Declutter November mini-challenge – the overlooked bits of your wardrobe
Since many of us have gone a bit silly in the cheap clothes boom over the last decade, we’ve got wardrobes, chests of drawers and vacuum-packed storage bags stuffed full of clothes we no longer wear....
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Declutter November – end of week 2
So we’ve reached the end of Declutter November week 2 and I don’t know about you guys but our “out” pile is getting pretty big! My items for this week: two works diaries from 5 and 6 years ago. I...
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Declutter November mini-challenge week 3: the kitchen
Our kitchen is just about smallest proper room of our house but is also the most tightly packed: all the usual food, utensils, crockery etc but also the more specialist stuff for our cooking-related...
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Stuff hangovers and aspirational buying
In this, the Decluttering season, I’ve been thinking a lot about stuff and about how it comes into our lives. My intention was to write this post about the idea of a “stuff hangover” but after reading...
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Declutter November – end of week 3
We’ve finished another week of Declutter November – and I’m beginning to struggle a bit! I think I snagged a lot of the low hanging fruit earlier in the month and during the garden & wardrobe, and...
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Declutter November mini-challenge week 4: your hobby/craft stash
Ah, you knew this one was coming, didn’t you? ;) I’ve also deliberately left it ’til last as I imagine most people will have dipped into their hobby stashes already – hopefully though having a focused...
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No pictures this week because first my camera battery died mid-photo session and now my computer isn’t recognising the memory card. Sigh. Just imagine pics of assorted junk ;) This week, I got rid of:...
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Declutter November – final things and thoughts
After personally getting rid of bags full of clothes, craft supplies, a broken bucket and many books in the last four weeks, our little Declutter November challenge has come to an end. My last three...
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Buy less than 12 items of clothing in 2011 challenge – end of year update
This morning I tweeted that I think it’s going to take me most of 2012 to catch up on all my leftover stuff from 2011 – and this is one of those things! The Challenge Last year, I set myself the...
View ArticleAn example of extreme minimalism?
Last week, my t’other half John sent me a link to a quite old article by a guy who has pared down his possessions to just “15 things”. (John came across the article on a geeky news-sharing site and the...
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No Spend November
I feel like I’ve been a spendy-spendy lately so am having a “No Spend November“. Well, it’s not no spend because I still need to buy food for us (and the animals), and to pay for transport and stuff...
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