Bins, Trash Bags, String & a Marker is All You Need

Happy Friday! Do you have big plans? For me, it's just like a weeknight, since I have to work tomorrow.

Well, this is a follow-up post to 28 & Feeling Great. In that entry, I talked about organizing Cheyenne's and soon to be Dakota's -- baby clothes and said I'd share that whole process. So, here it is.

This is the walk-in closet, the girls will share. The top level is Chey's and the bottom is Dakota's. This is what you see when you open the closet (pic on the left) and this is what you see when you look to the right (pic on the right). I think Dakota has plenty of diaper bags. Hey, a girl needs to accessorize!

So, it was real smart of me to hang up all the baby clothes before washing them. I went to college, y'all! Now, I will have to strip them from the hangers and run them through the washer and dryer and hang them again. Who wants to have a laundry party????

Dakota has plenty of clothes, there is still another bag of new clothes that people got her from all the baby showers. I haven't touched that bag yet, but it's on my list of things to do.

Krista made me these temporary separation tags, until I buy the plastic kind. I dunno, they seem to be doing the trick....

I could only hang up so many baby clothes for Dakota, so the rest of the clothes are waiting patiently on the floor.

Now, here is the meat of this whole organizational process. Krista helped me separate the clothes by months and also by seasons. Pretty cool, huh?

I guess, what I learned, is you don't have to spend a lot of money or get all fancy with containers to organize. Bins, trash bags, string and a marker will do the trick.

28 and Feeling Great!

Happy Birthday to ME!

Trey slept in this morning, so I snuck out of the house and went to the gym. I rode 16 miles on the stationary bike. I really wanted to ride 28 miles, but I have a life, so I figured 16 was good enough.

This is Not An Episode of Hoarders, This is my Home
Mid-morning my coffee-date-friend, Krista, came over to help me organize the nursery. She is a super nerd, when it comes to organizing and she's proud of it. I mean look at her, smiling as she's looking at the mess in front of her. Ha! Freak!

She came up with a great system of organizing clothes in grocery bags, tying them and then tagging each bag with whatever the clothes size is, that way you can grab a certain size, without having to swim through piles. I'll have to take pictures of it because it's a great system and worth sharing for all the mommy readers out there.

It took us about 2 and half hours to complete the task. We were working with all of Cheyenne's old clothes. Newborn to present day clothes, 5T. Next week, Krista and I are going to tackle all of the new items Dakota got. They need a home.

And this is what the room looked like when we were done organizing. You should see the closet, it looks so neat! Now, I'm trying to find more things for Krista to organize. ORGANIZE MY LIFE, PLEASE.

My afternoon, was sooooo busy. I watched the neighbors son because they had a family emergency. I was so busy, taking care of him and cleaning, that by the time Trey came home I was exhausted. My body was and still is so achy. I walk funny and not pregnant lady funny, old woman funny.

I didn't want to cook and Trey wanted to take me out, so, I used one of my gazillion birthday coupons at Ihop.

Afterwards, we swung by Marble Slab Creamery and I gave this birthday freebie to Cheyenne -- well, we kind of shared. Now, I'm the cool parent!!!! Take that Trey!

Since we were food hopping, we stopped by Sonic and I got a slush birthday freebie.

Obviously, I was not worried about my calorie consumption today and this is why:

Thanks Jeri, for running for me! Best Birthday Gift!

Now, I'm going to cuddle up in bed and guilt-trip Trey into giving me a back massage. I mean, C'MON it's my freakin' birthday, he has to, right? Wish me luck!