2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution

Yorkie1

well done @Spendywendywoo - there's nothing wrong with ad hoc bursts of energy and inspiration!

Nice breakfasts @BlueJ94

Bet you felt good at finding those bags and your other progress @Liverpool_Anne

Very creative @Florenceem

well done @Siebrie good luck with the key

hope your new card arrives quickly @Liverpool_Anne

@QueenJess the sizing and compatibility of baking stuff is a nightmare, isn't it? Different widths, depths, diameters, etc. Unless you've got all of one make, they never fit together!

Decluttered the two builders' bags of brambles / thistles at the tip on the way back from work yesterday. I'd had them in the car since Sunday, and had to wait for a bookable slot at the tip. They'd steamed up the car each morning!!

Have started to get rid of some older emails but it's slow going. I need to get some photos off my Google drive and onto the computer, so I'm not as close to the max storage limit.

Have also cluttered some clothes and food. I went to collect some sandals I'd ordered, only to find the shop doors were shut at 522pm, with the shop not closing untl 530pm. Grr. And my feet hurt!!

So I went to M&. on the way back to the office. Quite a few things jumped into the basket. But they will at least be eaten fairly quickly.

TC77

Popping in although no decluttering but had to tidy and do a little prep and cooking as had a couple of friends round for the afternoon/ evening. Good expeirience to show me how easy to get to things and what is needed. Throw for example as got colder outside and working out serving dishes as many passed on.. will need to reflect on this.

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. Daily To Do List - written the night before
2. Sort out sleep patterns - initial targets: bed by 03:00, up by 10:30
3. Don’t put it down, put it away + deal with mini tasks as soon as they are noticed e.g. refill olive pourer or salt cellar, stitch up a hole in a garment etc.
4. Commence ‘Operation Financial Frog Tickling’ using the acronym - I.R.I.S. (Identify, Research, Implement, Sign Off) - One per quarter
5. Continue to keep kitchen clean & tidy - before going to bed
6. Plan & Execute ONE Major Project - 2026 New Bathroom
7. Target 2026 items out

Friday was another bright sunny day with a high of 25°C feeling 2° warmer due to a WNW wind & a low 12°C. Still no rain forecast 😞 DH watched the Silverstone MotoGP practice sessions & I cleared more recorded programmes. DSis had a tuna pasta bake for dinner whilst DH & I had salmon fillets, boiled new potatoes & roasted tomatoes. Wudupa.

1323 - 1326 Kitchen recycling, drinks cans, uu air freshener can, newspaper - recycled 

1327 Kitchen detritus - binned 

Two days behind with the cheerleading so will make a start on catching up starting with posts dated the 6th🤞

Excellent decluttering Liverpool_Anne & well done on starting the frogs 👏 It sounds like you should enjoy the rain whilst you have it 😉 Our forecast now is for rain a week  Sunday 🤞

Brie, thanks for the information about old CDs 👏 If they only scared away pigeons I would put some up tomorrow 😉

surprisinglynice, pleased to hear that you have the space to store the camping gear 👏 Don’t forget to donate an apple & blackberry crumble to the EDT buffet car 😉😉 Shame about the wallpapers, hopefully you will find something you like 🤞

Excellent decluttering in the kitchen Willowtree222 👏 Any tips, as I really need to sort my kitchen cupboards & drawers 🙏 Good luck filling skip number 2 🍀 Also great new about all the crafting/art supplies you will be donating 🥳

Excellent decluttering Spendywendywoo 👏 You have definitely earned a day off especially as you are planning a busy weekend of decluttering ☺️

Excellent decluttering florianatwobob 👏

Florenceem, a busy day & you are definitely keeping yourself occupied 👏

TC77, well done on decluttering crockery & packaging 👏 Hopefully it was a sale 🤞

Green_hopeful, what a lovely way to spend time - having fun with your grandchildren 🥹 Fingers crossed that once the shirts are washed that they are fit to donate 🤞

Excellent decluttering suzeesu2000 👏 At the rate you are going it will only take an hour or so to empty the kitchen once the work starts  😉 I believe it is still called Fablon. Good luck with the repairs on the patio slabs 🍀

Excellent decluttering GrannyKate, especially of the grandchildren 👏 I imagine Sox is happy to have a free run of the house now that the DGC have left ☺️

Excellent decluttering Siebrie 👏 I didn’t realise that you have to pay to use the recycling centre Unless you have sorted everything  😥 Everything crossed that you find the missing key 🤞🙏  

Lovely cheerleading Miss_BaLu 🥹 & thank you for such a wonderful compliment 🥹

I have caught up a little but am flagging 🙁 Sleep tight 😴 

MrsSD Awards: 💐 🙏💐💐🌟⭐️❤️💐💐⭐️💐❤️⭐️🎖️🥇⭐️⭐️⭐️😇🏅💐🌻💐💐🌻🥇 

DH Awards: 🏅🏅🏅🏅⭐️ 🏅

DSis Awards: 🏅

Decluttering Target 2026: 1327/2026

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £297.61

TC77

Morning, so nice to wake up to a pretty tidy and clean house, or at least the kitchen/ dining room having tidied for guests and cleaned after dd2 went away with her dad.

Want to sort out my phone and remove stuff ready for trip and also organise and get things to pack. Off to dd1's new place today as picking up keys as will be builder sitting tor 2 days later this week and then my cousins for a friend's birthday gathering .

Mrs SD the crockery was a sale and the lady has asked if I have more of the same -of course!! How much I release i'm unsure. Gone is a large platter and small tureen ( with saucer/ lid and ladle). Have more of these serve ware and soup bowls and plates surviving from what was a 12 place setting ( so 9 and 11). Will definitely keep some plates and bowls although I may wait til after my trip to decide. Justin comes to mind.

Hope everyone has as good a weekend as possible and remember the tlc carriage- think some of the food friends brought round will be left there, cheese and smoked salmon and the large amount of summer berries and Greek yogurt so all healthy. I'm sure some cakes and scone will also be available 😀

Willowtree222

Skip number 2 arrived. Operation garage will commence today. I really don't have much left, just a handful of things. Then it will be just be sort out what's left.

Hopefully by the end of today, garage will have most items.

TC77

Unexpected decluttering of glass bowl as I reached for something in the fridge and it fell from the top shelf, glass shards scattered some great distance so time spent hoovering etc.

Yorkie1

Oooh take care @TC77 you'll be finding splinters for weeks!

Willowtree222

Wood disposed of, boxes and packaging also in skip.

Got a box full of things ready to go to school on Monday. That will then mean operation garage will be complete.

QueenJess

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82095823#Comment_82095823

I find it ironic that lots of people online tell you to start decluttering somewhere with no emotion and always suggest the kitchen. For me, I find it the hardest place to declutter. I absolutely love food and almost everything I do has food in mind 😂 I used to even holiday to places based on how nice the food was there!

I think I have lots of bakeware/cookware that is useful for one thing, but there's something better for another. It's a nightmare to work out what I actually need and if I can make do with one over another. If it was just me living here I would box it all up and only get out what I needed to use to make it easier, but I don't think DH would approve..

I've decided to be brave today though. I've had two pizza trays my mum gave me and they are just awful now and need binning. I can't find a tray to replace them with at the moment and having a bit of trouble deciding. However, I already have a flat tray I can cook one pizza on anyway and I usually make the one for DH and I. So, I can use another tray I have that isn't round, but I can shape the pizza however I want. I could even turn the tray upside down. We don't cook two pizzas that often and so I'm sure I can be inventive - I could probably just put it straight on the oven shelf. So I am just going to bin the trays and see how it works out. It's quite possible I'll decide I won't need another one anyway.

Another of my loves is books… I have a pile in the loft which I need to go through for the kids. They like different things so no point in saving those from DS for DD. I need to confront my childhood books and probably accept some of these haven't aged well (in terms of being relatable to kids rather than their condition) and just need to go now. I also know there's some up there that I would love to read to DD…. the Magic Faraway Tree is there somewhere and I'm sure she'll like those. Off to bring some books down now and will see how far I get this afternoon.

EnergyShifter

My hyper-fixation with the garden continues but I am working at a steadier pace now. DS & I have completed assembling the tool cabinet and it's not only useful but very cute - everytime I look at it , it makes me smile. I have this morning found some thick slate place-mats to put under the feet to keep it off the soil - here's hoping they are strong enough - they weighed a ton carrying them home from the CS.

Other than that I have been sorting and raking in small bite sized chunks.

Had a lovely morning with my cousin who came to visit and now I will have a rest before I resume gentle raking!

Wishing everyone a lovely weekend - thanks for the encouragement ☀️