The next chapter ....

smallholdingsister

I have that kind of day planned too.

What about sending the samples to a charity shop?

benbenandme

Car is loaded up waiting for the tip to open - I've got loads of cardboard to go, 3 bin bags (with some of the junk mail mixed in with other rubbish), and some old drawers that were in the garage but have seen better days so may as well go to the tip now.

Having looked at what's left in there it falls into a few categories;

• Camping stuff
• Decorating stuff
• Garden pots / compost
• Bikes
• Various DIY bits (drain rods etc)
• Odds and sods

Almost all of this will be coming with me, I just am not sure how to pack it / what to pack it in, although I'm currently heading more for having removal packers to do it for me anyway, it seems the additional cost of that isn't too great and it does take away an awful lot of stress

benbenandme

Smallholdingsister - I did think about that but then they will have to charge people for them and it says on them they are a sample, not for resale I think I may take them into school and give them to the people who run D of E and see if they can give them out to the kids?

I've just sold another item on ebay, another fiver into the pot :T

benbenandme

I've just gutted the corner cupboard in my bedroom - it was a sentimental one; it has every book / piece of work ds has ever done at school, every school report, every birthday / christmas card ds has had / has given me, cards I was given when ds was born, even my diary from when ds' dad left me :eek:

Anyway, 2 bin bags have been filled, a few cute bits of work have been kept in a box, all school reports are in year order, and the cupboard is 75% empty now More stuff for the tip! It's hard to chuck out ds stuff from when he was younger but I'm never going to look through the old school books, most have hardly anything in them anyway tbh ...

benbenandme

Stuff taken to the tip, I still have the 2 bin liners from the cupboard, I couldn't fit any more in the car so will load them up and maybe take them tomorrow after work. The weathermen got it completely wrong, it's a beautiful day today so I could've done the car boot however at least I've been productive and got rid of a load of stuff that needed to go. Time for a little mooch on here then I may get going on another cupboard or drawer. If I can blitz them all like that then I won't need to pay for packers as it really won't take me long to sort it out myself into some boxes

benbenandme

A quick update for my to do list:

[STRIKE]Ironing [/STRIKE] DONE
[STRIKE]Pay £1 coins into bank[/STRIKE] DONE
[STRIKE]PTA stuff [/STRIKE] DONE
[STRIKE]Gut corner cupboard in my bedroom[/STRIKE] DONE
[STRIKE]Several runs to the tip [/STRIKE] DONE
Another car boot sale (weather dependent)
[STRIKE]Clean bathroom[/STRIKE] DONE
Change bedding
[STRIKE]Clean kitchen[/STRIKE] DONE
[STRIKE]Clean lounge [/STRIKE] DONE
[STRIKE]Move stuff from hall to the garage[/STRIKE] DONE
[STRIKE]Clean car inside and out[/STRIKE] DONE
[STRIKE]Food cupboard inventory [/STRIKE] DONE
[STRIKE]Freezer inventory [/STRIKE] DONE
Plan train holiday / make reservations ONGOING
Plan bestie's birthday present
Type up notes for work
Recycle old mobile phones
Clean kitchen cupboards TODAY
Clean the W key as it keep getting stuck ONGOING ....
Start looking at removal quotes

benbenandme

I managed to fill another couple of bags so have done another trip to the tip an got rid of 4 more binbagfuls.

Ds is back, the sun is still out and all is good

benbenandme

Bath is done, eyebrows have been tamed, toenails have been painted, time to start getting back into work mode :cool:

smallholdingsister

I have that sinking feeling...

benbenandme

£20 csa arrears moved into the savings pot