Busy Bee

If you've been watching the news, you probably know about the snowstorm that is affecting most folks on the east coast. It blew in my area this morning and with the forecast calling for 6+ inches of snow, I decided it would be smart to take a day off work. I can't think of the last time I've been home all day with nowhere to go, so I decided to really take advantage of it. I cleaned my apartment, vacuumed, emptied and scrubbed clean my cats' litter boxes, listed items for sale on ebay, wrapped Christmas presents, read emails, paid bills, filled out rebate forms, dug those darn Glade coupons out of the candle packages and reorganized my garage stockpile area. Hoorah for stockpile pictures!

Before we head downstairs, here are some of my mini-stockpile areas. I live in an apartment, so I've had to be a little creative with the places I keep my goodies.

Candle/air freshner storage - I keep these in my bedroom on a shelf. The boxes are inside cubby holes, so you can't tell what's inside. You may notice I don't have any of the Plug-ins up here (except for those couple of Febreeze plug-ins that I did a rebate on. The boxes are open so I didn't feel right donating those). I decided I didn't want to use any plug-ins because I didn't want them contributing to my electric bill. I also get nervous leaving them plugged in while I'm not at home.

Here's a new idea I had. I have a bunch of flower pots lying around. I bought them when I moved in my apartment and had hopes for beautiful flowering plants. Either because of my definitely not-green-thumb or bad luck, they didn't make it. :( But I really liked the pots so I saved them. I decided the other day to put them to use and took out all the Glade candle thingies. Its the perfect size to store them and takes up much less room than all those boxes would.

Good for tea light candles too!

This is a small closet in my bedroom. I got these shelves on clearance at CVS and they fit perfectly in here. I store my dry cat food here because the cats can't get to it when the door's shut. Also if I stored this in my garage, I'm afraid bugs or mice would eat at it. I also keep the printer paper I bought at Walgreens a couple months back and shipping supplies in here.

Ok, let's head downstairs now:

My face care stuff, toothpaste, mouthwash and toothbrushes (hiding behind the toothpaste) and some loose razors I threw in another flower pot. Let's take a look inside those drawers:

Drawer #1 is razors, soap, vitamins and deodorant. I love that pink box because it keeps everything from rolling around in the drawer.

Drawer #2 - the feminine care aisle (look at ALL that Kotex! Oy!)

Drawer #3 - cleaning, dusting stuff and lint rollers

Now onto my shelves:

Reorganized kitty litter and cleaners

Shaving cream, body wash, lotion and conditioner

Shampoo and kitty food - those are bags of cat treats in the flower pot. I like keeping shampoo and conditioner in separate spots so I can quickly tell how much I have left of each. I always seem to run out of conditioner!

Some grub - bug and mice-proof only grub though, everything else is upstairs in my apartment

Smell pretties

You may have noticed I don't keep everything that I buy. I am only one person and don't see the need to hold onto every item I purchase, unless I know I'll use them in a reasonable time frame or before they go bad or expire. I give lots of stuff to family and friends and donate the rest.