Mid-week uncluttering.

[fred_mouse]

Hump day! Did you do any decluttering?

I've done nothing at home (I left just after 5am, got home just before 5pm, have slothed and eaten and not much else since). However, I helped a not-as-well-as-they-would-like friend deal with Stuff! I took two empty shoe boxes home (I have a use for them); we put half a dozen pieces of clothing aside for a clothes swap they are going to; and we filled a bag each with rubbish and recyclables, both of which got taken out to the bins.

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[yukonsally]

I took a handful of wire hangers to the dry cleaner's--I always end up with a bunch I'll never use when I shop a consignment sale and the dry cleaner will reuse them--dropped some shoes in a blessing box, and donated two books to the library's book sale.

[fred_mouse]

Oh, that's a great idea about taking the coat hangers to the dry cleaner's. I always just dump them in the op-shop box.

[yukonsally]

Every second hand store around me has signs saying they don't accept hangers, so I just kept them for ages. One day, I searched online to see how to recycle them or something, and I found something saying dry cleaners take them back--and there is a drive through dry cleaner near me, so it's a super easy errand!

[fred_mouse]

I don't think I've ever seen a 'not currently taking' about coat-hangers. I know at one point there was one place not taking empty jars, and I think another one not taking books, but those are pretty rare.

[redsixwing]

Helping a friend counts! What a nice thing to do.

The donation pile has been taken out, and I promptly started a new one with a wrong-size jacket.

[fred_mouse]

Good job on getting the old donation pile out, and starting the new one!

[peaceful_sands]

It was recycling day yesterday, so I had made sure as much as possible was organised and put out for collection. Then last night I sat and went through the sock drawer - throwing out odd socks, laddered tights (how they'd ended up back in there I'm not sure) and organising the rest so I can find (and stop buying more of) what I need.

Before the end of the week, I plan on going through a drawer and filling it with things I'm not sure about - as in I don't think I need them but I feel bad just throwing them out - once I've filled the drawer I'm going to close the drawer and use a band to close it for 2 months - at the end of two months, if it hasn't been opened and some of what's inside been used, everything will go out. With luck, if this works then it will be a rinse and repeat process, helping me slowly deal with the random bits that I've accumulated and feel guilty just getting rid of.

[fred_mouse]

I like your drawer idea! I suspect there are some things where I'd need to space to last a year!

[sauscony]

Since today will probably be the last hot day here until spring (seriously, it's 80 degrees in Upstate NY in October?!), I took my daughter's 2T shorts out of the drawer and will put them in a bag to give a friend. She mostly wore 3T shorts, but there were a few 2Ts that ran big that she could still wear. I doubt they will still fit her next year though, so off they go.

[fred_mouse]

That sounds like a sensibly forward thinking thing to do.