Messy Dressing Room

Here's a question for you? After you're finished trying on clothes in a dressing room, do you hang up the clothes and return them to the attendant or do you leave everything in a jumble on the floor?

I'm always amazed at the messes I see when I go to try on clothes in department stores. What gives? Let's do our part to be organized shoppers and take care of the things we try on. I truly believe this helps to keep costs down.

Happy Holiday Wishes

I'm going to be taking a brief hiatus from blogging for the Christmas break and will be back right after the holiday with more organizing ideas and preparing for January's Get Organized Month.



Enjoy these pictures of my holiday decorations and some friendly movie props saying "Merry Christmas" to you!

Plain White Bags Instead of Designer Store Bags

Here's an interesting article I saw today on the Daily Beast website on how the super rich are opting for plain white shopping bags to hold their purchases from such stores as Tiffany and Hermes so people won't see where they're shopping.

What do you think?

Reducing toy clutter

Now is the time to go through the kids toys and get rid of the things they no longer play with, are broken or have pieces missing. When my daughter was younger, I always did this task when she was away at school so I could easily go through the jumble of toys without gettting sidetracked. When your kids are older, they can become a part of the decision making process. Let them know that there are other kids who aren't as fortunate as they are and let them decide what toys can go. Remind them that they will be getting new toys for the holidays.

End of Year Donations

As if you didn't already have enough to do the last few weeks of the year, take a little time out to gather together those items you have designated as donations and get them to the Goodwill/Salvation Army/Rescue Mission/etc. before the end of the year to get your tax deduction for 2008.

Gift Giving

I just loved this daily quote from Real Simple Magazine:

A gift-giving virtue is the highest virtue.

— Friedrich Nietzsche


I think this quote says it all - it's a pleasure to give gifts any time of the year.

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