

107. Last few of my copied CD's out.

108. CD case into recycling.

109. Broken cat carrier binned. I was going to keep it to use as storage but it has come apart completely.

110. While I was decluttering my dog destroyed a padded coat hanger I left on the bed. Binned.:D

bossymoo

I took a pile of work papers and my full notebook into work today for the confidential waste bin. Been sat on my desk a couple of weeks, but I finally remembered to bag it last night and leave it by the door :T

Have taken DS birthday cards down (it's been a week) and already the LR looks brighter.

At home with youngest on thu/fri and I'd like to tidy my garage office and the conservatory too. Said birthday boy still has some unopened toys too. They need sorting so packaging can go.

S-Iam

MummyEmand redeaston1 welcome abroad :hello:

Today has been a book day,

6 cookbooks are being traded in at amazon for £17 which I'm pleasantly surprised about and really happy with.

3 novels with no trade in value are being given to CS

2 books not suitable for CS have been out in recycling.

superrhinos

superrhinos wrote: »

I thought this February Challenge post on mortgage free in three is interesting http://mortgagefreeinthree.com/2015/02/the-february-fling-challenge/.

Basically you get rid of 1 item on the 1st, 2 on the 2nd, 3 on the 3rd etc
It may be a good way to keep focused and it wouldn't be too difficult to catch up.

So have decided to have a go at this as a way to keep to me focused. Having missed the 1st and 2nd today today I have started with six items:-

1. Pair of socks borrowed from a friend
2. Pair of baby socks
3. Pair of trousers my son has grown out of
4. Duplicate copy of Winter in Madrid
5. Van lock (not sure why I have this when I don't have and never had a van)
6. Paperwork from a recent training course

VickyA_2

Hello :wave:

Can I join please? I tried to join a couple of years ago, but need to get back on the wagon... Plenty of stuff in the house which needs to go....

S-Iam

superrhinos wrote: »

So have decided to have a go at this as a way to keep to me focused. Having missed the 1st and 2nd today today I have started with six items:-

1. Pair of socks borrowed from a friend
2. Pair of baby socks
3. Pair of trousers my son has grown out of
4. Duplicate copy of Winter in Madrid
5. Van lock (not sure why I have this when I don't have and never had a van)
6. Paperwork from a recent training course

Good luck with the challenge superrhinos. I clicked on the link to find out more. I think its a great idea, but to be honest not for me as I don't want the pressure of having to do 20+ items a day at the end of the month. I shall have declutter envy at the end of the month though as your home undergoes such a rapid transformation . Good luck.

Saver-upper

I have had a really busy day today,sorting-wise.Every week I tell myself that on this-day or that-day I will actually get to the charity shop and offload some of the stuff I have set aside to go.What actually happens on the day (like today),is I want to have a long stint at sorting through out stuff,and I know that if I take the hour out needed to get to the charity shop,I will break my stride,and wont get as much done.

Today I transferred most of the 8- and 6-y old's toys across to their new room.My goodness gracious me-the amount of stuff they own :eek:.It took me most of the school day to sort :eek::eek:.This is their current toy storage:
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9143748.htm

which has worked well for years,and will stay in that room for our son.It was absolutely FULL,all 5 shelves,layer upon layer upon layer.I took every single toy/game/scrap of paper/ornament/random book that didn't make it back to the bookshelves (definitely NOT NOT NOT looking forward to sorting out those!),and either transferring it to their new room,putting it in a big box to try to sell,or a huge box to donate.The time I spent counting individual pieces of games,making sure all pieces were present and correct,either to sell on or donate.....(mostly they were because I have always nagged my kids to make sure all the pieces are together when they pack up a game.And it drives me crazy when they are not.I hate games missing pieces.)I even sorted out all the cards/money in a monopoly set and made sure everything was in the correct slots .

Towards the end of the school day I made a start on the dressing up box.Was able to put some dressing up outfits on coat-hangers and hang them in their new room's wardrobe,so they might find it easier to use those a bit more.

Hopefully over the next couple of days I will get to the charity shop I donate to,then I will update my list on here.

Tonight I spent an hour just sorting out the bits of tat leftover after a day of sorting .

I feel like I should sort some papers or something just so I can add some numbers to my list today.But too tired.

S-Iam

saver-upper brilliant progress. Well done you :j

vicky a welcome :hello:

Well, some late night sorting has proved v productive. I've added 3 more books to my am@zon trade-in order bringing the final total to over £21.

3 more books - with no trade in value - have also been added to the CS bag.

I am soooo chuffed :j