End of January update
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unclutterWhere'd the month go? So at last count I was 178 items more out than in (purely because I finally got around to taking several boxes to the Charity shop!)
Further Outs
1 bag of outdated medicines from medicine cupboard
1 carbon monoxide alarm (given to sister as I no longer have a boiler that can create carbon monoxide! Yay!)
6 glass dishes of unknown origin and zero use
1 scarf - 4 balls of wool (hooray for knitting splurge)
2 old toilet brushes
3 bird nesting boxes (not sure where/when I acquired them but as I can't put them up due to it being a case of easy lunch for the cats next door, I've given one to a friend and 2 to a nearby school)
1 pack of toiletries
6 books (taken to temporary workplace and left for people to pick - all bar one had gone within an hour)
2 foreign language children's books (given to school for library)
2 mugs (given to temporary workplace - they're always short and I figured it was silly the way I had a couple of mugs that I was given when I first moved into this place 16 years ago as a stop gap until I had time to get some new ones, in the meantime I've been giving away new ones to charity shops that I'd been given as presents - so now, I'm having the new ones and I'm giving the old undamaged ones away)
1 other book through Greenmetropolis.com
OUT - 29 items
On the way In
1 child's dvd set
1 exercise dvd
4 miscellaneous films on dvd
1 towel bale (4 towels and 2 face clothes)
2 new toilet brushes
1 cell phone charger for the car
1 cell phone case (hopefully to protect it from damage)
IN - 16 items
So where do I stand? 178 (previous outs) + 29 (outs) - 16 (ins) - 14 (days since 14 Jan) = 177 Outs
I've also acquired 2 small boxes (the kind that shops have wine bottles delivered in - one holds 6 bottles of wine, the other holds 12). I have one sitting in the spare room (a major dumping ground of things I don't know what to do with) and one in the bedroom and have taken to dropping things I don't want into them whenever I decide they're to go. The good thing about these boxes is unlike the last set - I could actually lift them when I've filled them rather than needing someone else to help me move them like I'd done with the last set. Both already have books in them that I'm ready to get rid of, so I'm hoping to make a trip to a charity shop early next month. That should help with the future of the count! Another plus is that I've managed to get rid of most of the clutter from the lounge and the dining room - it's far easier to close the door on the spare room and bedroom, or the garage and loft when visitors come, but it also means that I am winning slowly! (Or at least I'm telling myself that's what it means)
Further Outs
1 bag of outdated medicines from medicine cupboard
1 carbon monoxide alarm (given to sister as I no longer have a boiler that can create carbon monoxide! Yay!)
6 glass dishes of unknown origin and zero use
1 scarf - 4 balls of wool (hooray for knitting splurge)
2 old toilet brushes
3 bird nesting boxes (not sure where/when I acquired them but as I can't put them up due to it being a case of easy lunch for the cats next door, I've given one to a friend and 2 to a nearby school)
1 pack of toiletries
6 books (taken to temporary workplace and left for people to pick - all bar one had gone within an hour)
2 foreign language children's books (given to school for library)
2 mugs (given to temporary workplace - they're always short and I figured it was silly the way I had a couple of mugs that I was given when I first moved into this place 16 years ago as a stop gap until I had time to get some new ones, in the meantime I've been giving away new ones to charity shops that I'd been given as presents - so now, I'm having the new ones and I'm giving the old undamaged ones away)
1 other book through Greenmetropolis.com
OUT - 29 items
On the way In
1 child's dvd set
1 exercise dvd
4 miscellaneous films on dvd
1 towel bale (4 towels and 2 face clothes)
2 new toilet brushes
1 cell phone charger for the car
1 cell phone case (hopefully to protect it from damage)
IN - 16 items
So where do I stand? 178 (previous outs) + 29 (outs) - 16 (ins) - 14 (days since 14 Jan) = 177 Outs
I've also acquired 2 small boxes (the kind that shops have wine bottles delivered in - one holds 6 bottles of wine, the other holds 12). I have one sitting in the spare room (a major dumping ground of things I don't know what to do with) and one in the bedroom and have taken to dropping things I don't want into them whenever I decide they're to go. The good thing about these boxes is unlike the last set - I could actually lift them when I've filled them rather than needing someone else to help me move them like I'd done with the last set. Both already have books in them that I'm ready to get rid of, so I'm hoping to make a trip to a charity shop early next month. That should help with the future of the count! Another plus is that I've managed to get rid of most of the clutter from the lounge and the dining room - it's far easier to close the door on the spare room and bedroom, or the garage and loft when visitors come, but it also means that I am winning slowly! (Or at least I'm telling myself that's what it means)
