2016 - No Clutter To Be Seen

somerandom

1044. Green bin full of garden waste

Fantabulous

I am awaiting orthopaedic surgery in the new year, which will mean I can literally do nothing for two months.
I will have to live downstairs since I will be hopping.

So - a declutter was in order.

There were clothes in my wardrobes going back more than 30 years !!!

I have been decluttering for about 3 months now, I can only do a couple of hours a day because I can't stand for long.

I did another visit to the Red Cross charity shop today which brings completely full large bin bags of clothes to 14. Clothes that are too short, too big, clothes that I will never wear again because I have gone off them.

I also took another 2 bin bags full of clothes to throw out to the local council waste recycling unit and put them in the bins there - I have no idea what they do with them.

I have lots of clothes to list on ebay. To date have made about £200 after fees, which is sitting in my paypal account.

I haven't been anywhere out of my home town for three years, so, once the surgery is done and I can walk without pain, I want to go on holiday somewhere, since I think I deserve it.

To be honest I found some lovely clothes that I had completely forgotten I had. My wardrobe now houses all of my clothes that I can wear.

Starting on boots, shoes and sandals next.....

blubella

145-147. 3 stiff paint brushes binned
148-149. 2 x dumpy bags of garden waste recycling centre
150-157. 7 x card board boxes recycling centre
157-164. 8 bags/bin loads garden waste to recycling centre
165. Wooly hat CS
166. Plastic handle binned
167. Plastic bottle recycled
168. Pair of earrings CS

Must try and get back on it...bedroom is still a tip!

somerandom

Welcome Fantabulous very pleased to have you join us. Congratulations on your progress so far & the very best of luck with your decluttering mission

1045. storage box - CS
1046 & 7 - 2 x broken storage boxes - bin
1048&9 - 2 x broken storage bags - bin
1050 - DS's sandals - CS
1051 - fridge magnet - CS
1052 - damaged fridge magnet - bin

somerandom

1053 & 1054 2 x dead saucepans - bin

blubella

Finally got my teeth into bedroom autumn clean. Lots more to go!

169-170. 2 xplastic shelf ends binned
171-180. 10 x business postcards recycled
181. Jewellery box recycled
182. Stack of receipts recycled
183-184. 2 x pairs of shoes CS
185. Birthday card recycled
186-187. 2 x hairbands binned
188. Dead socks binned
189. Dead shoes recycled
190-191. 2 x pillows binned
192. Paper clip binned
193. Dead lighter binned
194-195. Hair clips binned
196. Black coat recycled.

Until later, have a good day all x

x_raphael_xx

Fantabulous wrote: »

I also took another 2 bin bags full of clothes to throw out to the local council waste recycling unit and put them in the bins there - I have no idea what they do with them.

I know the named charity ones (St Lukes etc) get sorted to sell in their shops.
I saw a documentary once on young asylum seekers who were coming up to 16 years (or was it 18yrs) old, as they were then going to be classed as adults they were awaiting ruling on whether they could stay or would be deported.
A lot of them lived in sparse flats and were trying to survive, there was this charity who went round with clothes that had been donated to help them out. I just remember the thrill on one girls face as this pair of jeans fit her perfectly.
I assume something like this is done with them for the needy. I certainly hope so, and hope they aren't just mashed up in a machine!


037 - Another pair of holey pants BINNED (really need to sort through these!)
038 - Pack of two gel handwarmers. BINNED. These were BFs, he was given them as a present a couple of years ago and has never used them. I tried one yesterday and was very disappointed. Was expecting a nice warm glow, like holding a mug of tea, but they were just 'not cold'. I was warmer putting my hands in my pockets.

BF also took the old hallway carpet to work to throw in the skip, not really clutter, as it was only pulled up wed night, and carpet fitters came yesterday to fit new carpet.
They left the off-cuts from the new carpet and my friend claimed them to cut into a mat. The scraps have been binned.

somerandom

ermmm small confession - as I was packing away the stuff for the charity shop I retrieved 2 items (it was nearly 4 items!!) ... to make up for it I found 2 items in the wardrobe to replace them - at least I won't have to reduce my total now...

Makes me wonder - a) whether I would have missed those items if I'd taken them to the CS when I first discarded them b) how I could so easily discard 2 items from my wardrobe when I'd already in theory been through my stuff a couple of times...

dannie

Hi, I've not posted since 30/9/16 as I have decided to focus on sorting out the garden this month.

Thanks for all your posts during the three months I did this challenge. I feel I did make some progress.

somerandom

Happy gardening dannie.

1055 & 6 - 2 x fridge magnets
1057. cushion
1058. bathmat
1059. cardi
1060. cosmetic bag
1061. Bag
1062. dead storage bag - bin
1063-5 . 3x dead tights - bin
1066. pouch for charger
1067. Belt
1068. Bag
1069 - Trousers
1070- scarf