2017 - No Clutter To Be Seen

roundtuit

Hi. I'd like to join in please. I know we're way past 1st January but I don't want to wait for next year when I've got the 'right' head on now iykwim.
I've been decluttering on and off for years - but you'd never guess from the state of the house. I've been lurking and taken inspiration / motivation from you all so actually started on Sunday listing items in my head as they went ...which is ok on Day 4 but going to be a nightmare remembering by day 14 never mind day 44! So a list ( I love lists) ...

1-2 plates washed and returned to dad
3-11 plates, dishes and jugs washed and returned to friend
12-13 replaced toothbrushes - old toothbrushes binned :A not kept just in case. Just in case what??? I already have an old toothbrush waiting to be used to scrub awkward places if needed.
14-16 replaced pillows on DS bed - old pillows binned. Again not kept just in case. No horde of overnight visitors has ever arrived and if they did I wouldn't give them ratty pillows!

....pause to breathe deeply at the thought of a horde of overnight visitors descending on me :eek: ...

17-18 books in bag for cs

retrieved from DS bedroom floor:
19 piece of string (???)* - bin
20 Christmas card - recycled
21 empty deodorant can - recycled

* oh, I think it's the cord out of some PJ bottoms - it was buried beneath a pile of coat hangers - which are now hung in his wardrobe ( but I won't count them as the're not leaving the house). I'm not unbinning (is that a word?) as DS obviously hasn't needed said cord for a considerable amount of time/ doesn't know it was there / won't miss it.

Right - what can go next? ...

Rx

roundtuit

22 replaced rubber gloves as old gloves had a hole in them and were most unpleasant to wear - old gloves binned
23-25 cardboard boxes recycled - not sure why they weren't recycled as soon as they were emptied - but heyho, gone now.
26 pair of compression sock thingies which I came home from hospital in in March - binned

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ETA :
27 sturdy cardboard box taken by friend

roundtuit

28 tatty t shirt (relic of DS's holiday in Kavos) - binned. (I did check with DS first as he wants to keep the strangest things. Can't think where he gets it from!!!)

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roundtuit

into recycling bag/ bin:

29 raggy nightie
30 raggy ski pants
31 skirt that's lost it's elastic
32 Christmas card found in DS room

into cs bag:

33 snood - never worn
34 blouse - never worn
35 denim pencil case - unused
36 unused exfoliation pad
37 green handbag - unused

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noelphobic

noelphobic wrote: »

399) chipped casserole dish - binned

Thanks for the good wishes re DS. Counting the days until he comes home now, partly because of having to clean up hedgehog poo - he even does it in his food :eek:

400) bag
401-404) packs of tissue paper
405) box
406) piece of fabric
407-408) packs of stickers
409) decorative stones
410-412) rolls of patterned tape

All above to local craft group

413) chipped mug, binned
414) worn out slippers, binned
415) water filter cartridge, binned
416) cat litter, used up and bag put in recycling - wouldn't normally count this as I normally only buy it as needed, but have 4 or 5 bags presently
417) body lotion sachet, used contents and binned empty sachet

418) £100 :T

Found lots of money boxes and other containers containing coins, during my decluttering. I've banked £100 so far and will be giving half to DS. Still a bit more to bank. I've found some foreign coins as well, including Canadian ones. It's 13 years since I went to Canada :eek:

roundtuit

38 book - cs
39 roll on deodorant which I'm never going to use it as it's too sticky - bin
40 lip balm (unused!) - given to friend

Hello noelphobic :hello: DS has large piles of loose change dotted around his room and I've noticed there's a pile accumulating in front of the tv - I'll make a note to gather it up and get it turned into notes for him. Less clutter for me, more spendable dosh for him. :T Thank you.

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somerandom

somerandom wrote: »

827 - shrug
828 - slip
829 - sunglasses
830 - dead bra
831 - shrug

832. dead rucksack
833. top - given to friend
834. dead sponge
835. dead de-fuzzer

noelphobic

noelphobic wrote: »

400) bag
401-404) packs of tissue paper
405) box
406) piece of fabric
407-408) packs of stickers
409) decorative stones
410-412) rolls of patterned tape

All above to local craft group

413) chipped mug, binned
414) worn out slippers, binned
415) water filter cartridge, binned
416) cat litter, used up and bag put in recycling - wouldn't normally count this as I normally only buy it as needed, but have 4 or 5 bags presently
417) body lotion sachet, used contents and binned empty sachet

418) £100 :T

Found lots of money boxes and other containers containing coins, during my decluttering. I've banked £100 so far and will be giving half to DS. Still a bit more to bank. I've found some foreign coins as well, including Canadian ones. It's 13 years since I went to Canada :eek:

419) African Pygmy Hedgehog
420) cage
421) food bowl
422/423) water bowls
424) wheel
425) toy
426/427) blankets
428) cat biscuits
429) flax seed capsules

Short lived clutter that DS took home. The bonus was that I decluttered an old blanket for him to use for Huckleberry.

gemmajenkins0208

So we had the big stuff moved to the flat yesterday. These things were - a small corner sofa I bought from a friend, my corner TV unit, my bed frame only(I'm buying a new mattress before we move in properly), my DVD rack and my desk, in 2 parts, as it broke in transit :rotfl: ...

Subsequently, the part of the desk that broke(the drawers) was carted over to my partners dad after the removal man had been and gone and he fixed it within 10 minutes :j

Said drawers were carted back, we ate, slept, then this morning we carted the drawers to the flat along with a few other bags of stuff, then we picked up all the cardboard and rubbish from the flat and took it all down to the tip. We stopped in a local we-sell-everything shop on the way home and picked up the last few vital bits for the flat(kitchen bin, sponges/dish cloths, dish drainer etc. etc.) which is currently in my partners car boot so I will take it to the flat in the morning now

roundtuit

41 Another torn t-shirt belonging to DS - I think he does an impression of The Hulk to amuse his friends after a few drinks!! - bin
42 Pinyata full of beer bottle tops brought home from Uni by DS three years ago - bin
43 wind chime - never used gift from Morocco received after looking after NN's rabbit while she was away - cs.