Comments on: WFMW - Consolidate, consolidate, consolidate

By: SherrySue

SherrySue — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:00:38 +0000

Laura. I’m very new to your blog and have found comfort in knowing that there are other “freaks” just like me out there who not only are aware of the addiction, but are willing to share the means by which they acheive thier “rush.”
I absolutely love containers, consolidation, cubbies, boxes, buckets, the list goes on. I am also thrown immediately into the fetal position when two of the same box, bottle or bag of the same thing is opened. Aaargh!!!
I was wondering too how you feel about pocket books with a zillion pockets? I say, the more pockets, the more fun. Those really pretty, HUGE, bags that are all the rave right now, may look good but when you’re trying to find something at the bottom of that cavernous vessel…forget it!
I personally would have to buy or find a bunch of little bags to put in my HUGE bag making this lovely “convenience” 150 lbs.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:59:17 +0000

Haha I love it, I do the same thing! I use extra bowls, oversize mugs or plastic containers.

My husband loves this because then all his snack -type goodies (granola bars, fruit roll ups, biscotti) are all in one place and he can just grab one. :)

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:18:10 +0000

Sarah that is great, great. I love it.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:16:02 +0000

I like to consolidate to a point I’ll put all the kids oatmeal together put I like my wieght smart oatmeal seperate. I don’t want the kids reaching in and grabing my oatmeal because they will eat it they don’t look at it they just open and eat. Also it would drive me crazy to Special K bars mixed with Nature Valley, I want all the Nature Valleys in one box put not the same box as the Special K. I try to just buy the same thing every time so my perfectionist side doesn’t rear it’s ugly head.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:16:47 +0000

I feel the same way about consolidating. I do a lot better with my kitchen cabinets than I do with clutter elsewhere in my house.

You would LOVE LOVE LOVE Tupperware Modular Mates. Please, for the sake of your own happiness, march over to tupperware.com and use the search box to look them up. The Rectangulars and Super Ovals are precisely the depth of a standard kitchen cabinet. 2 Super Ovals stack precisely on top of a Rectangular. The heights are proportionate, so a Super Oval 1 stacked onto a Super Oval 2 will be precisely the height of a Super Oval 3… or a Rectangular 3, for that matter. They are genius. And airtight.

Ideally, you would want enough of these bad boys to do your entire pantry in them: dry goods, pastas, beans, granola bars, cereals, potato chips, candy, coffee, cocoa mix, tea, rice, flour, sugar, you name it. Then you get out your handy-dandy label maker and that’s when the fun really begins. I’m not even kidding.

By: Mama Pajama

Mama Pajama — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:26:00 +0000

I must do this sometimes or we’d have no room at all. We tend to overbuy…a lot. Hot chocolate mix, oatmeal, cereal bars, it’s a great idea! I just did it with trash bags…OK I’m done : )

By: Susanne

Susanne — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 05:33:00 +0000

Sit down Laura. You won’t believe this. That is exactly what I do! Me. Little ‘ole unorganized me. Can ya believe it?

By: Cyndi

Cyndi — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:31:00 +0000

Okay, this I need to do. I just noticed two open boxes of the same type of granola bar in my pantry. AND, it’s less fattening than simply *eating* what’s in the extra box, just so I can throw the box away…

By: Dandelion Momma-Janis

Dandelion Momma-Janis — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:25:00 +0000

Great idea! This will work great in my small kitchen! Thanks for sharing! Blessings to you!

By: Qtpies7

Qtpies7 — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:28:00 +0000

Oh my goodness, you would go MENTAL if you looked in my pantry and saw 11, yes ELEVEN, OPEN jars of peanut butter.
I can’t have just one, because we must have creamy and chunky, but some like extra chunky. Well, we don’t always eat it, but we always get it through WIC. So the kids put things away and they put it at the front, and just open what they grab. Seriously, its driving ME insane and I have to be one of the least organized, and least caring about it, people out there!
I’m thinking that I need to start storing the new ones in the basement or something, I just don’t have much of a pantry to deal with.