OK, so day 13

4 more bottles from my overstuffed bathroom cupboards: bubble bath, body lotion, conditioner and a posh gift set which makes me itch.

A dell injet printer which has stopped working properly passed on to a handy chap called Stuart who asked for it on Freegle. He can fix it and I can’t so he will make good use of it. I had just bought new cartridges for it which is always the way so I left those in the box for him too.

I have sold 4 pairs of old wooden school chairs which my littlies had in their playroom and have now outgrown. I delivered them to their new homes today and made £40 for charity.

I gave a bottle of conditioner to my gorgeous daughter. Why I have so much conditioner when my hair is only about an inch long is beyond me…

I put a pile of old coffee cans in the recycling bin which I had been keeping because they looked like they might be useful sometime.

I gave a paperback novel which I had read to my Mum.

And I found some vintage mascara which I threw out. This has given me the idea of going through my makeup for pre 1980 stuff which I can throw away. I will do this tomorrow.

My photo today is of the playroom. The two children lurking in the gloom had better watch out or Mummy might put them in the recycling.

Ok day 7, 8 9 and 10.

I’ve been ruthless today with sorting out my clothes. I am not the kind of person to spend loads of money on clothes. I don’t like clothes shopping and tend to buy things as I need them. Despite this I have accumulated a lot of things which I don’t love but don’t hate enough to get rid of. Also I’m not quite as svelte as I once was and quite a lot of my clothes are a bit on the tight side.

So I’ve gone through my wardrobe and each drawer with the mantra “If in doubt, chuck it out”. My daughters have been the lucky(?) recipients of lots of stuff – they are students so don’t have a lot to spend on clothes. I have stressed to them that, if they don’t like something I won’t be offended if it ends up in the charity shop or passed onto one of their equally penniless friends.

Because I have such a lot of unwanted clothes, I have actually got rid of 3 days worth of stuff! This is my list:

Given to my daughters:

• Shorts x 3 – too small and not much opportunity to wear them. I now only have 3 pairs which is plenty in this climate/with my figure.
• Corset top – will look much better on my daughter than me…
• Jumpers x 2 – bit tight.
• Thick tights x 1 – never worn, had them about 3 years.
• Jeggings x 1 – too tight.
• Cardigans x 4, wrong shape for me – cropped/short/ not flattering with baggy twin tummy.
• vest top – too small
• Sports bra – too small
• Shumper – too tight
• Cord jeans – wrong shape for me
• Jacket – too young for me
• Dresses x 3 – too young/small for me.
• top which I’ve gone off.

The charity shop has been the lucky recipient of:

• men’s shirts x 2
• joggers x 1 – make me look chavvy
• jumpers x 2 – itchy
• catsuit/jumpsuit – don’t like it but too old for my daughters
• Evening dress – not their style (or mine)
• A pair of jeans which are too short for me and too wide for my girls.

I have recycled:

• 2 scruffy pairs of joggers
• 2 holey jumpers and
• 1 pair of trainers

Total: 34 items of clothing – 7 + 8 + 9 + 10.

I’ve also put some unwanted toiletries, a typewriter, a 3 piece suite and an un-working inkjet printer on freegle and some old small school chairs, a car dog guard and a toddler bike trailer on a local ‘for sale’ site. I will add them to my list if/when they sell/get given away.

My photo today is the other end of my untidy kitchen.

I started to reduce my wardrobe today and have given away several items of clothing I no longer need:

A jacket which makes me look fat – given to my daughter, 2 pairs of trousers which are a bit tight – also given to my daughter, 2 worn out pairs of shoes – recycled and another pair of lumpy socks – recycled.

That’s it today – more clothes to go through tomorrow.

My picture is of my kitchen. It looks OK if you don’t look too closely…

Quick post, busy day…

Today I have got rid of:

1. A pair of children’s shorts – given to charity shop – unusually these still have a lot of wear left in them. Must be because we don’t get much shorts weather here in England…

2. A load of clothes pegs which are useless – they don’t grip the clothes properly on the line. I have been leaving these in the bottom of my peg basket for about 4 years and have kept them just in case I need some rubbish pegs.

3. and 4. A skirt and dress I haven’t worn for ages (too small) – given to my daughter who is slimmer than me!

5. A pair of worn out sandals – recycled. I was probably keeping these in case some magic elves came one night and fixed them for me.

My photo today is of my utility room – enjoy…