Decluttering thread 10 - Spring is here, time to get those surfaces clear!

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thread 9 is full, and I can’t find a new thread. Can anyone point me to thread 10?
tia

Well done on new thread!

I have been doing some stuff but not been great at keeping track so will try and guesstimate.

Jobs:

1. Hang up framed pictures: this has now changed to critically go through the framed artwork as we’ve agreed we don’t actually want all of it?
2. DS2 paperwork: blue badge started
3. my British passport application - appointment next week DONE!✔️ just have to wait to hear then go to a citizenship ceremony
4. DS1’s gaming, PC, nerf collections to go through and tidy
5. Portfolio work - waiting for more to be marked, more to do, always; get loads of bits ready to sign off then meet colleague for a coffee to sign them DONE 9 bits ready to sign off
6. give away shelf bit of old desk Listed on FB GONE to tip ✔️

Not quite outs yet:
scooter hooks x 3 onto FB, need to bump up, bumped on FB
see if anyone wants a mostly working prelit Christmas tree
jigsaw to go - GONE
2.5 bags of cat litter we shouldn’t need for a long time

Out:
jigsaw
bag for old camping mat
approx 10 OOD covid tests
strap for old iPad cover that I don’t have anymore
rusty old cat crate
broken cat scratcher thing
desk top shelf thing
broken tripod DD had in her room
approx 15 bits from the ‘birthday’ box
194+7+10+15=226

Have bought a new mop, a new (old) board game and some T-shirts for me but decided I wouldn’t count Ins until I feel I’m more on top of the house. Maybe next year.

Piece of art
CD x2
DVD x3
Leaflet x3
Jumper x2
Belt
Jeans x2
Used up another face cream

Total is 3253

2 toys de-cluttered as, if they don’t sell on Vinted, I will donate to the charity shop.

total 326

Clearing out the kitchen drawers one at a time. several plastic food bags into soft plastic recycling pile. All the jam jars in the same place so that I can decide which to keep. Half a dozen of each size should be enough.

Decluttered three small jam jars into the recycling trolley. A lot more to go.

Day 64 - jute tote bag. We have a million shopping bags. I don't know where this one came from & it's ugly 😁

Vinted sales: blazer, shoes, skirt
Charity shop: planner, dress

Total: 255

Day 65 - I sold an item of jewellery vinted and posted it. A grand total of £2 😂 but it's another item out.

Every little counts, right?

Jobs:

1. Hang up framed pictures: this has now changed to critically go through the framed artwork as we’ve agreed we don’t actually want all of it?
2. DS2 paperwork: blue badge started
3. my British passport application - just have to wait to hear then go to a citizenship ceremony
4. DS1’s gaming, PC, nerf collections to go through and tidy
5. Portfolio work - waiting for more to be marked, more to do, always; 9 bits ready to sign off

Not quite outs yet:
scooter hooks x 3 onto FB, need to bump up, bumped on FB
see if anyone wants a mostly working prelit Christmas tree
2.5 bags of cat litter we shouldn’t need for a long time GONE ✔️
one game to list on FB
random pile of game bits/counters listed on FB/May go to bin

Out:
baby toy found at the back of a shelf given away
tatty old flag to recycling
some old plastic bags used for storing games to bin (3)
old card boxes to bin (2)
226+7=233

Went through the accordion file I keep the paperwork in, shredded 3cm of stuff which I'm counting as 30 out. Less and less comes in every year, thankfully.

Slow progress elsewhere.

It’s been slow these past few weeks as there really isn’t much we can declutter now but this week I have given away a top that was too small and some school trousers that don’t fit my son any more. Sold 2 toys on Vinted so total outs for 2025 is 330.

ive just pulled out a couple of drawers in dd2s bedroom and found 3 pyjamas too small, loads of old school socks (about 12 pairs), a light, some magazines and a swimming costume. I also found some trousers in my wardrobe that are going.

@Jellycatrabbit papers in filling cabinets are my downfall! I never get rid of anything once it's been filled. It's madness 🤣

Today I've got rid of a basket of wooden crafty bits - log slices and dolly pegs etc - that I will never use and in moving the basket they were in off the shelf, descovered a mouldy patch on the wall that now needs dealing with. Sigh

Then I found a dried flower craft kit, so spent the afternoon making that. Now I have a cute little dried flower hoop in my sitting room and binned the massive box it came in!

Vinted sales: waterproof jacket, christmas dress

Total:259

I was reading a thread earlier miss december about de cluttering worth a read thb.
She really went for it and im going to do the same over the next weekend when i have time off work and do what she done.
She made some really good points as well.

Not sure what's come over me today.

Bin/clothing recycling: 19 x pairs of tights, 20x items of underwear, 11x items of mismatched bedding, old pe bag, Bag of hangers, old duvet, torn skirt

Charity shop: 3 x cushion covers, bed sheet clips, leggings, hair dryer, trousers, child's top, 3x men's shirts, 4 x men's shirts, shoe horn, bag tidy, fabric reusable bag

Total: 332

It’s the sun, @CheesePlantFeet!

I’m new to this thread - hi 👋 - but today I have donated via FB the piles of clothes I decluttered last month but that never made it to the charity shop:
36 items

I also took two bags at Christmas, so about another 30 things.

60 clothing items out.

Today I threw out 6 Tupperware lids with no bottoms and 3 with no tops (how does that happen?!)
2 chopping boards that were always too small to be useful (IKEA pixies)
4 grubby tea towels

75 things gone!

Sold and posted one item on Vinted
Gave away a toothbrush holder and soap dish - replaced with just 1 item so one out

total outs 332

Days 4-7 of March decluttering: nothing.

Day 8: 1 pair outgrown joggers to charity bag; 2 unopened packs of socks to go on Vinted (bought in the next size up, but now DD has reached that size, she doesn’t like them); and I shredded about a third of my bag of receipts (which I’ll count as 1).

I used to be very careful about checking receipts for card payments and cash withdrawals again my bank statement, then over the past few years it drifted, and drifted, and I’ve been stuffing them all into a bag that lives down the side of my bed. I’ve now decided that it’s ridiculous, I don’t need to check them all against bank statements, and just did 30 minutes of shredding this morning.

I also got all our various thermos mugs out of the kitchen cupboards to review. I only want to keep four of them, but need DH to have a look in case he wants to keep any more.

This week's outs:

Blouse too small
Top that gapes and flashes people
Shirt too small
5 x DVD's we don't want to watch again
Jeans too small
Jeggings too small
2 x scarves one bobbled and one a little too short
Face wash used up, starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel with face washes stash now
Face cream used up
2 x books I don't want to read again
Leaflet not needed
3 x clothes hangers, I only use drawers

Total is 3273

Yesterday I decided to sort the stuff under my DDs bed. It's one of those beds that lifts up and there's 2 storage compartments under the mattress. I managed to go through one of them. But the pistons that hold the thing up had leaked oil or similar all over 2 table cloths that my grandma had hand embroidered, probably in the 1930s or 40s and 2 bedspreads that my grandad had crocheted just before he died. They've been very gently washed and all the marks have gone thank goodness. I'm so glad for the sunny weather to dry them, the table clothes are seriously thick cotton and have taken 2 days to dry. Going to store them in vaccum bags now!

Bin/Charity shop: 3 x nightwear, pair of shoes
Vinted: denim dress, jeans, baseball hat

Total: 339

So pleased they came up clean and that the beautiful weather helped to dry them all!

No outs today but repaired a charger so didn’t need to waste money buying a new one

4 boxes
7 tags
6 shells
Some dried up seaweed (nope, I've no idea either)
13 cards
1 beauty blender that I can't get clean

Total is 3304

4 boxes
7 tags
6 shells
Some dried up seaweed (nope, I've no idea either)
13 cards
1 beauty blender that I can't get clean

Total is 3304

On night shift this week so not doing loads but have been going through filed paperwork here too. Shredding and binning lots, not sure how to count it though.

Jobs:

1. Hang up framed pictures: this has now changed to critically go through the framed artwork as we’ve agreed we don’t actually want all of it?
2. DS2 paperwork: blue badge started
3. my British passport application - just have to wait to hear then go to a citizenship ceremony
4. DS1’s gaming, PC, nerf collections to go through and tidy
5. Portfolio work - waiting for more to be marked, more to do, always; 9 bits ready to sign off

Not quite outs yet:
scooter hooks x 3 onto FB: due to be collected soon
see if anyone wants a mostly working prelit Christmas tree
one game to list on FB
random pile of game bits/counters listed on FB Collected ✔️

Out:
approx 50 game bits/counters/dice
going to say 100 for paperwork, have got rid of loads
Approx 15 builders plans for extension
233+50+100+15=398

I had a ridiculously busy Friday and then terrible period pains yesterday, so did nothing much. But today has been gorgeous and a wonderful lazy Sunday. I managed to dry 2 loads of washing outside and tidy the garden.

I've had to really dig deep for declutter stuff. Day 66 I used an old flannel for a dirty cleaning job and then binned it. Day 67 - small bath oil sachet sample used up; day 68, a pack of new shoelaces (bown, we have no brown shoes)

Gotta get back on the declutter horse this week

Cleared out the box in the kitchen that we keep assorted bags in. Pile of about 30 paper bags to go to the charity shop and also six cloth shopping bags. I have a good few already and don't use all those. Also cleared out a two thirds full bottle of a nasty smelling hand soap that had taken up semi permanent residence in a cupboard instead of being thrown out immediately.