This weekend

I need a plan for this weekend. There's a lot I intend to get done, so it needs to be slick and moving. Also, I think keeping as busy as possible is the way forward to stop me a) spending money and b) getting depressed.

 

So, today.

1) Go to next to pick up order

2) Go to tesco to get batteries and strong bin bags

3) Check out clothes shop in town to see what clothes they will take in to sell

4) Finish wrapping Christmas presents

5) Store Christmas presents in one box at the top of the stairs

6) File all paperwork

7) Sort through magazines – cut out recipes I want to keep and throw away everything else

8) Fold clothes in kitchen and put in spare room

9)Wash and put away delph in kitchen

10) Sweep and wash floor in kitchen

11) Clean cooker hob

12) Fold dry towels and put on one basket in bathroom

13) Line up worn/old towels for donations

14) Take second basket and sort out toiletries – spare shampoo, conditioner, shower gels etc.

15) Sweep and mop bathroom floor

 

That's quite a lot of stuff to do today but most of it is quick and easy rather than long and drawn out. Plus I want to be absolutely exhausted tonight so I have no choice but to sleep.

 

Saturday

1) Change bedding

2) Put all laundry in a basket and start washing

3) Drag all clothes from under beds, drawers, hangers, storage areas

4) Throw out anything under a size 18 (unless it was v.v. expensive)

5) Throw out all mismatched sock, dodgy knickers, bras I don't wear

6) Try on the rest. Anything that fits and feels good, gets to stay and be put away. Anything that doesn't come within 0.5" of fitting – thrown out. Ditto anything that doesn't feel good.

7) Put all remaining clothes away tidily

8) Hoover bedroom

9) Dust bedroom

 

That doesn't sound like a lot for Saturday but it really is. I know how many clothes I have.......also by the end of it, I want my wardrobe to fit in the hanging rail and the chest of drawers, with possibly the wicker baskets for underwear. Plus the clothes also include the shoes. I'm fairly certain there are still a fair few shoes I can sell on/get rid of.

Sunday will be the living room. By this stage all the filing will be done and there will be no clothes in the living room, so it should look a lot better than it does now. There is loads of storage in that room, but I don't use it to its full potential.

1) Clear off study table and reorganise with pens that work, paper, notebooks, study materials.

2) Move both couches and clear out underneath them.

3) Clear off shelf under window – all sorts of junk here and it needs to be sorted into 'keeping' or 'throwing away'. Charity/dump – both count as long as 'throwing away' gets it out of the house straight away.

4) Empty the cupboards under that shelf to a) see what's in them and b) see what I can get rid of. I'm not sure about a lot of things in there, but it needs to be emptied so I can start storing things in appropriate spaces.

5) Dust living room

6) Hoover living room

 

If I have the time (or energy!!) over the weekend I'd also like to look at the following.

1) Getting rid of the two big garden shelving units I'm currently using for clothes

2) Getting rid of enough books to get rid of the two bookcases that are damaged/broken

3) Sort out my books so I know what I have

4) Going through the kitchen and listing what's there and what I can make with what's there.

5) Planning out some meals for the next few weeks – including things Al will like for the weekends.

 

Wow so long message there. I'll print this out as well so I have something to tick everything time I do something this weekend. I may even have to part with my OU stuff as well. That will be sad, but  just don't have the space anymore so something has to give.