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2020 - banish the clutter
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You are right about credit for TC77 re the old bathroom fittings. We once held onto an old shower fitting for years, just in case!
This morning
96, 97,98 three French books to go to the book exchange.
Total 98/122.
Off to this morning 's pile.
Keep safe everyone!
4. DAY TO DAY DECLUTTERING WILL CONTINUE
5. MSE CONTENT - WILL SAVE £££ RE THE DAILY POT CHALLENGE BUT AS A WEEKLY AMOUNT
The only decluttering done was Bolognese sauce from the freezer - so MSE as well. DH & I also decluttered the last of the hm soup.
At least a very lazy day means an MSE day - not a single penny spent 👏
1920 Kitchen detritus decluttered to Wheelie Bin
Nice to see you garden_girl_2 👋 Excellent decluttering - you have obviously been decluttering rather than posting 😉 Fingers & everything else crossed 🤞 that the house purchase goes through quickly for your DD.
Hopefully I will have a better day tomorrow 🤞
Decluttered: 1920/2020
Daily Spend £0
Brought back a small computer desk - going to put in extension where there is under floor heating to work in the winter as house is cold and won't have to heat whole house, also a small tv to replace the broken one in bedroom (not a good habit) Will get rid of the broken one. Nothing to add today. Hope everyone staying safe x
740. old compost bin
741. bin of shredding
742. Returned storage containers that don't fit
Take care everyone & hope you feel better soon Nicnak.
Mission Declutter & Clean 2021
Target 1092 items (21 pw)
Pain is still debilitating and I'm not able to move my arm much as it hurts. I'm off for a week now so hoping it gets better so I can really start decluttering x
October 2020 Debt = £28,270
2021 Start:
Car £17450 = £13,000
Loan £11000 = £9,929
TOTAL£28,450 = £22,929
Mortgage £191,311 = £188,833
EF = £750 Xmas = £72
4. DAY TO DAY DECLUTTERING WILL CONTINUE
5. MSE CONTENT - WILL SAVE £££ RE THE DAILY POT CHALLENGE BUT AS A WEEKLY AMOUNT
Friday 3:00 a.m. I paid the milkman - Being MSE & COVID safe I have been overpaying & I am now £4.56 in credit 🙂
Saturday has been a mixed day weather-wise - some sun, some rain & not too cold. DH spent the morning & early afternoon watching MotoGP practice sessions then went to sm.
I did manage half an hour of paperwork (a minute dent ☹️), a bit of knitting & managed to find enough leftovers, bendy veg etc to concoct a soup. Has yet to be zizzed & taste tested. I am also trying to empty down one freezer so have taken out a batch of chilli for DH & I + pre-cooked fish pie mix for DSis.
1921 - 1930 Decluttered - kitchen recycling, 4 magazines, 3 newspapers, cardboard box, 0.5” paperwork into Recycling Wheelie Bin
1931 Kitchen detritus decluttered to Wheelie Bin
Good decluttering TC77 👏 & practical wombling as well 👏
Good decluttering EnergyShifter 👏 every bit helps. Hope you enjoy your visit with the new grandmother & that the weather stays fine 😉
Ouch Nicnak 🤕 Please forget the decluttering, your health & wellbeing is more important 🙂 Please rest, relax & recover. I do miss the wagging finger emoji ☹️
Decluttered: 1931/2020
Daily Spend £30
decluttered a bit more from my waist so have three more skirts that fit again now. A skirt that I can remove without unzipping has gone into the summer charity bag. Decluttered a skirt and a jumper into a new autumn winter charity bag. Decluttered two beige rain coats as quite frankly one isn’t waterproof and the one that is feels like wearing a plastic bag and gets sweaty. Neither are the Cornish waterproof breathable brand I now favour in raincoats so when I get to the point that my current raincoat is too big, I will just invest in another.
January declutter: 15/21 February: 10/21
Today I've been going through books and cds with a view to sending them to Ziffit - 26 items for £24.71 - it's not a lot, but it's something. I'm also going back to swimming this afternoon for the first time in 3 weeks (when I started with the cold). I've bought earplugs in the hope of not getting any more earache. Last Tuesday we went over to Birling Gap and after talking on the way over how glad we were not to be going in more than one shop a week (the farm shop) we both went in the National Trust shop and decluttered some money.
DH is busy going through drawers and drawers of old documents, letters and photos as one of our storage drawer sets fell to pieces on Thursday and rather than buy anything to replace it we're moving things around. There's correspondence from when Tony's grandfather died - 1952 - and a photo of his great-great-great grandfather and grandmother.
Stay safe, stay warm
Ailz xx