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2020 - banish the clutter
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Thanks for the gold star MrsSD
40/52 - cleared out the car of all rubbish. Car returned to company!8 -
Newlywed - well done on decluttering lbs and find other clothes that fit. Beyond me at the moment.Trying to keep in mind that charities have lost out but still find hard to part with things!1947 - 1952, 2 books, underwear bought due to washing machine breakdown but washing done at my dad's (must be over 35 years since took washing home), log maker.1953 cooking curry and using up veggies etc1954 paper declutterHope everyone indoors dry and warm x8
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One bag of clothes and one of rags to the CS today. Bought a bag of books and other bits home including a leather cleaning pack which DH said we needed only a few days ago.
It rained horribly today so not so busy.
DD home from uni for the weekend. She is going back to Stoke tomorrow on tier 2 measures so I can only drop her off sadly. She may not be able to visit again for some time.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.7 -
TC77 said:Newlywed - well done on decluttering lbs and find other clothes that fit. Beyond me at the moment.Didn’t have much choice, only had 2 skirts that would fit and didn’t want to buy yet another size.... as that’s not very money saving when you have a wardrobe full of items.
and I did a diabetes risk quiz.... it scared me enough to do something.
Doing all shopping online and no eating out or lunches out has reduced a huge amount of temptation.working on clearing the clutterDo I want the stuff or the space?7 -
I have 3 pairs of trousers one of which are trackkies and hasn't spurred me on but will do diabetes risk... Enjoy wearing more clothes. A friend of mine ( very mse) invested in bra extenders!8
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1. WRITE AND USE DECLUTTERING & CLEANING “TO DO LISTS” - MINIMUM 30 MINUTE BURSTS OF ACTIVITY AT LEAST TWICE EVERY DAY2. KITCHEN WILL BE LEFT CLEAN & TIDY EVERY NIGHT3. I WILL ENDEAVOUR TO BE NICE TO EVERYONE & TRY TO SEE THE FUNNY OR PECULIAR SIDE TO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
4. DAY TO DAY DECLUTTERING WILL CONTINUE
5. MSE CONTENT - WILL SAVE £££ RE THE DAILY POT CHALLENGE BUT AS A WEEKLY AMOUNT
Saturday started dry but overcast, then the rain & wind started. Another no spend day (MSE content) + Dinners were cheap - added mash to fish pie mix & cooked for 20 minutes - DSis thoroughly enjoyed & enough for Sunday night’s dinner - now that is MSE 😉 Boiled rice with the chilli for DH & I - very small portion left for a one person snack.DH decluttered the office chair to the Tip - unfortunately already counted in my decluttering numbers ☹️
1932 - 1933 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans - decluttered into Recycling Wheelie
1934 Kitchen detritus - decluttered into Wheelie Bin
Good decluttering work TC77 👏 I am waiting for a spurt as well 😉 as my Decluttering Mojo has deserted me completely 😢 yours appears to be putting in brief appearances at least 😉
Great work on clothing decluttering newlywed 👏 Congratulations on the wight loss 👏
So pleased that you are all on the mend ailz95 🙂 and still decluttering 👏 Your M-I-L sounds amazing 😉
Now, now Nicnak - 15 items decluttered 👏 rather a good haul 👏
Well Done Rootle 👏 but surely that should be 40 & 41 - rubbish = 40, car = 41
Good decluttering bit_by_bit 👏 sorry that DD may not be home for a while.MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 🏅
Decluttered: 1934/2020
Daily Spend £0£2.00 into Savings pot - up to 24/10/2020Be Kind. Stay Safe. Break the Chain. Save Lives. ⭐️2025 Savings Pot Challenge: As a monthly amount, running total = £228.00
Jan £5.00 Feb £12.74 Mch £23.26 Apr £32 May £43 Jun £50 July £62 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Grand Total £07 -
Afternoon everyone. Not very much done this week,
However this was our 1st week of our circuit breaker and I couldn't do anything else but sit down. Working in a school at this uncertain time has taken a toll on me mentally I'm sorry to admit. Schools are stressful enough at the best of times, however since August until last week I was mentally drained, and this circuit breaker was very much needed for me to "declutter" my stress, worries and constant being on guard all day.
I did go through my clothes again, added a few tops and trousers to a black bag.
Have managed to sell a few things on ebay and Facebook this week, so the money from those have went towards my credit card
A lot of paperwork has been ripped up and disposed of or recycled, cardboard boxes from the attic went into the recycling on Friday. Got an Iceland food delivery yesterday, so I went through the freezers and got rid of items we haven't used, or won't use up. All that went into the food recycling, and we freed up a lot of space. It's silly how the cardboard boxes take up so much room.
I'm currently sitting trying to coax myself to go through the bathroom cupboards and sort/Tidy or donate bits and pieces from there, think that will wait until tomorrow now though.
Thanks to being off work because of our "circuit breaker" I've managed to de-clutter a lot of to watch lists of the tv recordings, And also a few more books that had started to build up again. One more week hopefully and I'll be caught up on a few other bits and pieces too.
Pay all debt off by Christmas 2025 £815.45/£3,000£1 a day challenge 2025 - £180/£730 Declutter a bag a week in 2025 11/52Lose 25lb - 10/25lbs Read 1 book per week - 5/52Pay off credit card debt 18%/100%9 -
I tidied out my handbag and a few items made their way to the bin. I'm now trying to declutter some of DD's toys to make way for Christmas. There's two broken items I've got my eye on as well as a box full of conkers she picked. XSeptember 2017 Debt = £25330
Starting afresh.
You can do anything if you put your mind to it. x10 -
Wrote a post this morning but seems to have disappeared - see if I can remember the few things1955 - 1957 top, book and sunglasses CS bag1958 chipped bowl binned1959 lots of work emails1960 - 1961 ood food1962 - 1963 few receipts sorted and coat returned as too tight!trying to find a pair of glasses which rub my nose to get fixed..annoyingly can't find them9
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