2016 - No Clutter To Be Seen

pajama

62 - shower mat - bin

Barny1979

Barny1979 wrote: »

231. T-shirt into charity bag

232. Old sock binned
233. Out of date raw spaghetti binned
234. Glass rayware jar into charity bag
235. Jar of gherkins emptied and recycled

DuranGirl

56-64: Various items of carp from the top of my kitchen cupboard. They've been staring at me for years and now they're in the bin!


65: Small bag of bits of broken jewellery. Not good enough to Ebay - bin


Also found some odds and ends of costume jewellery that I've made into five bundles for Ebay. Could be worn or used for crafting, so we'll see how that goes.

melanzana

clingingtothewreckage wrote: »

140 items binned/r/c or given away to cs and friends

The total todate 274
275 - ebay sale posted
276 - bubble bath uu bottle r/c
278 - batteries r/c

I wish I found it easier to get rid of stuff - has anyone reachd the stage yet when they don't spend ages deliberating what to throw?
Going to try and top 300 today

I've been lurking here for a while.

I took early retirement a couple of years ago, and always had a declutter in my mind.

I too found it difficult to decide what to bin and what to keep. But I had a transformation about two weeks ago for some reason, I can't explain it.

Anyway, I started in the guest bedroom. Huge bank of wardrobes full of total c rap, clothes, shoes, bags odds and ends. I started one Monday morning, and I decided if I hadn't worn it or used it within the past year it was going!

Eight hours later I had........15 bags for the CS, two for the WEE electric recycling (old fans, cd player, kettles, etc. none working, what am I like!) and two for the black rubbish bin. Got rid of them all next day. Gone.

Next day I kept going and did the boxroom (eh, laundry, ironing, document, general dumping ground). Bags and bags for the black non recycling bin.

I then had a rest!. Today I have just cleared out the kitchen cupboards. OMG the amount of things way out of date, gone.

The freezer is next. But I need another rest!

Well the CS got a ton of stuff, all good, no tat, and all clean. Clothes, bags, and tons of pairs of shoes.

I have learned a big lesson doing all this. I now have four pairs of "good" shoes for going out. 5 bags for going out, and 6 or 7 outfits for Hatches Matches and dispatches, and having dinner out at the weekend.

Other than that I wear casual clothes (early retired) and Skechers. That's it. Plus a pair of winter boots for bad weather.

I feel tremendously virtuous! Such a wonderful feeling.

Still have bits and pieces to do, but the hard work is done now.

Best of luck to everyone going through this cleansing in their lives, it is so worth it.

The lesson is not to buy anything you don't need. Hard lesson but I'm getting there.

Barny1979

Barny1979 wrote: »

232. Old sock binned
233. Out of date raw spaghetti binned
234. Glass rayware jar into charity bag
235. Jar of gherkins emptied and recycled

236. Book into charity bag
237-240. Yoghurts into bin
241. Out of date Turkey into bin
242-248. 8 pieces of clothing into charity bag
249. Old key into bin
250. Padlock missing key into bin
251. Pop bottle recycled
252. Travel padlock and keys into charity bag
253. Sewing kit into charity bag
254. Broken shoe lace replaced with spare in drawer
255-260. Old take away menus into recycling
261. Instruction manual into recycling

Fiasco55

229. Giant vanish tub recycled
230-233. Bottles recycled
234. Can of deodorant recycled
235. Shred mountain reduced
236. Book donated
237. Packaging recycled

Scottishmummy

Haven't added to this for a while as the whole family has been ill but we managed to take a few things to a local recycling centre where they are sold on
20. Portable tv
21. Monitor
22. PC tower
23. Kitchen Carousel
24. Kitchen Carousel

The kitchen carousel were in-cupboard things which we didn't like - changed them for shelves.

Barny1979

Barny1979 wrote: »

236. Book into charity bag
237-240. Yoghurts into bin
241. Out of date Turkey into bin
242-248. 8 pieces of clothing into charity bag
249. Old key into bin
250. Padlock missing key into bin
251. Pop bottle recycled
252. Travel padlock and keys into charity bag
253. Sewing kit into charity bag
254. Broken shoe lace replaced with spare in drawer
255-260. Old take away menus into recycling
261. Instruction manual into recycling

262. Bag of frozen peppers used up
263-264. Two yoghurts used up
265-266. Two tax discs binned
267. Previous car documents recycled
268. Training cd binned
269. Instructions into recycling
270. Old birthday and Xmas cards into recycling
271. Old receipts binned from former company
272. Lanyard into charity bag
273-277. Tins of food emptied into recycling
278. Drain unblocker bottle emptied

Gem-gem

302. Uu cleaning bottle
303. Uu water bottle
304. Used up tea bag box.
305. Mail envelopes
306. Cotton bud box
307. Uu shampoo bottle
308. Storm black waterproof coat bf
309. Jeans X 1. Bf
310. Walking shoes bf
311. Brown/black shoes
312.

Kittenkirst

Afternoon all! Lots more flat clearance and tidying going on for me- 3 more boxes of clothing/accessories ready for car booting & 2 boxes of kitchenware stuffs also ready to go in the first week of March!

25: Dress on eBay
26: shoes in bin (beyond repair)
27: lots of used padded envelopes into the bin piles! Was saving to recycle but have been hanging round for ages so into the bin they go!
28: humongous bottle of conditioner used up finally (taken two years) and in bin!

Once I have listed lots of clothes on eBay and they have minimum bids on I will add them to the list ��