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2016 - No Clutter To Be Seen

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  • house_elf
    house_elf Posts: 1,073 Forumite
    Hello!

    I hope you can help me with my New Years resolution, and keep me on the path to a decluttered home!

    8 items sold on EBay and dispatched.
    1 broken plate (bin)
    1 broken torch (bin)

    10/2016

    Bags filling up for c/s, bedding for Dogs Home and H&M (£5 voucher off £25 if you recycle a bag of textiles).

    Lots of stuff going to work tomorrow. Will try to remember to list it tomorrow.

    You are an inspiration. :A

    Love HE x
  • Seaotter
    Seaotter Posts: 214 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 4 January 2016 at 12:33AM
    DD#1 has just appeared with:

    8-18 2 pairs jeans, 1 pair shorts, 4 t-shirts and 1 hoodie, 1 poster plus two picture clip things - all for CS
    Declutter our home in 2024
    Lose weight in 2024
  • Here goes, does taking our bottle mountain to the recycling centre count ?

    1. Tragic pair of old work shoes.
    2. Pair of walking boots for chazza shop.
    3. Soap tin
    4. Lots of old magazines taken to recycling centre, including Xmas Radio Times !!
    :hello:
    NSD 3/366
    4/366. 2016 Decluttering challenge
  • Fiasco55
    Fiasco55 Posts: 1,347 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Looks like we are all off to a great start. My BF is a hoarder too so it makes life difficult when I'm trying to get rid of my stuff. He thinks such and such could be used for
    insert anything that may stop me from chucking, donating or recycling. It's so frustrating as it is goes on one of his projects that he never does. I regularly have to remind him to scoop up his excess stuff he leaves at mine and take it home.

    39. Packaging recycled
    40-41. Bottles recycled
    42. Box recycled
    43. Christmas cards recycled
    44. Blister pack binned
    45. Deodorant used up
    46. Razor binned
    47. Giant bottle of liquid soap used up, recycled
    48. Packet of Christmas napkins used up from the stash of Christmas napkins. Didn't buy any this year in the sales :j
    49. Ball of wool used up to crochet a purse
    50. Pair of socks binned
    No buying toiletries Graduated May 2017
    Decluttered 2016 2469 items, 2017 1580 items :j
    2018 3060 items
    Sealed Pot Challenge No 038
  • Mumof2_2
    Mumof2_2 Posts: 2,694 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Decided to number things I throw out:

    12. Old toilet brush and holder
    Flymarkeeteer: £168 and counting
  • Rummer
    Rummer Posts: 6,550 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    We decluttered the "stuff" drawer in the kitchen last night so all the contents were either put back in their proper place, binned or assigned to the CS pile.

    Also went through the Christmas box before it made a return to the loft and cleared out loads of things that we did not use or are no longer taken by. All ready to be rehomed (a bit late I know :o)
    Taking responsibility one penny at a time!
  • craftingmad
    craftingmad Posts: 3,341 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Early decluttering session for me today :)


    20. Old toothbrush (god knows who it belonged to as nobody in the family is claiming responsibility)
    21. Out of date mouthwash
    22. Rusty hairdressing scissors
    23. bag full of dirty, stretched hairbands
    24. 2 x cleaning sponges (which have been sitting on bathroom cabinet for ages)
    25. Steriod crem expiry 7/11
    26. Hay fever tablets expiry 11/12
    27. loads ofcalpol and ibrufrofen sachets exp 2014 and 2015
    28. rusty disposable razor
    29. bottle of senecot exp 11/12
    30. paracetamol exp 11/12
    31. plunger part of a medicine syringe
    32. verruca removal gel exp 6/15
    33. Large planes die cast cardboard box (son was given set two Christmases ago and the box has sat in my lounge ever since!)
    Mortgage - £2338.07 paid off Feb 2023 BTL 1 £51,089.10 £35789.36 paid off July 2025 BTL 2 £81,504.52 BTL 3 £77,497.02
  • 14. Half a jar of salsa in bin (eat within 3 days?) oops must notice that with the next jar.:o
    15. Knickers with rip into bin. I had been wearing them just in bed but the rip is getting bigger when I move around in my sleep.:eek::rotfl:
    2025 GOALS
    15/25 classes
    15/100 books



  • Barny1979
    Barny1979 Posts: 7,921 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 5 January 2016 at 12:43AM
    Barny1979 wrote: »
    2. Out of date soreen bars binned
    3. 6 x old pillows binned and replaced with new pillows bought with club card boost
    4. Thermal t-shirt into charity shop bag
    5. Glass flower vase to charity bag
    6. Small bag to charity
    7. Various cardboard boxes into recycling
    8. Console packaged as it is selling on ebay
    9. Paper from packaging into recycling
    10. Bio oil bottle emptied and recycled
    11. Unused jar into recycling bin
    12-18. Seven Star Wars vehicles sold :)

    19. Pair of trousers into charity bag
    20. Pair of jogging bottoms into charity bag
    21. Paper bag into recycling bag
    22-24. Three Xmas decorations into charity bag
    25-27. Three parcels posted, so two cardboard boxes and Jiffy bag gone
    28. Plastic storage box to tip
    29. Empty porridge box into recycling
    30. Dregs of muesli binned
    31. Polo shirt into recycling bag
  • Walnut
    Walnut Posts: 70 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    So far today I've sorted the recycling ready for tomorrows collection, but I won't include that in my total. Other items...

    Charity shop
    6. espresso cup & saucer set
    7. gloves
    8. money box
    9&10. 2 unused toiletry gift bags (contents are now in the bathroom ready to be used)

    Bin
    11. old mascara
    12. shower scrunchie
    13.broken cup
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