Surrounded by chaos!

We’re moving house in less than a month’s time, to another 3 bed house. The new house is in a better area for the kids (there is SO much going on in terms of playgroups etc), is in better condition than our current house, and has a garden with a lawn & a nice patio.

However, the downside of the new house is it is quite a bit smaller than where we live now, and with much less storage space. This means step one on our moving plan is a gigantic sort out. We have been accumulating stuff for years now & as we live in a large 3 bed house with plenty of storage, we haven’t got rid of anything for ages!

We have four piles: keep, chuck, recycle & eBay. This move is costing us hundreds of pounds (thanks, ridiculous admin fees!) so every penny from my eBay sales is being put aside for our moving fund. We are being brutal!! We won’t have space for all the bigger toys we have at the moment, so if Georgie is too big for it or we have something similar, it’s being sold. There are a few things we’re keeping for Lydia, as well as our stash of baby toys that Georgie still plays with, but a lot of stuff is having to go. Take a look at our eBay pile!!

To be honest, it’s a great opportunity to have a good weed out, and is acting as swift kick up the bum as we’ve been meaning to do it for ages, albeit a little less dramatically! We’re even going through our wardrobes & donating anything that doesn’t fit or we don’t wear, and selling the occasional item that is good enough to be worth it.

I have bags of baby & toddler clothes to go through yet too. From now on, we’ve decided to only keep favourite items & things that we want to be able to pass on to family or use again if we do have a third baby, so as Lydia grows out of each size we will be selling a lot of our stash on to save space & make a bit of money for new stuff.

Not all of our furniture will fit in the new house, so that’s being sorted too. I’m severely cutting down on bookcases (and getting rid of a LOT of my books) & it’s time to say goodbye to the collection of Britannica encyclopaedias.

We have so much to sort out & pack, so wish us luck. Right then, I’m off to sort another pile…