Aug. 27, 2009 - Organizing on a budget
Today was a good day to clean my kitchen cupboards. I even rearranged cupboards and made my kitchen make better sense. I was appalled at how much clutter I have accumulated in my kitchen and it was definately time to purge. I had quite the assortment of half used packages of food and candy in cupboards they didn't belong. Now I have one whole cupboard for all my electrical countertop appliances; the mixer, the steamer (which I forgot I had) the vitamix, slow cookers. I cleaned out my cupboard where I place my toaster and minioven as that accumulates crumbs and cleaned out my silverware drawer and divider, who knew how dirty those could get. Next will be my utensil drawers. I get so tired of rummaging through those drawers looking for something specific. It's time for some organization. I'm even finding things I wish I had, that I forgot I had. Now, I can cross them off my list of "things I must have" - bank account spared.
Next thing I can save myself money on is storage containers. My husband is a terrible packrat, that includes drink containers (the hard plastic ones, not the 2 liter) and I save cans of drink mixes for possible art ideas. I'm working on buying 50 lbs of oats plus I keep 10 lbs of sugar and flour in my pantry, these containers will work great after they are cleaned out and dryed and I'll drop in an oxygen absorber and tape around the plastic lids.
When I cleaned out my towel closet I used shoe boxes to organize my belongings. Now my medicines are in one box, my body and hand creams in a box, etc. This works so well and I can find things now. I even found enough items to create a first aid kit. Now I always know where my thermometer and bandaids are not to mention I purged expired medicines. Very good idea.
