Hoarders Anonymous!

squeaky

beemuzed wrote: »

Hmm, just realised that I only mentioned food... have to hold up my hands to several other hoards too: magazines, fabric, knitting wool, patterns, cards...OK I need to declutter! Help!

Help is at hand...

Enough is enough - the great declutter

Maxjessdru

Toiletries are my big hoard - I can't resist bogof's or the Avon book!!!! Currently have two drawer fulls (should have clothes in!) plus a large bathroom cupboard. I did a list last year which took up a whole A4 page with four columns wide :eek: Getting better though - asked my friend not to give me the Avon book at all for at least 6 months but will still probably be using all the stuff at Xmas...

lainz

Thanks guys I feel better already :rotfl: !!!!!

OMG lil_me - that's extreme! At least you'll be ok if you get snowed in! No chance down here in the sunny south! :cool:

I've been avoiding the Avon lady at my work - the book is tooo tempting and so many special offers

VickyA_2

Count me in too. The food obsession isn't *too* bad, BUT I have a special basket for toiletries. It gets topped up on BOGOFs etc, even though I already have enough there thanks to Christmas presents! :rolleyes:

mrbadexample

Yorkshire Tea. The supermarket has an offer, and I'll suddenly have 1000+ bags in stock.

I like tea, me.

waddy80

Oh yeah. My name is waddy and I am a hoarder.

Did a stock take of food today and scared myself. I have enough food to feed a family of 4 for a couple of weeks and there is only me and OH. Must work harder on the grocery challenge.

Cant walk past a boots with a clearance sale and not walk out with more than I can carry.

Have enough Plax to supply a small country (thanks tesco H &

I have shoes that I haven't worn in years. Clothes that I have never worn.

Must de clutter, must ebay and make money!

lil_me

Avon Lady!!! No chance, more offers online and 15% cashback via Quidco, may aswell earn as I stock up

Basket for toiletries, :rotfl: I have 6 baskets in the bathroom aswell as all of stashes, oh and then there are the shelves full. No I don't think it's extreme, just prepared, must be worth a fortune aswell, things like over a year supply of expensive fusion blades and lynx deoderant for DP.......I think there is 24 boxes of washing powder left, should last more than a year actually, reduced how much I use per wash but we do more than average washing. My DP has bets on me one day running out of something completely and getting in a flap, only fresh stuff we ever run 'low' on usually, he's used to saying 'where is the next jar of coffee?' instead of 'we have ran out of coffee'

Clothes and shoes are something I don't have stashes of for me, kids do they must have over 50 tshirts each, but with my clothes I only buy to replace something, last year I bought myself a replacement pair of jeans, coat, shoes and 2 tops I think. I only own 2 pairs of shoes now, one every day and one smart (ok the every day were a get one half price offer which I stashed the second pair of)

Miró

Can I add my collection.....:o

Greetings cards
Sheets
Towels
Tights
Misc underwear
Paper for printer
Fancy candles
Perfume

stopping now cos I'm scaring myself

lil_me

Sheets yes, boys have 5 duvet sets each, greetings cards I have a box full, towels :rotfl: we never run out of clean ones put it that way, perfume hmmm maybe 12 bottles or so but the rest are a no. Oh apart from tealights which aren't fancy I have several hundred and it's all Ikea's fault! Plastic tubs for storing stuff, I could probably store my house in them :rotfl: got 10 packs of the takeaway style ones I haven't even opened yet .

beemuzed

lil_me - just how big is your house?????