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2018 - No Clutter To Be Seen
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Welcome Ginmonster. I am at 105 and making slow progress but feel great and also I feel in charge of the house. And to those of you who are still just reading, come on in and tell us what gems you are clearing out.
106 out of date half full mouthwash bottle to bin
107 same story for hair mousse
107 pile of paper to recycling
108r rag to recycling
109 another rag out
110 fraying towel to become a replacement floorcloth, sorry, rag.
111-115 jamjars to bottle bank now a neater under sink cupboard.
116-117 empty spray bottles to plastic recycling
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Back again. Stuff happened last week and I fell off the decluttering wagon.
143, bunch of bent suspension files from cabinet.
144, plastic t shirt folder
145, spare iron to someone who wanted it
146, black bag of broken and bent hangers to tip
147, horrible handbag (Xmas gift) to cs
148, another handbag
149, a credit card holder to cs
150, cheque in envelope which has been sat on kitchen shelf finally taken to where it!!!8217;s owed.
Not doing very well towards my 2018 am I?Magnolia Stellata0 -
You're doing better than me, Stellata. Everything out of the door is a win in my book.
Just 1 item out - some face scrub which has gone solid in the tube - binned
78/2018
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187/2018Decluttering Awards: 🏅🏅0 -
I got back from work all resolved to do better. In my !!!8220;sorting area!!!8221; I!!!8217;ve had a black bag full of stuff sitting for a few weeks now. Finally got round to opening it today to sort it out. It was full of rubbish.
151, bag of rubbish to tipMagnolia Stellata0 -
284-293 at least 10 magazines to DH work. Almost got rid of them all now but not quite!
294 some recipes I've cut out sent to DS1 in the hope that he can use them. They are fairly simple and quick.
295 body lotion sample used up.
296 disposable razor with a broken blade binned.
297-298 sachets of absorbent gel.
299 rubbish in bottom of laundry bin but did find £1.210 -
Villagelife,
your 299 reminded me of 59 cents sitting on the food carousel in a mug SO
cash decluttered into purse
another load of paper to recycling
4 library books returned - been sitting there for ages and only took 3 out.
half packet of crisps left by DD decluttered - yes I ate them.
load of plant labels into bin
will tot up on next visit-just had to reply to Villagelife and get up off the sofa to move the cash before I forgot.0 -
Could I join in with you all please? I have a house full of stuff an I need to get shot of and this thread would be great for keeping me motivated.
Have made a start already: 35 items have been decluttered (dumped) lol and 17 have been sold so total so far is 52, a long way to go lol!!!
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angelicious wrote: »Could I join in with you all please? I have a house full of stuff an I need to get shot of and this thread would be great for keeping me motivated.
Have made a start already: 35 items have been decluttered (dumped) lol and 17 have been sold so total so far is 52, a long way to go lol!!! Angelicious x
Yes if course come and join us. We are a friendly bunch of declutters on here.:) You have made a really good start already. Keep up the good work.
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Two bags out of the 8 that came in plus an item taken to work thats been hanging round at home for 10 years. Tendon hammer anyone? Thats now back up to 8 bags out. Yay.Wife, mother, gardener, nurse, Big C survivor. Officially retired at 55 2021 [/b][/b].Mortgage free April 2021Challenges 2024: Decluttering Campaign 32/100 bags plus 0 large items. Make £2024 in 2024#8 £0/£2024 Using my craft stash 0/52 Reading books 0/52 Donations for the CS/washing done from others (in and outs) in 2024 x 10 bags and 0 large items.0
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Today I finally finished decluttering a wall of stuff that has been hanging around in my front room for about 18 months,since we moved back into the house after having an extension.:jThere is a bag of stuff to go the tip,another bag of stuff to go to charity,and 4 children's jigsaw puzzles which I would like to list for sale.Apart from that,it is all gone.A mountain of boxes,bags etc-all sorted through and gone :j:j.
I will list stuff going to charity,and the tip,when they leave the house.
Out of the house today,all binned:
572:old tennis ball
573:child's headband
574:metal pendantSPC #36 :staradminx 8.SPC7=£751.10 SPC8=£651.04 SPC9=£843.00 SPC10=£872.76
Pinecone £301,Valued Opinions £10.500
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