Bin Plus More

Years ago I purchased two huge (70 quart) Sterlite storage bins. Back then I had artwork that I rotated seasonally, and one of the containers stored the extras. The other held non-Christmas wrapping supplies.

When Hubby Tony and I downsized to our condo it only had a fraction of the wall space, so I culled the much of the artwork, but there was still to justify bringing both containers. They were stacked in the storage room downstairs between the tubs of Christmas decorations and the box with the Christmas tree. It was always a chore to get to the wrapping supplies, so several months ago I brought it upstairs. I had to wrestle the container onto a shelf in the office closet. It was so difficult I decided I would look for something smaller. That idea never made it to a list and I quickly forgot about it.

When we pulled out the Christmas things last week I looked into the large container and figured out most of the things in there were no longer needed; I emptied it out and staged it to donate to the thrift shop.

This afternoon I happened to be driving by the thrift shop (of course without the container 😠) but popped in to see if I could find something to wear to a holiday party a couple of days from now. I nabbed a lovely red sweater, then decided to look around the rest of the store.

In one of the aisles an associate was struggling to find a spot on the shelf for a long, thin storage container. It looked to be the size I was looking for and I hustled over to take a look. I found out it wasn't just a container; it was a container filled with supplies!

My find back at home

The bin contained six partial rolls of paper, a large stack of gift bags, and an even larger stack of tissue paper, along with some random ribbon. Now I have a perfectly-sized bin to hold my non-holiday wrapping supplies, and I'm set for Christmas wrapping materials this year and probably a couple after that!

Five years ago: Sock Seam Solution