2012 in 2012 - Page 14

[FrugalGranolaMom]

Originally Posted by aeterna 

Originally Posted by FrugalGranolaMom 

I see so many big totals so far and I'm feeling behind. I think I'll try to tackle the office area after DS and I get back from gymnastics this morning.

Don't feel bad! I tend to go in spurts. So like, I'll spend one day going crazy and then I'll go a week or more without touching anything. Lately I've seen things I need to declutter, but don't want to come log them so I just leave them sitting around until I'm ready for another marathon. 

Ok, I feel a little better.

From the office...

5 window locks from our old windows

2 magazines

9 catalogs

another bag of papers recycled/shredded (if you can't tell, paper is my clutter nemesis)

72/2012

$12.51

[erigeron]

Recipes from recipe binder x5

Disliked item of baby clothes x2

Beyond grungy grungy toothbrush

234/2012

I wanted to get to 20 items today, but I didn't make it. I got a lot of other stuff done though--inventoried all my daughter's clothes, wrote a blog post, and learned how to use the pasta machine (that took way longer to get prepped than I thought it would, which chewed up a lot more time than I was prepared for).

[stephanie95]

erigeron - sounds like a very productive day! I'd love to learn how to make my own pasta.

Today I worked on my kitchen cupboards. I organized the tupperware so things stopped falling out every time we opened the door. I found 3 pieces I don't really use. I had streamlined my plastics last spring in a "nesting-spree" so there wasn't much in there that isn't in regular rotation.

I was able to whittle out my baking/cooking supplies cupboard.

I took out

5 spoons,

3 liquid measuring cups (& I still have 4!)

2 sets of measuring cups

10 bottles of really old (25 years+) food colouring & flavouring (from my DH's aunt and I thought they would be cool decorations)

1 mandolin/grater-in-a-box kit

1 cookie press

1 shot glass

1 garlic press

1 cheese grater

7 assorted beaters to 2 hand mixers I no longer own

2 silicone tops to use with bags

2 silicone egg poachers that I had to have but then discovered silicone is a pain to get eggs out of and my DH doesn't like poached eggs

8 plastic bags

3 citrus peelers from Tupperware

so that's 47 items today...

I appreciate this thread. It's helping me stay motivated and accountable.

519/2012 with $175 / $450

[clutterwarrior]

pile of scrapbooking papers sold

2 scrapbook alphabets and fozz felt sold

tub of handcream expired smelled weird in the bin

87/2012

$85

[lilacvioletiris]

I am going to join in.  I, Carla, need to declutter my life to make room for the things that really matter and keep my DH happier and my pocket book fuller.  TTC has made me a hoarder of things - I might use with a baby.  Still no baby and is the stuff I have really "necessary".  Also my decluttering also has a side goal of making some extra cash to fund my emergency fund.  Tonight I am going to post some items for sale on craigslist/ebay.  I keep saying I am going to do it but don't.

Here is 2012 in 2012!

[John16n33]

Went through my daughters closet and got rid of:

1 shirt

1 pair of pants

1 jacket

1 winter coat

1 pair of mittens

Then 'started' to go through my closet and so far have gotten rid of:

1 jacket

4 sweaters

3 shirts

1 dress

1 skirt

1 Halloween costume (dress, stockings, tutu, and headband so 4 items)

so that brings my total to 70/2012

[FillingMyQuiver]

Start total:  450

6pcs of clothing- donated

5 textbooks- sent for Amazon trade-in

1 almost empty old bottle of lotion I don't use anymore- trash

1 empty container from diaper lotion- trash

463/ 2012

Edited by FillingMyQuiver - 1/12/12 at 12:37pm

[FillingMyQuiver]

Originally Posted by FrugalGranolaMom 
I see so many big totals so far and I'm feeling behind. I think I'll try to tackle the office area after DS and I get back from gymnastics this morning.

The biggest reason my total jumped so big was b/c DH had to clear out a lot of stuff in our office so he could use the space for school this semester.  I had no hand in it at all last weekend, and he threw out a lot of accumulating junk b/c he has a different eye than I do.  Things he throws out I may have deemed "keepable", but I'm not going to worry about it now.

[FrugalGranolaMom]

eyebrow shaper thingy

old eyeliner

2 makeup brushes

2 rubber lizards DS decided to pull into pieces today

78/2012

[John16n33]

3 textbooks sent to Amazon for trade

Total 73/2012

[FrugalGranolaMom]

13 business cards randomly lying around the house put into card file

13 cds (hmmm maybe 13 is my new lucky number)

stack of papers recycled

old store rewards card tossed

106/2012

[burrow2mom]

Okay, I'm joining this group of inspiring people and get started again on my decluttering and organizing the house. Here is what I started with:

3 rolls of ribbon (Goodwill)

1 box of small candles (Goodwill)

1 bag of misc small toy items (Goodwill)

6 suet cakes go to my MIL, since our feeder was destroyed by the racoons and squirels

1 pair of shoes of DD to be consigned

3 books to be donated

5 books to be consigned (will be donated if they don't sell)

5 gourds composted

4 items from pantry we don't like (local food shelf)

4 items from pantry that were expired (garbage)

2 3 ring binders (Goodwill)

4 baby spoons

39 not too bad a start

39/2012

Edited by burrow2mom - 1/12/12 at 7:10pm

[lotus1]

books - 1

toiletries (including lots of baby gifts from 5+ years ago) - 24

my clothes (maternity) - 7

misc. junk - 5

expired meds - 5

Giving all my maternity clothes to a friend. A little sad even though I don't plan on any more kids!

Previous total 76 + 42

118/2012

[clutterwarrior]

Originally Posted by FrugalGranolaMom

I see so many big totals so far and I'm feeling behind. I think I'll try to tackle the office area after DS and I get back from gymnastics this morning.

Must admit I never look at other people's totals, I don't really care about the numbers others have. Maybe I am weird? lol.....

I know I will just plod away at my own pace, and that is all that matters to me.

But I do like to read what others have thrown out, as it often helps to give me ideas for what I can get rid of.

[FillingMyQuiver]

Originally Posted by clutterwarrior 
I know I will just plod away at my own pace, and that is all that matters to me.

But I do like to read what others have thrown out, as it often helps to give me ideas for what I can get rid of.

This for me, too.  Sometimes I get stuck and need some inspiration to look at things in a different light and through different eyes.  It makes me look at things a little more critically.

[clutterwarrior]

Vase sold on ebay...hooray!

embellishments sold

89/2012

$125.50

[lilacvioletiris]

Okay, so I tackled the "magazine" shelf in the bathroom!

12 magazines/pieces of mail gotten rid of.

I am on my way to 2012.  So far 12/2012

[SomethingAnonymous]

22

2 notesbooks

pile of papers

7 coloring books

2 piles of craft stuff

tiny purse

metal bucket

5 pairs of pants

hat

2 pair slippers

mittens

3 baby blankets

3 jackets

5 toys

2 puzzles

dress

2 organizer containers (it's crazy how many empty ones we have now that we've gotten rid of so much stuff!)

calendar

4 things from the kid's play purse

book

fairy wings

necklace

5 shirts

3 turtlenecks

4 diaper covers - the velcro won't even stick anymore

undershirt

12 pair socks

2 notebooks

stuffed animal

97

Edited by SomethingAnonymous - 1/13/12 at 2:01pm

[nstewart]

Originally Posted by nstewart 

New Total:

273/2012

$42.00 (plus some pending amount)

After a few days off getting ready for company this weekend and doing a major clean in our basement (thank goodness for company or that would never happen!) I went through one closet downstairs and:

To Consign:

4 pairs shoes

1 hat

1 jacket

Chuck or recycle:

4 pairs shoes

2 bags

1 box

Donate:

4 pairs shoes

2 bags

1 hat 

1 pair mitts

2 jackets

Return to their Owners (DHs parents):

2 jackets

plus one random item yesterday is 26.

New Total:

299/2012

$42 (with more pending)

[clutterwarrior]

citrus squeezer sold on ebay

cross stitch kit sold

91/2012

$148 + more pending