Weekend Uncluttering

[fred_mouse]

What have you found to reuse or recycle today?

The theme of our decluttering has been socks. Partner finally went through their overflowing sock drawer, and binned the dodgy ones that keep inspiring them to buy new socks. I got the kids to go through the bucket of unmatched socks -- several pairs were identified, and most of the rest were binned. I'm also eyeing off my sock drawer, because I bet there are some dodgy ones in there as well.

Plus, we've added a few other items to the current op-shop box. Two food processor grating blades for a food processor we no longer have; a kids crafting tool for making loose sort of knitted sort of flowers, and several heavy duty plastic shopping bags that I'm hoping the op-shop can use just as shopping bags. And partner cleaned up their side of the bed, and near filled a wastepaper bin with bits of paper!

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[kalloway]

Took out two bags of recycling. Picked up in the living room a bit. Found some old temporary tattoos from ???? and sure, why not!

Pulled out my pencil case from college and emptied it. It's been over a year and I've fished a few things out of it in since then but for some reason not emptied it entirely.

Activated a few rebate debit cards that were piling up. Will use those for groceries this week.

Lots of little things this weekend.

[fred_mouse]

Lots of progress there! What did you end up doing with the temporary tattoos?

[kalloway]

I stuck one on myself! and when they turn back up again (where did I put them?), I'll do another.

[fred_mouse]

Oh, cool!

[yukonsally]

I found the beaters to a hand mixer that I don't recall having used or even seen since... well, over a decade? I think we kept looking past the beaters in the drawer--but no more! They are gone!

[fred_mouse]

Oh, I resemble this. A few weeks back we found blades for a food-processor, which has been gone for years. Good job on finally spotting that the beaters were surplus.

[tanaqui]

The pile of stuff I'm putting together to go to the tip is growing more quickly and easily than I expected, so hooray! I still have to actually take it there, but it feels like it will be a lot easier to handle getting it into and out of the car now, which will make the actual trip less awful.

I also took some dodgy underwear out of circulation -- I guess I started using a lot at the same time, so it's all failing at the same time?

And I turned the contents of some packets and tins in my store of non-perishable food into actual meals in the freezer, so I can eat healthily with minimal effort for the next few weeks. (I bulk buy when things I use a lot of are on offer, or when I have money off vouchers for the grocery store. Also, I'll admit it, right now I'm starting to create my own small pre-Brexit food stockpile....)

[fred_mouse]

Yay for tip piles that grow, and all the other wins.

Sympathies on the feeling the need for the pre-Brexit stockpile. Watching the news has caused me to fill prescriptions early, with the goal of always having at least a months worth on hand.

[peaceful_sands]

Took a bag of clothes and some shoes to the donation point. Cleared the garden ready for winter and took the waste to the green tip (counts right?). There will be some more garden waste as the tomato plants are still producing (unbelievably for the time of year), but with the exception of that the garden is sorted till spring.

[fred_mouse]

Green waste always counts -- if you don't have a use for it and a place to put it, it is clutter no matter how much you might want it. And yay for having the garden sorted for the next however many months!