2022 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN MrsSD

Mrs_Salad_Dodger · 21 January 2022 at 4:04PM

1. Write a daily To Do list - only 5 tasks.
2. Deal with Old Frogs & potential frogs ASAP but at least one on FROG Fridays.
3. Reduce/Restrict time watching TV and playing AB2 during daylight hours 😉
4. Continue to keep kitchen clean & tidy - before going to bed

Friday is overcast and bitterly cold 🥶 Didn’t get up until gone 11:00 😔 & all I have done is menu plan & write a shopping list 😞 DH has gone to sm whilst DSis & I are watching The Dog House. The staff have made some very poor choices for the prospective owners this week - very disappointing ☹️ DH has just called - no frozen broccoli & no frozen cauliflower 🤔 so resorted to mixed vegetables including broccoli & cauliflower 😉
DH will be home soon so will unpack & then come back 😉

MrsSD 🏅🏅🏅 🌟 ⭐️ ⭐️

I AM A STAR 🌟

Decluttering Target: 117/2022

2022 - 1p Savings Challenge: Jan £5.00; Feb

GrannyKate · 21 January 2022 at 5:05PM

Once I got on with it the large frog and 2 small ones only took an hour to gobble up. I went out for a little while to get fuel and some school trousers for GD4. Dropped new trousers off and got a portion of home made shepherds pie for my tea.

170-172 Large frog and two small ones eaten up
173 Diary updated and some apologies sent for some things I will miss
174-176 I had 8 two pint sized pyrex bowls - 2 given to DS2 and one in CS bag
177 - Microwave cleaned - one item off my cleaning list
178-179 Two bags dropped off at CS shop.

OWD_nana · 21 January 2022 at 5:12PM

Oh wort, you have managed what i aspire to be. how long if you don't mind did it take you? to reach this place. I also live on my own so have no real excuse. I have made a lot of headway over the last two years and am trying to be more ruthless this year.

I am tackling paperwork at present which feels very slow. I have moved out 3 full bags of shredding and paper recycling but the results dont show like other items. ie more space in clothes cupboards. I feel disheartened at present and wonder if I should leave this catorgary atm and come back at a later date. When perhaps I am feeling more upbeat. Or would it be better to keep plodding on with the paperwork and finally get it finished?

118. 12 miscellanous hangers to bin.
119. Candle
120. Jam making tongs
121.Security marker kit
122. Leads fromTv
123. Scarf (to friend)
124. unused essential oil
125. New hand wash (to friend)
126.Card & envelope set (crafting pack)
127. Pkt A5 card
128/29 Packets brown wrapping paper
130. New colouring (adult) book
131. Gift wrapping paper (to friend)
132. Old instruction manuels
133 Broken tape measure - Bin
134. uu Body butter
135. Huge bag shredded paper
136. Dead battery - RC
137/40. Poly pockets - friend
141. torn polypocket - Bin
142/3. Books to friend
144. Large bag paper -RC

Thank you everyone for the inspiration and hope all are Covid free atm.

stellata · 21 January 2022 at 6:46PM

I decluttered an old jumper my daughters partner gave me for the dog, but not before Id cut the sleeves off to use as legwarmers. I look a right sight but my ankles are warm. Is anyone else terrified of the fuel bill rises? I just cant see how I'm ever going to be warm again if what they say is true. As it is, when I get home from work I put layers of fleecy things on and fluffy slippers, hoods, the lot. Its a good thing I live on my own. (13 things so far if you count the main part of the jumper even though I kept the sleeves).

donna73 · 21 January 2022 at 6:49PM

182-183 2 x cardboard tubes
184 bath mat
185 dress
186 bagged up coins
187 bin in shed
188 bead loom
189- 200 miscellaneous items to charity shop
201-202 packaging - recycling
203-205 charity shop
206 broken plastic tub
207-208 Christmas buckets from long ago

185 was a big one for me today - a long black dress I wore to a fancy evening do when I was 20/21, it was very simple but I felt really glamorous in it - I guess that’s why I kept it… I’m now 48, it’s never been worn since and it’ll never fit again. So I finally bit the bullet and decluttered it.

The bagged up coins totalled £28! So that was definitely worth doing … very heavy lugging them to the post office to bank them though! 😱

TC77 · 21 January 2022 at 6:51PM

Hi, had the afternoon off work but haven't tackled frogs but a few reminder emails sent, but have decluttered abit
176 CS bag dropped off with yesterday's goodies, and a basket added. Nearly posted a pic on here asking for ideas what to store in it (has 4 compartments) and then thought how silly if I don't know what to put in it best go 177 (used to have shin pads and umbrellas (now hanging up with hook) and DD never put shin pads in there.
2 sets of sundae dishes picked up (amber and blue) 10 items 187
large lampshade dropped off to someone 188
Waiting for other things to be picked up
Moving things out of dining room as will be painted next week - realise I have space in other cabinets for glassware (from decluttering last year) so putting in kitchen and living room.
3 more glass dishes wrapped for CS 189 - 191
Looking out few more things to get rid of. Have lovely sunflower 60s coffee pot but then found metal one at my dad's which is more practical so one may need to go - neither that easy to clean.
Emails and unsubscribing 192-193
Paper declutter 194
glassware/crockery 30/100

Been listening to Andrew Mellen who says decluttering is self love/care which I am trying to focus on as well. And he has the ethos that no problem keeping things if room and love or use them etc so not minimalist.

Hope people will have time to relax a little over the weekend and recuperate. Take care everyone

JustMum89 · 21 January 2022 at 7:04PM

Hope everyone has had a lovely day. Its finally Friday evening and I will slow down over the weekend to enjoy some family time. We have a lovely walk and a film with the children planned.

Bedside table drawer sorted and decluttered and kitchen gadgets and bits. Managed to sell 2 of them so I've added them to the total we also have a Waffle Maker, popcorn maker and Cafetiere that are all Unused that have been listed so hoping they sell too, if not they will go to CS next weekend.

223 - Old charger cable
224 - lanyard
225 - velvet pouch
226 - empty olbas oil
227- stretched hairbobble
228 - Elastic wrap
229 - broken book light
230-231 - Magazines
232 - Empty packet for pens
234 - several scraps of papers no longer needed
235- Toastie Maker (£10 made)
236 - Soup Maker (£15 made)

Have a lovely weekend all. I will keep up reading and pop a post if I manage to get any decluttering done 😊

Floss · 21 January 2022 at 7:34PM

I decluttered a rather nice task today - I have claimed a (very small) pension and the lump sum arrived in my bank account this week. It has been transferred into my premium bond account so fingers crossed that it will earn me more than the £40 a month I will also receive!