One advantage of inner London is I can get new functional furniture on Freecycle any time I like as if you have a vehicle and say please, you get offered most things you ask for. Which means any low-value furniture that doesn't spark joy can be offered and eventually go, then I can get a new sofa or wardrobe. I'm sure I could get an Expedit on Gumtree easily - only took a week to get a 6-foot Billy and a new mattress from Freecycle! And anything metal left outside is nabbed by a scrap merchant within a day, so the microwave that died last week and some crap saucepans we found in the granny flat have been disposed of.
Got given more hand-me-downs for dd, so sorted the 'clothes for the kids to grow into' drawer, found a few nice things that should fit dd now, and snuck into her room to remove the less-nice nearly-small equivalents and replace them. Also ditched some stuff for her to grow into that I doubt would bring either of us joy. So one bag clothes listed on Freecycle, larger bag for chazzer, some WEEE and light bulbs bagged for recycling on the way to school, and finally my bag of expired drugs to return to the chemist is I think all I own... Which means the meds drawer is neat and I can find the opiates as needed. :-)
While I was at it I chucked out some plastic tat and 'art' and a bunch of toys for the charity bag. Doubt ds would sleep soundly enough for that though!
Actually I think the two pairs of worn-through boots destined for charity bin have also been nicked. Again, fine by me.
3 large items to list on Gumtree tomorrow, if its login stops playing silly buggers. And MrNC agrees a rubbish saucepan and fry pan can be chucked as soon as I get a replacement.
Down to only 2 magazine files of papers not in the filing cabinet. Though piles do keep appearing... Still, definite progress felt this week as all suboptimal makeup, toiletries, hair stuff etc is all gone, and more batteries put in the battery drawer, pencils in the pen/pencil/crayon drawer, and most other craft stuff fits again in the craft drawer.
Sadly have to catch up on day job tomorrow after dealing with Atos crap most of today. The one thing that triggers my anxiety and depression (and doesn't help the pain) is having to argue for disability adjustments. Trying to stay angry, not depressed, but not conducive to sleep...