If this isn’t willpower I don’t know what is!

Posted by Laura on January 8, 2009 · 40 Comments

Yesterday my girlfriend dropped by to tell me that my local grocery store had just put out a display of glorious baskets. She also mentioned that they were so beautiful she almost licked them. Now that’s a good friend! It also led me to believe that these baskets must really be of the special variety and I better get down there immediately before the rush on baskets caused them to disappear before I even got to inhale and fondle their pure loveliness. Seriously my heart may or may not have been racing out of my chest ever so slightly.

I will have you know though that I showed some serious restraint here my friends. Really I’m not even sure how I did it but I did not purchase a single one. Did you catch that? I did NOT purchase a single glorious lick worthy, put me on display for all the world to see, basket.

Instead I stared at them for what seemed like hours as I tried desperately, perhaps even frantically, to come up with some location, any location, that I could show off forty one of these in my home and justify the cost. Alas it wasn’t to be and I walked away. I may have shed a tear or two.

Let’s recap:

Beautiful lick worthy baskets available at my grocery store
Did not purchase lick worthy baskets at my grocery store
Sadly no where to display beautiful lick worthy baskets in my home at this time
Unfortunately lick worthy baskets are out of my price range
Took a picture of lick worthy baskets for all of you to see
Moved on and am now content to just lick the picture

The end.

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Organizing Batteries

Posted by Laura on November 6, 2008 · 38 Comments

I found this post in my drafts. It’s just another example of how baskets can take your life from boring and ordinary to exciting and extraordinary. No kidding, it’s the best. Take a look for yourself and then go dump a drawer. Be careful though, you’ll be hooked the very first time :)

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Organizing lightbulbs and batteries

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Compromising with your kids

Posted by Laura on October 16, 2008 · 30 Comments

My daughter (11) collects a lot of stuff. She is particularly fond of notebooks and purses. I’m particularly fond of clutter free floors. So we compromise. If she can keep the stuff in her room off the floor in some kind of orderly fashion (not just piled 10 feet high on her desk) then she can keep it, otherwise it has to go. Meaning I will remove it from her room and give it away. I’m nice like that :)

This works for a number of reasons:

It removes the power struggle between us and puts the onus on her to keep her space tidy.
It allows her to be responsible for her own things and how they are displayed.
It allows her to get creative coming up with fabulous organizing solutions.

Here’s one of them:

All on her own she came up with idea of using a skirt hanger to hang up all of her bags. Bags that are now no longer on the floor. I think it’s brilliant but then again I’m her mother and might be a little biased :)

I’m starting to think Org Junkie Junior might need her own little column here sometime soon, what do you think?

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Do you want to see my chest?

Posted by Laura on October 2, 2008 · 36 Comments

Earlier this week I mentioned my disappointment over the beautiful basket that was stolen right out of my hands. What I didn’t tell you is that during that same trip I was able to score a deal of my own before anyone else even saw it. Oh yes I did!

Do you want to see it?

Readers, meet my new chest:

Isn’t it lovely?! It’s not very large but it certainly seems solid and dependable which is what everyone should look for in a good chest don’t you think? It might be a little dinged up but I think that just gives her some character.

Now here’s the best part.

Wait for it.

I purchased this little beauty for $6.99 at Value Village!

Fab + functional = sweet!

Right now I have it just sitting there waiting for a home. I happen to love this “in waiting” period as I spend some time gazing lovingly at any new container I get imagining all the possibilities for it. The choices are wide open on this one though and I just can’t decide.

So this is where you come in. Help me narrow it down by telling me what YOU would put in it and where you think it should go.

If it helps you any please feel free to take your time admiring my beautiful little chest for awhile. No worries, I totally understand.

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