If you’re finding yourself forgetting what day it is, eating leftover chocolates in place of meals and watching endless amounts of TV, then this list of tips might be just what you need!

1) Makeup clear out

Take the time to clear out your make up and toiletries stash. Rather than chuck out all those empties that you’ve been holding on to for no reason, check if you can recycle them! My favourite way to do this is using Boots Scan2Recycle. That way, you can earn 500 Advantage Card points when you recycle 5 items and then spend £10 in selected stores.

I’ve put this at the very top of my list because this is one of the things I absolutely need to get done in the next few days. I know for a fact I’ve got some dried up mascaras and empty foundation bottles cluttering up my dressing table!

2) Kitchen cupboard stock take

My cupboards started the year neatly organised with a place for everything… They now look like I’ve just chucked things in without giving it much thought – mainly because I have! Some are now like a game of Buckeroo with items delicately balanced on top of each other.

Organise one cupboard at a time, take everything out and give the cupboard a quick clean. When restocking your cupboard, get rid of those items you’ve not bothered to use, you could donate them to friends, family or to a local food bank collection.

Don’t forget to check the dates on things too. Remember, anything past best before might still be perfectly fine to use, but don’t donate those items as they won’t be accepted.

3) Ditch the sales and shop your wardrobe

Swap the crowds of the shopping centre for an afternoon in your comfies at home. Make a cup of coffee and stick on your favourite podcast whilst you go through your wardrobe to rediscover some long forgotten items. I know every time I have a clear out (or get to the bottom of the wash basket) I find a top or dress I forgot I even owned.

This is also the perfect opportunity to organise items that you no longer want or need. I like to make a keep pile, a need to try on pile and sell or donate pile. At the end of the afternoon you’ll have cleared some much needed space in your wardrobe, have some *new outfits and a pile of items to donate or sell!

What things do you do to fill in the weird gap between Christmas and New Year? Let me know in the comments or over on my Instagram page

Thrifty Clair x