50 items by Friday? Anyone want to join me?

[amyandelle]

I am feeling so cramped and cluttered! My whole house seems to be exploding on itself! So I am going to try to get rid of at least 50 items by Friday :) Anyone care to join me?

[thriftyqueen]

I will join you!  I am going to go through my Christmas boxes as I put stuff away and get rid of items I don't want/need anymore.  I am also going to go through DS's toys and try to get rid of some of them.  We will see how that goes.

[goinggreengirl]

I will! I know I've got tons of things to go to Goodwill and to be taken to the consignment store. The problem is just getting it together and getting it out of the house so this will make me do it!

[AngelBee]

I am in! My goal is 150 by Friday. I have a head start so I will count those items as well.

[goldfinch]

I got rid of at least 100 items just today, so I'm in. I'll try to do 50 more by Friday!

[amyandelle]

Well, I have managed to make 4 bags of garbage today alone :) Well over 50 items!! I went through all of my sewing and craft supplies.... got rid of odds and ends that are just taking up space. I threw out old playdough and organized the kids baskets of puzzles, lego's, and playdough. I cleaned off my dryer and the surrounding area. Threw out a ton of old Pampered Chef stuff that I will never use because it is out of date and I have no intention of sell PC ever again. I cleaned out the computer cabinet drawer. And finally cleared off the dog's crate ;) The room still needs some straightening and my sewing table needs cleaing but the room looks 90% better :)

Tomorrow I want to finish in here and then tackle the laundry (everything is washed but I have 8 or 9 baskets that need to be put away and the closet needs straightening. 

Have a great night!!

Amy

[clutterwarrior]

I am nearly done in the '150 by Christmas' thread, so if I make to 150 today, I'll rock on over here and see if I can do this as well by Friday!

[K'sMama]

How do you keep track?  Everytime I start counting someone distracts me!  In the last two days I've packed up two huge bags of clothing and linens to donate, we've filled a giant box with paper to recycle and we are about 1/3 of the way through the filing cabinets and I have a huge garbage bag of shredded paper to recycle.  Plus a laundry basket of assorted things that need to be boxed up.  I'm sure there's been 50 things in the last couple of days.  Not to mention the few odds and ends that ended up in one of the two grocery sized trash bags.  And really - it doesn't look like I've done anything!  Sigh - how on earth do we manage to accumulate so much stuff?

[clutterwarrior]

K'sMama I keep the computer on while decluttering so I can jot down in the thread what I am tossing as I go. 

So far have got rid of over 4000 things this year, it's scary how I accumulated all that stuff!

OK will see how much i can get rid of by Friday...

1. kids book

2. ugly glass jar was being used for storage

3. plastic container with broken lid

[OkiMom]

Ill try, maybe it will get me motivated to start working on things. I'm lacking in the motivation department.

Just went through my bathroom cabinets while the girls splashed in a bath and got rid of 18 items.. All soaps/lotions/salts that my husband/his family has gotten for me I wish someone would send them a memo that people that are prone to migraines can't use things with heavy scents to them, it will trigger a migraine.

[goldfinch]

I definitely recommend going through the bathroom cupboards as a great place to find some of those 50 items to declutter. I got rid of a bunch of expired medicine, some empty boxes (???) and some very old makeup for a total of about 20 items in about 10 minutes.

[skybluepink02]

I'll join in. I won't get home from visiting family until tomorrow, but I bet I can still do it.

[amyandelle]

I am about to make some coffee and get started again today! I wonder how much I can get rid of today!

Have fun ladies!!

Amy

[amyandelle]

I could not even wait for the coffee, I just dug through my bathroom cabinet and closet.... I made a whole bag of garbage (all way expired soaps/lotions/makeup ect. and a bunch of just garbage wrappers and junk! I would estimate about 60 items! This is exhilarating!

Amy

[goinggreengirl]

Ok, here goes my list!

1. Old teakettle

2. Disc we got from a church we visited

3. Info packet on Disney cruises

4. Packaging from new teakettle

5-7. Some baby books we never read

8. Set of coasters

9. Magazine

10. Box

11. Christmas card

12-14. 3 pairs of old shoes

15-20. 6 old shirts

21- 22. 2 pairs of pants

23. Broken fork

24. Outgrown baby pajamas

25. Dead plant

Halfway there! I may be able to do the rest today... if not, I'll be back tomorrow!

[OkiMom]

Before going to bed last night I got rid of:

-2 pairs of old underwear that had holes in them

- a sock.. thats been sitting on my dryer for ohh 2 months with me looking for its match. Ive decided that the match is no where to be found.

18+3=21

[amyandelle]

I just tossed another 20+ items from my kitchen cabinets and one of my kitchen drawers! I didn't get as much done today as I would have liked but since yesterday I have made 9 bags of garbage! Next I am heading into my closets to see what I can give away!!

[K'sMama]

1-7.  7 children's books

8. BBQ skewers

9. stack of colourings books

10. stack of colouring pages

11-12. 2 books

13-14. 2 picture frames

15. toy snake

16. wall plaque

17. graphing calculator

18. cake pan

19-24. 6 videos

25. bag of Strawberry Shotcake dolls

26. bag of costume jewelry

27. scarf

28-31. 4 polo shirts

32-37. 6 pair of socks

38. stuffed animal

39. t-shirt

40-43. 4 baby outfits

44. pair of shoes

45. insoles

46. pictures

[amyandelle]

Another half bag of garbage from my kitchen drawers!! Off to see if I can fill the bag to the top :)

[clutterwarrior]

4 to 10  magazines

11 to 18  mini magazines

19 to 24 kids clothing items

25 kids treasure box

26. easter egg container