2017 - No Clutter To Be Seen

Saver-upper

Right.A much better day today.Even found another lovely sshop to donate to,so got lots to list.
Donated from house:
101-102: 2 board games to school's breakfast club.THey were most appreciated,according to my daughter,who took them in
103:Hello Kitty backpack
104;fold-up and wear on your back,kids blanket
105:pair of pyjamas
106:pair of tights
107:notebook set fro front of kid's magazine
108: small doll
109:vibrating bugs game
110-115:books and annuals

Donated from loft:
58-59: belts
60-61:2 pr socks
62: tracksuit pants
63:huge assortment of plastic playfood,tea-sets,cutlery
64: summer bag
65:model dinosaur kit, in unopened box
66-70:5 pr dressing-up shoes
71-75:books
76:Dora the Explorer doll and accessories
77:card-matching game
78:tube of 12 unopened playdough
79:rear-view carseat mirror-thingy
80:Peppa pIg cards
81:Boo teddy (remember him......?..Very cute )
82-83:magic painting books
84-85:packets of pencils
86-99:bag of assorted balls
100:large bag of crayons
101:spinny toy
102-103:2 zeebees
104:rattle
105-107:plastic action figures
108: wrist purse.

More to follow,but must go and collect daughter.

ripplyuk

I've managed to get rid of 3 Christmas jumpers. The charity shop wouldn't take them but I went to the recycling centre where they had a charity clothes donations 'bin' thing, for a children's cancer group.

Also donated a sitting room cushion.

I've still got two lovely Thelwell pony models that need a new home. I'm only keeping the ones I really love, so these two have to go. I'm trying to get the motivation to put them on eBay, but it was such a hassle previously.

Magpied

Had to wait for today's recycling collection - the bin was completely full due to Christmas and missing collections due to family visits...

8-10. 3 Christmas magazines - recycling
11-13. 3 Christmas cooking magazines - useful recipes removed and filed, rest - recycling
14-15. 2 dog magazines - recycling
16. 1 'free with magazine' calendar - recycling
17. 1 Cross Stitch calendar - took out charts I liked, recycled rest.

Saver-upper

Here's more.....
109: packet of stickers
110:unopened packet of Ikea hanging hooks to go over doors
Oh,didn't realise the list ended there .

Last night,I asked a couple of friends on a Watsapp group I am on, if they knew of a place to donate all this stuff.One of the girls suggested a local Benardo shop she donates to.
So this afternoon I went in,asked if they were taking doantions.Yes.I asked if they throw out alot as unusable.The lady was lovely.SHe said most gets sold in this shop,some gets sent to another shop (I think stuff sells differently in different branches,according to the area).Anything that can,t be sold (textiles,clothes),gets collected ,baled up,and sold on,they get money for that too.There was a third step,which I can't remember,but it was all good

Broomstick

57-60 4 larger items from DIY clear out (metal dump recycling)
61 bag of small bits and pieces (metal dump recycling)
62-63 2 crates of DIY stuff (returning to school store cupboard)
64 bag of unrecyclable junk from tools/DIY (bin)
65 pile of magazines (recycling)
66 sports kit (clothes recycling)

B x

and edited an hour later to add
67-89 DSs have just decluttered 23 dvds from their collection (3 to go to a friend's child, 20 to go to C/S)

DundeeDoll

No cluttering again today but pinter has finished office and is going great guns on son's bedroom. He wants to know which room next :eek: so downstairs loo (whose walls are in a bad state) and can clear next big room at the weekend.

Hedgehog99

Mixture of charity shop (ornaments, costume jewellery, stationery, fabric for rags) and recycling centre (wonky clothes rail, expired light bulbs & electrical bits 'n' bobs) for me today, plus I found a non-profit theatre costume company who'd like a lovely dress I have. Plus a load of now-empty old cardboard boxes in the recycling bin.

Saver-upper

Just remembered......
116-118:old medicines returned to pharmacy

Frogletina

549 dried flowers
550-555 manuals no longer needed
556-557 carpet samples
558-570 envelopes
571-615 cards
616-741-paperwork and brochures

All of these out of my paperwork cupboard. Soon I will have my paperwork in there all sorted and might find paperwork elsewhere to go in it.

I've currently got about 8 box files elsewhere which will not ever fit into the cupboard. They are holiday related and have maps, guide books, leaflets and momentos etc in each one. I wish I had room on the bookcase for some of the guide books and maps and then maybe I can reduce the amount of boxes they currently reside in. Still, they are filed away ok for now.

I also have a box of theatre programmes. They fill a box themselves but it is nice to go through them and remember the visits to the theatre. Some though I don't remember so they may go. Our local Oxfam shop has a section with programmes and guide books so some could end up there eventually.

I have found some items relating to the local church so may check if they want those for their archives.

I don't just want to throw stuff out for recycling if there is another option.

frogletina

alec_eiffel

We've dropped a couple of bags of stuff off at the charity shop, I've started a rag bag of clothing, and we have a box of things to take to the recycling centre. I'm going to go through my wardrobe aggain today as there are at least three pairs of shoes that I should add to the rag bag - how many pairs of shoes do I need for gardening after all!