Pre Xmas De-cluttering Pledge support requested

A computer keyboard will go to an organisation that recycles old electronic items and a folder of old payslips from a company I no longer work for waiting to be shredded and put in recycling bin.

I sell small items on eBay but have recently discovered that Facebook Marketplace is a good (and free!) way of selling or giving away larger items. It's very easy to list things, and people will come and collect them.

Our local council has just introduced a recycling system for linens, fortnightly, which is a great opportunity to reduce the bed linen I've been hoarding, and also small electrical items! This saves a trip to the recycling centre. I volunteer at a charity shop, so am also able to dispose of my no longer wanted clothes! I've got no excuse, but I've still got a long way to go.

That sounds excellent Patsy70. I wish our Council would catch up with yours. We have the stupidest "recycling " centre where you have to have a car - no pedestrians allowed incase they get run over? and you are not allowed to remove anything from a skip.
There is nowhere for old textiles and I have seen the operatives flinging things like glass, into the landfill skip when it should have been in a glass one.

Meanwhile back here. Hmm . It is bucket/bin day tomorrow landfill and that one is full to overflowing. A lot is bags of dirty sawdust from sanding the floor.

My charity bag at the back door is getting filled up and I resisted temptation today at the craft exhibition. I bought nothing and ate a lot of cake!
How is everyone else getting on?

I sold my purse on eBay.
It cost me £2 a few years ago, and it sold for £13, so I'm quite chuffed with that.
Now that's gone, I'm using one that was knocking around amongst the charity pile, which has handbags in it.

Um, the pile has handbags in it, not the purse.
You know what I'm trying (badly) to say.

MissA what a result. I have never made money on Ebay. I bought a nice woollen coat a few weeks ago on Ebay (whoops - I know, I know) and couldn't believe I'd won the bidding until I realised mine was the only bid and the zip was broken. However, I have had it repaired and wore it today.

Oh I love a bargain! Not especially clothes though, just knicknacks and clutter.

Three dvds in the charity bag and a large old pillar candle that can't be lit anymore in the bin.

I was going to go through the kitchen cupboards and start to ruthlessly throw out anything not useful but was saved by the bell
The doorbell - unexpected visitors which was lovely.

Callistemon
and Juno, well done.
I began on our bookshelves, really to find something to read and turned up my lost library book! I'd already paid for a replacement but I'll pop in tomorrow and see if they want it back You always find treasure when you tidy up.

It was such foul weather today, I got the bus into town and went to the museum. I resisted the charity shops but managed to not resist the museum shop and bought bargains for my presents drawer/cupboard for the DGC.

I am really cross with myself for missing the bin lorry today so my full to bursting wheelie bin will have to wait another fortnight!

I have now disposed of two items from my garage via Facebook Messanger and have an extra £30 in my purse, and tomorrow someone is coming to take away (for free) a part roll of most insulation that was sitting around. I have also sold a brand new scarf on eBay.

I’m afraid I didn’t do very well last week, too many small houseguests, but I intend to start again tomorrow, you are all inspiring me!

I've slowed here as I'm decorating, amongst other things.
I have a carrier bag that's slowly filling up though.

2 candle holders, a photo frame thingy, 2 pairs of football boots.

My latest project is sorting out the grandchildren's jigsaws with pieces missing to throw out. I hope the council will take them as cardboard.

When my stepmum died and we had to clear her house quickly, we found a pile of about a dozen big jigsaws in boxes. We had no time to count the pieces and didn't think a charity shop would want them as we couldn't say they were complete. So I reluctantly put the whole lot into the papaer/cardboard recycling sack and put them out by the gate. I was delighted to find them gone within an hour or two - some passer-by was happy to have them and I was pleased to think they were being reused.

Today, some cushion covers I bought and have never used.

I failed to dispose of anything today apart from my house guest. and I managed to post birthday cards and presents to DGC.

I went through half of the kitchen cupboards today and found 3 items to dispose of (well, 9 items if you count three coffee cups and three saucers), found my large French iron casserole pot which I was going to throw out, but then scrubbed it, oiled it and put it back in the cupboard just in case.

I think the act of clearing, cleaning and looking at everything is half the battle Callistemon
That's a great story of the jigsaws grannyticktock we have a pile of wooden ones in the attic and each have pieces missing!
Useless?

A bag of cookie cutters and an Halloween icecube tray today (someone may want ice 'cubes' shaped like little pumpkins).

Oh yes,cookie cutters Juno.I came across a box full I never use.I offered them to DD but she only wanted the gingerbread man so,instead of putting them back I shall get rid of them tomorrow.

Another big carrier bag full of books went today.
Around 12 'Diary of a wimpy kid' amongst them.

It seems such a shame, somehow, but I hope someone might really enjoy reading them.

Oh, but I did buy two cushion covers from the charity shop. because I've only got about 30 already to get rid of

My grandson would have loved your Diaries of a Wimpy Kid MissAdventure