Decluttering Club thread 2 2022 - trying to reduce stuff a little at a time.

[londonmummy1966]

New thread for those wanting to declutter

Old thread here

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/housekeeping/4441273-decluttering-club-thread-20-22?pg=1

Tidyied up most of the boys bedroom. I need do under the high rise bed (shudder!), plastics storage draws ( multiple shudders) A shelf, one Kalix box then it's just the clothes.

Another 30 things out. Nothing big but it's got all the toys into one flexi bucket and freed up. I might have had a mini meltdown about feeling judged and getting no help. Dh then tidied up the living room.

Out 79 + 30 = 109

I will do more of the boys room on Monday. I need to buy my son a new bed really. Hes doing a trail DoE camp tonight so I hope he is happy when he sees what's been done. The boys will be in charge of keeping it decluttered.

I delivered a baby present yesterday that has been by the door for a few weeks.
I dumped six items from the ensuite and need to give it a deep clean. I am hoping to declutter 30 items this weekend and to get more organised as we have a busy two weeks ahead.
Small admin jobs, present buying, cards to send, photos to print and little jobs seems to mount up on me. I am going to make a list and just start tackling them.

New windows have been fitted - a much longer job than they initially thought. However much less traumatic than I had imagined. It does mean that vitually the whole house is disrupted and dusty. Going to be a busy weekend trying to get most of it put straight again.
Very few outs the last couple of weeks but it is genuinely now that there is much less to declutter. Some of the cupboards and drawers are rather full but definitely not the issue with stuff everywhere that there used to be.

I folded the clean laundry piles yesterday and found a few things to go . Busy weekend with appointments and a school fair etc but we’ll try to get something done in the house too provided I can move . The utility stuff is waiting for me to finish decluttering it and then organising it back into the cupboards,and DH just needs to work a bit more on the motorcycle and it’ll be ready to sell . That’ll be a big out that will also generate a quite a bit of money so looking forward to getting rid of it ! Our landscaper is now coming on Monday , I’m praying we’ll like one of the plans and can then get on with it . We will also have some cracks painted by the developer in the summer that appear in new houses and I’m a bit impatient getting these remaining projects over with and this house “ done “ so we could just enjoy it and maintain it . This whole moving house business has now taken the a few years and I’m so ready to be all settled and done with it all .
Out recently;
-4 pairs of DS small pyjama shorts
-2 pairs of old socks
-3 single socks all to clothes and rag bank
-2 more pairs of DD unused thin tights to charity shop
-a present to a birthday from my stash

Well done all. I've just been to the tip with a load of junk and cardboard. Then to the charity shop with a box of clothes and books.

Tonight will be spent listing on eBay.

I've been lurking on this thread for some time and finding inspiration, but I backslid ridiculously yesterday and am so annoyed with myself - I took a linen summer dress I loved but which is too small for me now to the charity shop a few days back. They put it on a model in the window, and each time I passed I felt a pang of donor's regret. Anyway, yesterday I cracked and went and bought it back. (Without confessing I'd given it originally!) It's all money to charity, but I feel completely mad, doing something like that when I'd actually gritted my teeth and got it out of the house. I'll have to lose at least half a stone to get back into it. Grrr. I must develop some of you other posters' resolution.

I've got 2 full bin bags of rubbish out the house this morning, plus chucked out some manky makeup.

I’ve got a bag of textile recycling ready to go plus a nearly full one for the charity shop. Some bits of new clothing have come in but they’re almost all one-in-one-in new for old, plus I’ve replaced a make up bag and binned a lipstick which is too sticky for my taste. Unfortunately the DC got lured in by a church toy stall so we now have a couple of new cuddlies and a toy car, but it could have been worse!

Welcome to the thread @LadyAddle , great name! Mipsie is absolute life goals 🤣

“one-in-one-in“ one-in-one-out 🙄

yesterday I cracked and went and bought it back

Ahh don't worry , my Aunt found a stray cat, handed it in to local Rescue then had donors remose and adopted it (paying the adoption fee !)

You can salve your soul , the Charity Shop gained double with you donating + paying .
(Unless you went in saying "£20 are you mad its worth a fiver -tops" .

@LadyAddle oh no! At least now you know it sparks joy 😂

I seem to be in my families bad books. I'm under a lot of pressure at the moment but if I throw a hissy fit they all think I'm unreasonable so I'm going to have to pick my battles to avoid getting stressed.

Paying for private educational psychologist reports etc for my sons secondary school has totally wiped me out financially.

My friend has got a horrible court case looming and I just have nothing left to offer. I feel guilty but I know she has lots of other friends who I reality she is closer to supporting her. I need to try not get sucked into that and lick my wounds this week

Oh I forget to say I'm going through my Amazon photos from all past years each day and clearing out the rubbish one. I will do that every day for a year.

As I'm as good as broke I'm going to put a new laptop and then do something similar for my hard drive photos. There are billions of them 😭

@SydneyCarton Ah, poor dear Mipsie. Thank you for kind welcome - it wasn't the best way to emerge from my lurk!
@70isaLimitNotaTarget I love your aunt, a woman after my own heart - I hope she and cat were happy together. I have My Preciousss back, and the charity has definitely gained from me - I felt vaguely flattered they'd priced it at £15.00, and just hope they didn't notice the link between the Gift Aid name and the latest buyer. It'll have to be my target dress now, I can't keep hawking it round the city.

yes Lady the cat had a long and happy life with her I don't know if she was dumped or someone moved house and left her or she came back . This was the days before microchips and my aunt saw her in the garden then started feeding her as she was obviously hungry .

I have some "Outs"
Socks
Curtains
A jumper that I like but when I wore it last week I noticed it kept riding up and showing off my middle , felt a bit like Homer Simpson <doh>

we need to get rid of DS mattress so I need to arrange that . Might be a wrestle it into the car and drive to the dump with my tailgate hanging open stylee recycle .
I don't think we can put matresses in skips here .

One out yesterday - put one vest top into the textile recycling bag. It turns out that I bought a pack of three earlier in the week, not two, so I need to get rid of two more tops.

I had a few hours to myself yesterday afternoon as DD was at a Brownies event and DH went to meet a friend for a drink, but I spent most of it doing laundry and cleaning, so no decluttering got done. Feel frustrated, but after two hours I’d started to feel tired and needed to stop and rest (chronic illness affecting my energy levels). Will try to do something today.

@EllieQ I count laundry as decluttering. Especially as if like me the laundry basket is usually always overflowing. Looks tidier when it’s all washed and put away.

ywaterday I rinsed out 8 kitchen storage containers and have packed them up for a colleague. She’s given me £40 for them. Win. Will take them to work tomorrow.

also popped a dress and a pair of trousers in the charity bag.

bunning a fridge storage tray today. Because I put it in the dishwasher yesterday. And apparently they’re not meant to go in there. So it melted/warped. Oops.

I got rid of some old bedding today, also did lots of laundry so glad that counts!

Had a crap weekend. Last week I had a stage 3 complaint about my disabled sons disability worker. He was agency staff and totally fucked us both about / over. I have felt overwhelmed with life since plus seem to be in massive debt somehow as I have been sleeping walking through life. Dh is an unsupportive arse.

I'm.going to declutter the shit out of the boys bedroom again tomorrow so at least one thing in my life is normal.

I am so fed up. My friend is going through something horrible and I'm broken but got to support her. So rather than feel desperate I'm going to get angry - with bin bags armed!

I hate my life right now. I hate ASD too. Can I say that? It quite frankly is pissing me off and without it I'd never know about children with disabilities socail workers or about searching England for boarding schools who offer gcses. So done. Let's hope tomorrow is a better week

More self care today ; a hair appointment I go to rarely . Just a quick clean on ground and first floors, laundry and I placed the weekly food order . DH did some admin after mowing the lawn , going to dump , finishing changing the part on his motorcycle then washing it and taking pictures . We’re getting promisingly closer to selling it ,he just needs to decide to where .
Out today ;
-1 dead little tree to dump garden waste collection with lawn clippings
-1 old towel to rag bank with a pair of small pants
-few bits of DD stationary to bin
-some paper from DD school bag to recycling
Also noticed there’s duplicates of DD 11+ practice book and guide so hopefully those can go .

Hugs @IncessantNameChanger !

Just a quick check in. Got rid of various items at the dunp yesterday. I'm away until Friday so no decluttered will happen this week.

Some more decluttering yesterday - went through my make up and found 8 items to get rid of, including some lipsticks that are over 10 years old at least! Boots and Superdrug both do makeup recycling collections now, so I’ll take them to be recycled rather than putting them in the bin.

Back to decluttering the laundry today, which is a never-ending task 🙄

I sorted a bookcase yesterday. 2 huge bags of books. Dh Sorted his CDs. He loves them and won’t contemplate streaming, but he did get rid of some a5 least, and tidied the others. Big tip run today with last weeks stuff and packaging from a bed, we bought. Need to decide whether we are keeping the old bed, it’s a daybed and could be used elsewhere.
I am partway thru a very thorough clean of my bedroom. I need to get everything tidy and clear before I can begin decluttering my clothes.
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A few more clothes, hats from a child's wardrobe.

More purchases incoming though

I decluttered a range of things this weekend - dropped a bag to the charity shop with books, clothes and a blind. I dumped a lot of packaging and empty containers that were hanging about. I aimed to declutter 30 items and I definitely managed that.