KonMari 2017 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

I have said to my husband about the amount of stuff my mother-in-law hoards in her house. It's not exactly a huge house but it is full to the brim with stuff in cupboards and wardrobes. She has a big garden with 3 sheds worth of stuff! I think when she passes away it will have to be cleared professionally as she refuses to do it.:(

I kept most of the tupperware boxes as storage in drawers but threw away the lids. I'm getting rid of a big bread bin type thing (as it takes up so much space) and using a smaller seagrass box instead.

I'm using up a scented candle today as I start one and then move onto another scent. I have to use them one by one!

I went through the fridge and will make soup later with the bendy veg in there.

Eirlys wrote: »

I have stopped giving money to charity and give items that can be sold.
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Me too except for air ambulance, everything I give to a cs goes to the hospice shop. Re the chemicals, I give them to the man at the tip, he puts them in a safe place

Just a bit of MK done today but I haven`t stopped working. House maintenance, I spotted something and have repaired it, did a good job too I also did some winter as in spring, cleaning so not much time for MK but some stuff is added to my cs bag, I am off to that area in 2 days so will fill it by then

Same here GQ - roast dinner yesterday and leftovers for tomorrow. Tonite dinner is a chicken & ham bake (leftovers from a couple of weeks ago!)
Saw an ambulance outside my lovely elderly neighbours about half an hour ago - it was for the husband who's got heart problems. They've had visitors last week and been out and about and I happened to see them coming back from their walk today after being caught in the downpour. Do hope it's just because he may have overdone things. I've given her our phone numbers Justin. We've been neighbours for over 40 years and keep an eye on each others houses when we've been away. Do hope he'll be OK.
FINALLY!!! Cabinet is going on Friday - I can then notify the hospice shop for the table and chairs. DH & I packed all the glassware into an empty storage box (thanks MK) and put in the spare bedroom ' cos once the furniture goes the building work can begin I'm going away for a couple of weeks with girlfriends - maybe DH will have it done while I'm away (can hope!) last year while I was away he got bored and painted the house so fingers crossed!

Evening lovelies one and all

Can I drop in with another set of figures (I know, ive always wasted time counting stuff rather than getting on with my work lol).

Question: for someone who wears tights about once every halleys comet, do you think 4 pairs of dark greys/barely blacks, 1 pair of light brown (eugh), 1 pair navy and 1 pair of black holdups (ooh lala) is enough ? These are all thin denier ones.

Cos if that's not enough I also have new boxed and packaged: 4 navy, 9 barely black/smokey grey type and 10 in shades of brown (yuck) with exotic names like paola, nude, chiffon and biscuit !! (I am of the age where mums wore brown tights, us trendy young gals wore barely black so dear knows how I have so many brown ones.) 1 pair black with snowmen embroidered on the ankle and 1 pair black stockings (ooh lala again).

Then we move onto winter tights:1 chocolate, 5 navy, 1 BRIGHT blue (think 80s), half dozen grey, 2 bottle green, 8 black. 8 black? 8 ??? How did this happen? I never wear black except to funerals and then I have 1 pair black trousers and 1 black jacket as funeral outfit, plus a funeral black handbag.

I remember getting rid of loads of tights and stocking years ago (when I realised my sussy belts would barely fit round my leg rather than my waist, a sad day for Mr daisy lol) and keeping some "in case of funerals and interviews". Hmm, well that accounts for keeping about 3 pairs allowing for the unlikely but possible event of two funerals and an interview all happening in the same week but how many did I seriously think I needed?? Some of the tights I'm sure I recognise the packaging from my Saturday job in BhS .....in the mid 80s (paola im looking at you). Several seem to have been bought during a sale (5 pairs for £3.60 - bargain, let's buy loads and keep them for 20 years without wearing them).

So, 53 pairs of tights, 30 of which are brand new. SABLE? Jeez, no wonder I had to spend 12 grand on bedroom fitted wardrobes a few years ago to store all my 'treasured' possessions! Ah well, they do spark extreme joy (only 2 small bedside cabinets to put things down on, the rest is floor to ceiling so I can't let loads of Stuff wash up on horizontal surfaces like the tide deposited it daily as it seemed to before. And I have empty shelves inside. Even before I started kondoing.

Ho hum. At least my nephews won't have quite so many to chuck out when they clear our house in the future (another with no kids here and concerned about whoever we leave it all to)

Daisy xxx

Daisy, my MIL bought me a 10-pack of knee highs in grey. I thanked her and wore them occassioanlly. She then gave me another 10-pack, also grey. I have no idea why anyone would need 20 pairs of grey knee highs :rotfl:
They were some of the first things to be released!

You will probably feel happy to keep 4 or 5 pairs of tights/hold ups? Seems sensible, if you are going to wear them! If you will never wear them release them. Someone will be very glad to find brand new tights in CS. Many employers have strict dress codes and anyone starting a new job will be thankful to keep costs down.

I do have a question about tights though..... I have bought a lovely, smart skirt in Sains sale (£4.80!), but it needs thick tights in winter. I don't like wearing tights AND I am short and, well, fat! So, which brand of thick Black tights would work for me??

Lovely post, Catshark, you are spot on! We reduced our income, changed our buying habits and prefer holidays to extra possessions (skirts bought in the sale excluded!).