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post #201 of 1026
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Originally Posted by orangemomma View Post

Hi, I am new to MDC - joined in part to take part in this challenge. On Tuesday 1/3 I took 1 bag of clothes to Goodwill and 3 books to a drop-off bin. So 4/2012 so far.

Today, took 4 magazines to the mag swap at my library. 

new total 8/2012



Welcome.gif to MDC and to the decluttering thread!

post #202 of 1026

Laptop Bag

Phone Charger

Blind

17" Monitor

Broken Sink Sprayer

 

58 + 5 = 63/2012


Edited by PoetryLover - 1/10/12 at 3:36pm
post #203 of 1026
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Originally Posted by nstewart View Post

 

New Total:

 

222/2012

$42.00 (hopefully those video games and the book on CD will sell!)



So, I am totally addicted to de-cluttering.  I can't stop myself now!

 

Last night I started going through my old clothes that are now too big but that I was saving assuming they'd fit again at some point.  I am keeping some of them, but very few items.  I've got to consign:

 

9 pairs of jeans

2 sweaters

7 pairs of dress pants

6 suits

4 blouses

1 skirt

12 dresses

 

 Total: 41 items

 

That's a whole wardrobe!!

 

New Total: 263/212

$42.00 (and hopefully more when I finally sell the video games, book on tape, and all these clothes!)

post #204 of 1026

bag of papers

pencil sharpener that eats pencils

pencil eaten by said sharpener

reusable bag and 4 plastic containers returned to my mom

old smoke alarm

broken toy fixed

drink bottle

 

15/2012


Edited by FrugalGranolaMom - 1/8/12 at 11:11am
post #205 of 1026

4 cookbooks

19/2012

post #206 of 1026

Woohoo, I was so excited to see my clean room on the forum front page. Glad they decided to use that picture and not any of the befores.

post #207 of 1026

I'm in!

 

So far:

 

books - 12

toiletries - 1

baby clothes - 4

stuffie - 1

men's clothes - 5

my clothes (inc. maternity) - 40

junk - 2

pantry - 10

broken step stool - 1

 

Total 76/2012

post #208 of 1026

Previous- 29/2012

 

12- 120 plastic bags (counting 10 bags as 1)- recycled

35 pieces of clothing- donated

1 tree topper- donated

1 wooden advent calendar- donated

2 boxes for ornaments- recycled

5 old Christmas stockings- trashed (they had our names on them)

 

New total  85/2012

post #209 of 1026
6 toys
1boppy
2books
2 food items
2 toothbrushes
1 thermometer
1 nightlight

165/2012
post #210 of 1026

Wow ladies, you all are so impressive with this! I wish my progress was - today, I brought 1 outfit - pants and a shirt to my nephew. So new total is 9/2012. Hmmph.... gotta do more.....I get caught up in the WHERE something should go -  I don't like putting something in the garbage that could be repurposed but then what/who/where should it go??? Maybe I am thinking too much about this??

post #211 of 1026

4 pairs pantyhose (never ever wear pantyhose, these dated back to my college choir days)

3 pairs old ratty underwear

3 rolls double-sided tape (already have more rolls than we need; it's only used for hanging window insulation, and we get a new roll each time we buy more window insulation)

Wall hanging

Old pair of sandals

5 shampoo samples

5 items from back porch thrown out by husband

Thing of lotion

 

159/2012

 

I used to think really hard about where everything should go. These days I donate anything usable to Volunteers of America, figuring they'll take practically everything, and throw out anything I'm sure they won't take. In the past I've had some more specialized donations and worked to track down a specialized place (like for fancy yarn I was getting rid of) but that was also before my daughter was born when I had more time. I try not to stress about this too much though, because it's a way to get paralyzed and because really, a lot of the random stuff we discard is not all that useful/worth all that much anyway.

post #212 of 1026

Today I sold a glider with ottoman and gave away a cradle with bedding and a breastfeeding pillow.

I also started a bag for my upcycling friend.

I am checking in so I keep myself accountable.

 

I loved green_momma2007's before & after photos. I took some and will post when I have the after. I'm too embarrassed to post the befores without the "yay, I cleaned my room" ones. :)

 

So now I am at 322/2012 with $175.

post #213 of 1026

Today I am tackling the master bedroom closest and my daughter's dresser. 

 

Edited: Another 76 items gone today bringing my total to 133


Edited by mrsmischief - 1/9/12 at 10:16am
post #214 of 1026
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Originally Posted by meandk0610 View Post
total 95/2012


8 items trash (including 2 large bags of pork fat back from the freezer that i have not rendered and is now at least 2 years old)

80 tea bags out to the worm bin (unused, sitting on the counter in their boxes for the past year and i'm never going to drink them; counted each because we went through each box and took everything out of bags to give to worms and recycle the paper)

14 stuffed animals getting out!

 

total 197/2012

 

post #215 of 1026

5 items of clothing

VHS tape

2 random toy pieces tossed

sponge

humidifier box

15 toys and a blanket to my mom's house for DS to use over there

old remote

 

46/2011

post #216 of 1026
Didn't do much purging this weekend, but I did do chores/organizing. So the house looks better even though I didn't feed the trash can much.

1 - another part of that carseat that had been dumped last summer
1 - piece of a broken toy

115/2012
post #217 of 1026

Updated to Here:

 

RaineyDaye                  288

Stephanie95                  322

LoveOurBabies             154

green_momma2007       179

nstewart                        263

foxsmama                    28

Mirta                             185

Clutterwarrior                 82

Dantesmama                 34

Meandk0610                 197

Imakcerka                     253

PoetryLover                  63

SilaMarila                      2

Pixiemammy                 212

namaste_mom              165

zebra15                        36

parsley                         70

mom31                         98

cristeen                         172

FrugalGranolaMom        46

Wp135                          150/plus 30 pending     

mags.bubble                 94

IsaFrench                      100

frugalmama                   233

PinkBlue                       60

erigeron                        159

FillingMyQuiver             85

SuperPickle                  153

mamapigeon                 118

artemis33                      101

rosepartyof3                 25

esg                               13

skreader                       30

Curlyfry7                       2

Kt~mommy                   59

Mrsmischief                  57

lavatea                          115

aeterna                         273

orangemamma              9

hrsmom                        52

lotus1                           76

 

 

 

post #218 of 1026

Thanks for the list nstewart, there are a lot of us here!

 

From today:

 

recycled:

3 cardboard boxes 

1 old shoebox

1 bag of shredded papers that were in the old shoebox

1 old gift box

7 random plastic thingies

 

sent to the city waste recycling place:

1 light fitting

2 old fluro bulbs

1 bag broken electrical stuff

 

donate:

2 tops

 

removed from mental cluttery to-do list:

2 items (installed lock on under-sink cupboard, got chimneys cleaned - we don't use them so now that they are clean I can get going on decorating the fireplaces)

 

212+21=233/2012

post #219 of 1026

87/2012

 

Lots of kids toys and books. Need to go through our clothes next, that's what makes most of our messes around here!

post #220 of 1026

Weeeee!!!! Ok, so in the week since the 1st I have gotten rid of....

 

35 things that went out as a cause of Christmas gifts coming in

3 dumb plastic gifts replaced by things we needed

5 clothing articles I will never wear that were cluttering up my drawer

 

and I'm looking at my sewing room and realizing I have about 50+ things in here that I wouldn't miss. That's todays challenge!

 

 

43 items / 2012