2017 - No Clutter To Be Seen

Saver-upper

I tidied a large-ish area of my front room floor today.It was piles of stuff that I was trying to sort through.I decided today was the day.I set aside a few things to donate,but also I got rid of stuff:

From the loft:
1079:dried out paints
1080:old box of tea-bags


Recycled:
1081:plastic packaging
1082:cardboard box


From around the house:
2560:Christmas saver card-binned
2561:small organza bag
2562:reasonable size bundle of papers I had been setting aside to recycle
2563:bottle emptied of a very old essential oil (use by 2011 :eek:) and recycled

Saver-upper

Out of the house this afternoon (donated to a small local charity shop I discovered a couple of weeks ago) :
2564-2580:17 padded envelopes,mostly unused
2581:Blo-pen set,never used
2582:beanie hat
2583:scarf
2584:pair of Build-A-Bear Workshop pyjamas
2585:necklace
2586:onesie
2587-2589:3 balls
2590:Despicable Me activity book
2591:Designer Denim craft book
2592:Crayola glow dome
2593:Crayola lockable notebook
2594-2595:2 notebooks
2596:dog cuddly toy
2597-2607:11 plastic toy dogs
2608:Build-A-Bear Workshop dress

Recycled:
2609:huge bundle of plastic bags,put in supermarket recycling bin


And from the loft:
1083:teabag rest.it had been part of a set:box of teabags,the rest itself,and paints/paintbrush to paint then bake the teabag rest.it would have been a lovely donation as a set,but the teabags were over 6 years past best before,I knew the paints provided would have dried out.Best just to donate a useable rest
1084:VHS tape for video camera
1085-1086:2 toy cars that can be put together (magnets)

Saver-upper

Soooooooooooooooooooooooo mucccccchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh stuffffffffffffffffffffff out of my loft today :j.
I think I mentioned here in September when I was taking a week off work to declutter my loft.As part of that,I had sorted through Christmas stuff.Today,I took 2 huge bags of stuff to charity:

1087-1090:4 boxes of Christmas cards,unopened
1091-1094:4 rolls of Christmas wrapping paper,unopened
1095:gift wrapping pack-unopened
1096-1104:9 gift bags
1105:Advent calender hanging
1106-1109: 4 Santa "somethings" that autocorrect has mangled,so I can't remember
1110-1125:16 Santa hats :eek:
1126-1131: 6 Santa sacks
1132-1133:2 Christmas cups
1134-1138: 5 soft toys,all christmas themed
1139-1141: 3 pr baby booties
1142:1 pr gloves
1143:beanie hat
1144: baby beanie
1145:candy cane tree decoration
1146: packet of wooden decorations to be painted
1147:Christmas craft stickers
1148:Christmas card-making kit,unopened
1149:more Christmas stickers,unopened
1150:Santa figurine for car dashboard,unopened
1151:Christmas suncatcher kit
1152:Chrismassy felt bag,never used
1153-1156:4 bibs,2 still in original packaging,and I can't remember the other 2 ever being used

Phew!!
I had also taken an outdoor Christmas decoration to a charity shop that accepts electrical goods,but was told they don't take electrical Christmas decs,so will have to find somewhere else to take them.

Fiasco55

Not been posting in a bit due to real life stuff. I have forgotten most of the decluttered items.

1176. Perfume used up
1177. Hair product used up
1178. Cleanser used up
1179-1185. Books to cs
1186-1189. Books returned to library
1190. Paperwork filed
1191-1194. Cards from stash used
1195. Wellies sold online
1196. Hairspray used up
1197-1216. Items to food bank
1217. Eye cream used up
1218. Cotton wool used up
1219-1222. Cleaning wipes used up
1223. Candle donated to cs
1224. Shredding done

Saver-upper

Did a big tidy-up of the house today (I really wouldn't have to do this if everyone around here just put things away when they were finished with them......).
As part of this,did a bit of decluttering from 9/11yo's bedroom:
I set aside a huge number of stuff toys,which I will list when they leave the house.
Out today:

Binned:
2610:headband
2611:fake flowers
2612:handful of junk jewellery
2613-2615:assorted loomband creations
2616:nail polish
2617:small tin of powder
2618:old,mangled sweets


Recycled:
2619:1 shoe-box
2620-2621:2 shoe-box lids
2622:large novelty tin that originally contained packets of biscuits
2623:cardboard packaging

gemmajenkins0208

Long time since I last posted

Seems pointless now tho as I've moved out, my flat is tidy and clutter free and when I joined this it was primarily for my parents place :rotfl:

There has been a bit of to-ing and fro-ing of items between mine and my parents.

Oh and I managed to sell my old soda stream machine the other day

I also took a bag of clothes to the charity shop. This particular bin bag was one I brought down to the flat with the many others thinking it was some of our stuff and I had earmarked it to sort out. I looked in it as it was the last one and it was just a load of old clothes of my mums and my brothers! :rotfl:

I think the reason that happened was as we were packing to move, we were sorting out our stuff, which was provoking my mum and my brother and his fianc!e to have a sort out, and EVERYTHING - even our possessions to go to the flat - ended up in black bags.

I reckon I got this bag and another muddled up as I've lost some pillowcases. They must have been in the other bag that has most probably ended up at the tip/charity shop

Mum was given a load of old branded body creams etc from a friend, but my mum will never use any of it so I liberated it from her I've been slowly making my way through it all.

Saver-upper

Oooooohhhh,lovely to hear from you gemmajenkins0208 :j.Do keep intouch with us-I love hearing your adventures.Is this the first time you have moved out of home/got your own place.It all sounds very exciting.:j:j.
I had an unexpected day off today (11yo daughter not feeling well).I used the opportunity to tidy up "little messes" around the house-a box of random stuff here,a pile to go to the loft there,a bag of stuff leftover from decluttering earlier this week........
At the same time,daughter was tinkering around in here room-think she was re-discovering all sorts of treasures.Anyway,working on and off throughout the day,bey bed-time,she had gone through all here cupboards and Ikea trofast boxes,decluttering and tidying.Wish I can keep her home every day to help me out.


Out of the house today:

Binned:
2624-2625:2 boxes of random bits sorted through-(some stuff set aside for donation,) other stuff binned
2626:child's broken umbrella
Recycled:
2627:pair of my partner's old shoes
2628:jam jar (jam very out of date,so thrown out,jar recycled)

Out of the loft:
1157-1159:3 paintbrushes,given to partner to put in his [STRIKE]room of doom[/STRIKE] man-cave

Binned:
1160:bundle of used,non-recyclable Christmas wrapping paper
1161:3D Christmas gift-tag

Rexcycled:
1162:old wrapping paper
1163-1165:3 gift bags

gemmajenkins0208

Thank you Saver-upper

Yes, this is my first place of my own, and the first time I have moved into a place with a partner

We've been together 4 years so it was about time :rotfl:

I keep on top of things here really well, I clean/tidy as I go, rather than doing it all in a big whack at the weekend or whatnot. I can't stand mess haha so I think that's why I do it that way.

We only have enough crockery/cutlery etc for the 2 of us so if I left the dishes we'd have nothing to eat with! :rotfl:

I have been checking in every so often and you have been going absolutely amazingly! You'll have nothing left in a minute! :rotfl:

I forgot to mention in my previous post I have 3 things up for sale on fb selling sites. I've noticed they are just not getting used so I may as well try and shift them to free up the space and earn a little extra cash to help with Christmas

CapricornLass

I've had the misfortune to be visited by a house mouse. The chaos and damage that one small mouse has caused during 1 week has to be seen to be believed, and I could have wept at the amount of food that I had to throw away - over £100 is a conservative guess.

But every cloud has its silver lining. I had to empty and disinfect 5 cupboards including two larder cupboards, throwing out things as I went, out of date/broken/no longer required as well as all the stuff that honked of mouse. Cupboards are now the cleanest and emptiest that I remember seeing them in the past twenty-odd years.

(Mouse came to an abrupt end due to a trap and a piece of chocolate. No other signs or sounds of his friends and relations have been seen, and holes found under the bath have now been blocked up. Fingers crossed they will will stay away! And that I can use more orthodox reasons to clear cupboards in the future.)

stellata

I’m still battering on. This house has thrown up a few surprises including the boiler needing replacement so that’s been taking up all my headspace (and cash). Meanwhile I’m treating the ongoing declutter as practice got the real thing in 2018 when I will reduce the number of things in my home by 2018!!!

Gone:
Kitchen roll holder
Shower caddy
Ugly mat
5 sweaters I used to wear to work. Too small now.
Heavy wall plaque
6 cookbooks I never use
(Above all gone to charity shop)

Large box of cardboard
2 sacks of rubbish
Broken cupboard
Old mattress
(These to tip/recycling)

Box of beauty stuff to freecycle.

That’s a weeks worth, it’s hard work this.