2018 - No Clutter To Be Seen

Chocolatedrinker

Finally started!
1 - 204 Shopkins to friend at work
205 - 220 Velcro rollers in bin as just knotted up hair.

Saver-upper

Continuing to get rid of paper.
With 4 kids,I get so much paper come int othis house-drawings and writings from the children,stuff from school,receipts,writing notes,etc.....
A few years ago I got the idea of buying pretty storage boxes to keep the papers hidden.Problem with that system,is they just get forgotten.So now I am working on decluttering these pretty boxes,and donating a them.
First box was mostly receipts for work (self-employed cleaner).They were 8 years old,and the pile of them was 3 inches tall :eek:,so I have counted them as 3 on my chart,so that is numbers 346-348.(other random bits found were Christymas (and occasional birthday) cards from customers since I started the business,letters to the toothfairy,plus teeth :eek:,badges from visits to Santa.....
From the second box I have started working on,there was another 4 inches of receipts: general household receipts,birthday and Christmas and school uniform receipts,letters to Santa.......Threw out another 4 inches of receipts,so 349-352.

Saver-upper

I had a day off of work today,so spent more time decluttering mostly papers.There were other bits there as well-letters to Santa,birthday wish-lists,videotape taken of the kids over the years,Christmas cards from customers over the years.I have kept all these things,and started to store/file them in some sort of order.So while the list of stuff decluttered doesn't look very big,considering I decluttered for about 5 hours :eek:,alot of time was spent getting like things together and filing them,eg all the children's letters to Santa,all the cards from customers,all the cards from partner or kids'


Out of the house today:

Binned:
353:bag of random tat,(old keyring,extremely old Tesco schools vouchers,bits of ceramic items ,made by kids at school years ago,a couple of die,safety pin,a few broken crayons,papers clips........
354:a ring box from a jewellers
355-359:5 inches deep of paper and carboard.Mostly paper,and mostly receipts.

I also set aside a few things for donation,but will list them when they leave the house.

Feels so good getting rid of stuff really quickly like this,while filing/storing properly things I want to keep.Wish I had another day off work tomorrow to continue .

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Hi everyone - finally started on the clothes sorting:T

1410 - 1425 Skirt, Shorts & 14 T-Sirts into Rag Bag
1426 - 1440 T-Shirts, Jumpers etc to cs
1441 - 1442 Old Stained Pillows to Tip
1443 - 1447 Mugs to cs
1448 Video Cassette to Tip
1449 - 1450 Delivery Boxes dismantled & recycled
1451 Plastic Milk Carton washed & recycled
1452 Food Tin washed & recycled
1453 - 1454 Magazine & Booklet read & recycled
1455 Coffee Tin filled & binned

To a clutter free 2018

MrsSD
1455/2018

jackyann

Well done all who are posting!

I know that some of the smaler charity shops and libraries can't cope with large donations of books. Oxfam are much better placed to take them because of their on-line sales.
If that's difficult, have a look at this:
https://www.betterworldbooks.co.uk/go/donate-list

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Hi all, spent a couple more hours sorting, repairing & ironing my clothing stash to be put away or Rag bagged or put in cs bag:):( Now have two full bags for cs which will be delivered on Friday.

1456 - 1458 Stained t-shirts into Rag Bag
1459 - 1462 Ribbon, flannelette Drawstring Bag & 2 cotton doilies to cs Crafting
1463 Glass Drying Cloth to cs
1464 - 1467 Skirt, 2 Pairs of Men’s Trousers, Ladies Lambswool/cashmere sweater to cs
1468 Black Cotton Shoulder Bag with Egyptian Motif to cs

1469 Light Fitting/Lampshade Packaging broken down & recycled

To a clutter free 2018

MrsSD
1469/2018

tboo

Yesterday I sorted out the bathroom cabinet while the water was running.
I can't remember what I threw in the bin so shall call it 3.

72 - 75) tat from the bathroom

stellata

115, a whole big bin full of redundant paperwork which I burned.

edwink

Had a very slow declutter this morning but managed to sort a fair bit to go.

1 shampoo bottle (been meaning to use up for ages and ages) Recycling
1 jumper CS
1 t-shirt CS
1 pretty cushion cover CS
1 homemade drawstring bag CS
1 net curtain CS
1 top CS
2 valance sheets in great condition someone gave to me for our hens when poorly CS
1 skirt Clothing Bank
2 t-shirts CB
1 pair gloves CB

So that's 15 to add to my total.

I have 2 small plastic table cloths which MacMillan give out when you hold one of their coffee mornings. They are so pretty I don't want to throw them out but can't think of another use for them. So thought I would ask on here to see if anyone had any ideas please as I hate waste and don't want to throw them out.

Edwink

157/2018

tboo

76 - 78) 3 pairs of shoes in the CS bag