2017 - No Clutter To Be Seen

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Donated a whole lot to my the Reception yeargroup at my children's school.The teacher was sooooooooo appreciative.It really does make it worthwhile:j.

So out of the house today:
2286-2289:4 pink hats for dressing up
2290:cowboy hat
2291:a knight's helmet
2292:princess crown
2293:sand putty alien
2294-2295:2 pairs of socks
2296-2297:2 pairs of girls underpants
and lots of craft supplies:
2298:unopened packet of pipe cleaners
2299:unopened packet of corrugated cardboard
2300-2301:2bags of pom poms,unused
2302-2305:4 bags of sequins
2306:unopened packet of tissue paper
2307-2311:5 bags of foam shapes,unopened
2312:lengths of ribbon
2313-2314:2 small bags of wooden pieces
2315:huge bag of foam animals
2316:tower of different coloured glitters
2317:craft stickers
2318-2332:15 bags of assorted beads

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This morning I have been to the local cats and dogs home and donated:

From the loft:
932:a duvet

From the house:
2333-2337:5 bath towels
2338-2344:7 hand towels

933-934:From the loft,I also gave 2 photo frames to a couple of friends (frames with 12 apertures in,that you can install a photo each month of a growing baby.)

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Out of the loft today:
To charity for sick children:
933:travel cot.Has been wasting space in my loft for about 14 years :eek:.It was given to me,and think I only used it a couple of times when 2nd child was born
934:musical cube toy
935:rocking horse-shaped rattle
936:spinning musical toy
937:Polly Pocket water fountain set

To the tip:
938-1016:79 pieces of hard plastic from assorted toys that I had given up ever finding missing pieces for .I had been holding ont onto these for far too long,waiting for missing pieces to turn up
1017-1018:2 bits of metal
1019-1024:6 pieces of general rubbish


From around the house:
2345-2346:Sponge-bob bedset (duvet cover and pillow case)
2347-2348:Charlie and Lola bedset (duvet cover and a pillow case)
To Shelter charity:
2349-2352:2 toothbrushes and tubes of toothpaste
2353:lilo/airbed that had too many holes to fix anymore

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I got sick of the mess in my front room today,so tried to make decisions about some of the piles of things I have had a hard time deciding on before.Mostly it is "bits" of stuff: parts of toys missing pieces,pyjamas missing a half,etc.I did end up being ruthless and setting aside alot to take to the tip,but I still need to get rid of alot more .
Out of the house

Binned:
2354:old library card
2355-2361:7 marking pens
2362-2363:animal puppets on strings.Strings all knotted up and I didn't have the patience.....
2364:tin with 28 pieces of a 32 piece magnetic jigsaw puzzle.I will never find the missing pieces,so finally put tin out for recycling,and binned the pieces
2365:broken toy tea-cup
2366-2391:26 bits of tat that didn't really belong to anything: tiny toy pieces,buttons,etc

Recycled:
2391-2392:a pair of kid's slippers.I nearly put them out for donation,but they are meant to make a funny squeak with each step,but only one of them did this
2393-2394:2 small rocks returned to the front garden

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Today I emptied out a box of tat that I had hidden out of the way for a couple of years (since late 2015,when we were moving out of our house in preparation for house extension).
It took me 2.5 hours to sort through,and I probably kept far too much (drawings by the kids,etc),but I did get rid of /put away enough that the box was emptied.

Binned:
2395:travel alarm clock I have owned for yearrrrrrrrrrrs,but can't remember the last time I used
2396-2397:2 very old library cards
2398:pin badge
2399:one shirt-sleeve elastic (or garter-had to google the term to know what it was called :rotfl:).Not sure where the other one is :think:.

Recycled:
2400:small bottle of an essential oil,expired Feb 2011

2401:After cooking tea tonight,I also put out for recycling,a saucepan which was starting to shed black particles into our meal as it cooked :eek:

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For the last few years I have had a wardrobe sooooo full of clothes and toys that I wanted to sell.I would photograph items,and every now and again I would list them on selling pages.Nothing ever sold ,so after 6 months or so,I would re-list.And meanwhile items would just take up space in my house.
For the last few weeks I have been asking myself what the worst that could happen if I just donated it all.I especially started thinkiing about the clothes.
Yesterday I finally decided that today would be the day I get rid of all this stuff that has been weighing me down for yearssssssssssssssssssss.
So this afternoon I drove all the clothes to charity shop,and tonight it feels so good to have freed up all that space :j:j.
So out of the that cupboard of doom today(all to charity for sick children):
2402-2404:3 skirts
2405-2423:19 dresses (mix of winter and summer)
2424-2426:3 coats
2427-2431:5 jumpers
2432-2434:3 pairs leggings
2435:pair of shorts
2436-2438:3 dressing gowns
2439:boy's onesie
2440:skirt and shirt set
2441:1 pr trousers
2442:baby overalls and matching hat
2443:pink shirt
2444:gro-bag
2445-2447:3 Halloween outfits
2448:another dress-up outfit (Beefeater top)
2449:raincoat
2450:unopened packet of 2 school-shirts
2451:baby/toddler book
and one toy:2452:Moonsand play-set

From 10yo daughter's decluttering efforts this week,there was also:
2453:another pair of shorts
2454-2460:7 t-shirts

Also from the cupboard of doom,to Salvation Army store,a bag of stuff I had in the car but forgot to deliver the other day :
2461-2463:3 ladies' jumpers,2 with tags on
2464-2465:2 handbags,never used (there was 3,but 10yo decided she liked the look of one........

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Spent a bit of time sorting out "little messes" around the house.Tonight the house doesn't look any tidier-it is just different messes :rotfl:.

Recycled:
2466:bundle of wrapping paper from my birthday last month :eek:
2467:small bundle of papers that had been awaiting attention for a little while

I continue sorting through the cupboard of doom and decided that just about all the toys in there can go tomorrow as well (following the clothes that went yesterday).I will count them when they leave the house

Out of that cupboard and the house, was
2468-2469: a box (empty-had contained a toy),and a few odd papers

Out of the loft:
1025-1043:19 party/party bag bits: banners,balloons,bottles of bubbles,pencils ,bracelets...
I had listed this bundle free to collector,but asked that it be collected as soon as possible.A lovely lady contacted me within about 15 minutes,and collected about an hour after that.Very pleased with that.

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Toys and other odds and bods from the Cupboard of Doom donated today.it is amazing how quickly I was able to empty it,once I told myself that,really,why am I wasting all my valuable space storing stuff my kids have grown out of,toys they have mostly never played with.It is so freeing to have that space freed up.

Donated today:
2470:Ali baba game
2471:Spin Mania game,never opened
2472:Ultrasonic detector,never opened
2473:Who What Where junior game,used once
2474:Crayola Extreme Designer,never opened
2475:Spinaroo,never opened
2476-2479:4 Mr Men DVDs
2480-2482:3 pairs boys school trousers
2483:1 school tunic
2484:1 school skirt
2485:1 Halloween dress
2486:cat onesie
2487:Dracular costume
2488:set of Tweenies curtains
2489:gingham headband (matches school uniform)
2490: couple of magnetix pieces
2491:unopened hanging storage unit
2492:novelty pencil from Thailand
2493-2507:15 pyjama odd tops and bottoms,either to be sold as is,or will be sold as textile rags by charity shop

Recycled:
2508:cardbpoard gift box
2509:box that triop kit came in
2510:plastic container that came in triop kit
2511-2515:5 bottles that had contained old toiletries.Toiletries binned or poured down sink,containers recycled

Binned:
2516-2518:3 bags of triop food and supplies
2519:old bar of soap
2520-2521:2novelty kids soap
2522:baby toothbrush
2523:mini toothpaste
2524:baby wash

From the loft,donated:
1044-1058:15 pieces of a toy ceramic tea-set

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Have had a mad day,decluttering-wise.
This morning I took a couple of toys to a charity shop I haven't donated to before.Both toys had many pieces,which I had counted out.I went to the shop,told the lady there that I had counted all the pieces,everything is there,ready to go.
Then tonight,I was looking for something,and found a bag of the majority of pieces of one of the toys :eek::eek:.I was quite upset,because I hate the idea of stuff going to landfill,and I am sure when they check it out to price up,and see that most of the pieces are missing,they will just fling it.After I have spent so long making sure it was all together,then another so long trying to sell it.Seems a waste thst it might go to the landfill.I will race over there tomorrow with the pieces I have,to see if they still have it.I am very cross with myself.Ican't list it here until it is ALL out of the house .:o.

So,countable items out of the house today:
2525:Beanboozled game,donated to a teenage friend of my son.We had played the game many times last christmas,but there was still about 40 bags of jelly beans to play with
2526:lots of envelopes that I had collected a few years ago to re-use for things like notes and permission slips and money going to school.I tore the clear window out of the front,and set aside the envelopes to recycle
2527:lots of officialdom papers/forms that were never filled in
2528-2530:3 IKEA blue bags have left the house with donations over the last couple of weeks
2531:small bundle of brochures of local attractions
2532:magazine from July 2006 :eek::eek::eek::eek:
2533:handful of kipple,binned

Out of the loft,donated:
1059:Robo droid metal tech assembly toy

purplevamp

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149) Shoebox
150-151) Ukelele boxes
152) Bootea teagbags (work)
153) DVD (back to work)
154) Cat food sample (colleague tool this off my hands)
155) Runnerbean Chutney (took to work but no takers :eek::rotfl:)
156) JML brochure
157-158) Mineral foundation tubs (used up)
159) Loads of old receipts
160) Books (Amazon)
161) Bracelet (ebay)
162) Item back to JML
163) Book (ebay)
164-166) 3 x porridge pouches (very bleurgh and ood)

I've also got rid of lots of envelopes, boxes and bubble wrap from selling bits and pieces but haven't included these as the pile keeps being "topped up".

Really don't think I'll make the 2017 target by the end of the year. I'm too much of a hoarder and find it hard to part with things

167) Book (amazon)
168) Mineral foundation (facebook)
169) BIG cardboard box
170) Video (amazon)
171-175) Videos (ebay)
176-184) t-shirts (charity)
185) Jimjams (charity)

When I got rid of the t-shirts my DD hugged me and said "I'm proud of you Mummy" :A She knows how much trouble I have letting things go so this meant a lot to me.

Saver-upper ~ you are doing so well. Fancy coming round mine and sorting my stuff out?! :rotfl: