2020 - banish the clutter

elsien

One incredibly annoying singing jingle bird donated.  One dog christmas pudding outfit and one very bent plastic wreath binned. 
Am currently resisting the temptation to retrieve the dictionary

Cheapskate

Even though I'm only just back, I've managed to sell DS old xbox 360, so £40 better off than this morning, and it's gone to a friend for her young grandson, so everyone's happy! 

I also have a bootful of stuff to take to the tip in a couple of days, and about 20 items of bedding to give away on faceache - won't get to 2020 items, but will end the year with more stuff out than in!

A xo

elsien

I’ve just had a message to say that the person I gifted the jingle bird to now has a very happy parrot. Which has made my afternoon. 

TC77

elsien - impressed and would have been tempted by the dictionary - enjoyed hearing that your clutter is making others happy!

2396 - 2398 3 parcels sent off - all returns . one a jacket for DD2 which I thought we could share, then looked at it again, she doesn't really like it and v unflattering on me (a short fun fur...more fun now I'll get a refund before the shop stops trading!)

Put in request for couple of things to be collected by charity furniture shop - later this week,

2399 some paper and receipts sorted.

EnergyShifter

EnergyShifter said:

829 & 830 - 2 x jumpers returned 
831 - returned item to B&Q 

833. Another module of my course
834.  Rearranged office

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. WRITE/USE DECLUTTERING & CLEANING “TO DO LISTS” - MINIMUM 30 MINUTE BURSTS OF ACTIVITY AT LEAST TWICE EVERY DAY

2. KITCHEN WILL BE LEFT CLEAN & TIDY EVERY NIGHT

3. I WILL ENDEAVOUR TO BE NICE TO EVERYONE & TRY TO SEE THE FUNNY OR PECULIAR SIDE TO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
4. JUST DO ONE THING (courtesy of bit_by_bit)

Sunday was another dampish, chilly, dark day. DH has been continuing to declutter his office & trying to create a table top space for my repaired/serviced sewing machine. 

DSis appears to have finished sorting out her bed 😉 - mattress topper, mattress protector, correctly sized fitted sheet 👏 Lots of pennies spent but now happy 😉😉

Long chat with neighbour Mr I - jar of tomato chutney promised & he is giving me a few glass jars for next years pickling etc. 

Day 6 - Hm leek & potato soup (from a recipe 😔) - zizzed & taste tested & can hardly wait for lunch tomorrow 😉 😋; More knitting - scarf is coming along very slowly even with every row knit ☹️ Rather wish I had carried on knitting beanies & hand warmers ☹️; what earns my Gold Star ⭐️ is that I finished sorting my wardrobe - the top shelf is now only half full - the benefit of rolling jeans, trousers & jumpers. Unfortunately only one item for CS bag - an army belt. I did too good a job last time I sorted my wardrobe 😉 
Dinner was oven baked sausages & mushrooms, mash, baked beans & plum tomatoes.

2335 - 2339 Kitchen recycling, 2 plastic trays, drinks cans, cardboard packaging - Recycled or repurposed
2340 - 2341 Kitchen detritus, office shredding - Binned
2342 Army belt - CS bag

Lovely to see you back Cheapskate 👋 It is never too late to join the party 😉 Once you climb aboard the Decluttering Bandwagon you are on board until 31st December 😉 I am definitely setting up an 2021 Decluttering Thread - that will take care of a daily task next week 😂 😉 Regardless of 2020 being pants, you seem to have kept up with the decluttering, so one Gold Star ⭐️ is on its way 🙂 Great result Cheapskate 👏🥳

Great work moneyonmymindsam 👏 At least you seem able to motivate yourself each day - remember cleaning is a large part of decluttering.

Great work retiredinfrance 👏 Well done for persevering with paperwork drawers 👏 they always take an age to sort 😞 What an excellent way to describe decluttering - as an ‘hobby’ - takes the pressure off 👏 That deserves a Gold Star ⭐️ which is on its way - hopefully it can get through the border checks 😛 I am also sending a 2nd Gold Star ⭐️ for finally sorting out the magazine rack 😉

What an excellent result elsien 👏 It did make me smile that the parrot is happy 😊 but I bet your friend won’t be for long 😉

Great work TC77 👏 shame about the jacket ☹️

Good work EnergyShifter 👏 but by my count rearranging your office counts as 5  😉

MrsSD ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️🏅
Decluttered: New target = 2500: 2342/2500
Daily Spend: £0

£5.50 into Savings pot - up to & incl. 20/12/2020

stellata

Decluttering has stopped here, I've just lost my mojo. Really hoping I stay well so I can spend a couple of days with family over the Xmas weekend, otherwise it's going to be me on my own the rest of the time, not very festive. But no work from 23rd till after new year so maybe I'll get some more stuff out then. 

short_bird

1171-1175: 5 spectacles cases
1176-1177: 3D and Imax glasses 
1178: ballpoint pen
1179: hand mixer that I thought I'd disposed of...
1180-1183: 4 saucers that I didn't use under plants
1184-1189: Life maintenance inc. Xmas cards and present wrapping, also contacting former neighbour to let them know their loo paper delivery is still coming here... 
1190: 1 bag rubbish to go out
Meanwhile, gmail has crashed...

retiredinfrance

Thank you so much, Mrs. SD, for the two gold stars; Never ever in primary school did I get two in one day! I had a quiet day today with a trip to the post office then some RL admin. I'm off to the charity shop tomorrow among other places but am determined not to bring clutter into the house. Trouble is stuff only turns into clutter later , like a Prince into a..........
I think books are fine as they end up being given back mostly and I have stopped buying clothes for now/ I just need to be careful with ornaments. 
Stay safe everyone.

retiredinfrance

Sorry, I forgot 
1 uu body balm tub
1 book for CS
Total 55/365