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RE: An Alphabet of Clutter - JJB - 25-08-2022
Not 'Four Candles' .....fork handles??
RE: An Alphabet of Clutter - Veggie - 26-08-2022
G is for Gardening Books - 2 huge Reader's Digest ones that are a struggle to pick up, never mind read!
RE: An Alphabet of Clutter - Veggie - 16-01-2023
I didn't get very far with this!! Surprise, surprise.
Today's declutter involves the downstairs "flooded" cloakroom - posh name for an understairs space with a washbasin, toilet and 3 cupboards that have had to be emptied and dried off. Here are some of the surprising items I've found:-
An Iron!
Three bottles of Turkish Lemon Cologne (always brought some home from my travels but haven't been to Turkey for 20+ years).
A bottle of Elderberry wine - October 1991
Bottle of Belgian white beer - drink by 15/5/2010
Multiple Bags for Life
Lots of hessian & cotton fabric Bags for Life that are too small for a supermarket shop but I can't bear to part with!
Several bottles of Liqueurs, unopened - the sort you bring back from holidays but have no wish to drink - like the Tunisian Date Liqueur.
A pair of spotty wellies that aren't comfortable for more than 5 minutes.
Countless First aid items - bandages, dressings, plasters. In an emergency, the patient would have died before I found these. I'm never sure whether to take the expiry date seriously when they're in a sealed pack?
I'll spare you the rest of the clutter.
RE: An Alphabet of Clutter - JJB - 16-01-2023
Sounds familiar, I've several cupboards like that.
RE: An Alphabet of Clutter - Veggie - 15-10-2025
An Alphabet of Clutter Part 2.
Tomorrow, This starts again..........and its A.
Are you ready?
Feel free to list your own Clutter and whether you have any plans for it. Reuse, Reorganise, Repurpose etc are all acceptable plans!
RE: An Alphabet of Clutter - Veggie - 16-10-2025
A for Advantage Flea treatment for dogs. GIven to me but I wouldn't use it on Ted. - anyway, he's too heavy/fat for the dosage! Its been collected by another dog owner.
A for Avocado box where I keep the stones to germinate. Haven't looked in there for a while, so was surprised to find that there were no sprouting avocados.........but there were 4 pieces of ginger that were well sprouted and rooted. I'll pot those up tomorrow - and throw away the box they were in.
A for "Anti-Anxiety Journal" - must have picked that up with some other free books as I would never buy a book like that. Its in the "Book giveaway pile" now.
Not a lot of As but its three less bits of clutter than I had yesterday.
RE: An Alphabet of Clutter - Small chilli - 16-10-2025
I couldn’t think of any A’s.
Hope to join in with some of the letters.
RE: An Alphabet of Clutter - JJB - 17-10-2025
Clutter, I've not got clutter all those useless items are very useful and I know if they get thrown ill only need them next week. But I'll have a look.
RE: An Alphabet of Clutter - Veggie - 17-10-2025
B is for Bags. I have loads of Bags for Life and plastic supermarket bags and I only ever use my favourite ones! Time to sort out the dross and rehome the them.
RE: An Alphabet of Clutter - Veggie - 17-10-2025
(17-10-2025, 11:18 AM)Veggie Wrote: B is for Bags. I have loads of Bags for Life and plastic supermarket bags and I only ever use my favourite ones! Time to sort out the dross and rehome the them.Just sorted my Bag stash. There were less than I thought which probably means there's load of them in the car, just in case I go shopping/collecting! I'll take the unwanted carrier bags to the corner shop as they collect them for the Foodbank to use when bagging up Food parcels.
B is also for Books, of course, so I've added more to my heap for the next Free book event - could be tomorrow?
Also emptied the dregs from a Bottle of Baby Shampoo, after washing my hair, of course. Put the dregs in the hand wash soap dispenser.