Aside from the usual of getting rid of toys and stuff that breaks or is unused, we have three large boxes of outgrown/redundant shoes and clothes going out as soon as it gets packed into the car. There must be about 500 items in there.
well done mystiques mom. I did not declutter today, rather I was on the receiving end of some very beautiful gifts. In the spirit of keeping my house spacious I am now on the lookout for more items to let go in order to enjoy the new ones.
am hoping to take 3 bags to my nearest charity drop off point this morning ... they operate on reduced hours in the summer ...
one of this bag has been sitting in a corner for a while & i never managed to get around to advertise stuff to sell
have been reading and re-reading books on decluttering and organising (brainwashing myself basically !!!) these last 10 days
=> today is the day !!!
Great idea and I like the nice big goal. As a birthday present, I will be replacing 15 paper books with electronic versions. Search iTunes, Kindle or whereever you get your books and look for sets. They are often cheaper to buy as a bundle than one at a time.
Life keeps getting in the way and coming to a grinding halt.
approx 50 books to half price books this weekend $16 (yeah i know but every little bit helps)
called for refund from Dr's office $8
called about item never rec'd $34
Sold 6 books $6
Sold 4 books to amazon $79.39
bag of 25 clothes to donation
Donated a breadmaker and some surplus stationery such as rulers, hole punch and notebook.
Have no idea of my total items as I have been decluttering intensely for two months. I keep finding areas I overlooked before, or coming back to shelves that need a more ruthless approach.
i've stopped recording what i get rid of but am carrying on, just very slowly .... slowly catching up with the fact that this is going to be an ongoing process anyway ....
Probably won't make my goal, but I can keep working towards it :smile:
toss/recycle/compost
5 cans of paint and 4 expired medications to the hazardous waste depot
8 expired food items in my fridge
4 pairs of holey socks
give away
20 items to H&M's clothing recycling program
1 Sophie the Giraffe to another mom
sold
1 pair of slippers - 8
2 shirts- 7
1 raincoat - 15
1 purse and 1 pair of shoes-20
$73 from the consignment store
1 train table with all of the tracks, trains and bits and bobs(42) pieces - $60 .
Trashed/Recycled:
1 pair of shoes
1 pair of flip flops
2 lip balms
1 hand cream
1 pair of underwear
3 socks
1 hair tie
2 lbs of paper from file purging (will count as 20 items)
1 box
171 bottles $8.80
donated 45 items of clothing to a clothing drive for the upcoming holidays
trashed 65 cassette tapes - oh my goodness, I feel old. I still have so many more but decided those 65 were too beat up to play. Yes I have a working cassette player
i have one too !!! ... and have stopped counting for too many months ... and much slowed down my getting rid of stuff ...now, two weeks of half term school holiday ...how am i going to find the physical "time" and mental availability to get down to my never ending sorting out of stuff ?????
I donated a coat yesterday. :smile: Happy that someone will use it.
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