Dog food is one of the many things that we buy in bulk. We always have a steady supply of food on hand for our little dogs and we save a lot of money buying it in such large quantities. But, as I’m sure many of you have realized, a huge bag of dog food is never a good design choice.
So here’s our quick fix.
We keep a steady supply of dog food out on the counter in a cute glass jar and we hide the rest of it in plastic bags under the counter. We reuse the plastic bags every time we buy new dog food, but you could always use other canisters for a more eco-friendly option. It’s not genius but it definitely makes a world of differnce.
Where do you store your pet’s food? Do you repackage it like we do or do you just leave the bag?
We’re taking a break from the bathroom to work on our taxes tonight. This is the first year that I have to file on my own. Luckily, I have my dad to help, but seriously why didn’t anyone ever tell me that you’re supposed to save all of these receipts? I thought I was being responsible by shredding them! This is not common knowledge amongst those of us who have been claimed our whole lives!! Now, I’m searching through old credit card archives and tearing the house apart looking for anything and everything that I might have forgotten to shred.
With this newfound realization that I’m supposed to keep this paperwork, Peter and I decided to buy a filing cabinet and a new shredder. Apparently all of that great shredding that I did all year killed ours. (Can you sense the bitterness?) After visiting store after store only to learn that filing cabinets and shredders are both *really* expensive, we headed over to our neighborhood Goodwill. And lo and behold, we found both of these things for a total of $24.
We actually saw the guy wheeling this filing cabinet out onto the floor and chased him down. I think we terrified him.
(The sticker on the filing cabinet was there when we bought it. It was not an accessory that I chose.)
I was skeptical about buying a used shredder. I reasoned that someone probably donated it because it didn’t work, but Peter found one that someone had jammed paper into and didn’t feel like fixing. He patiently removed the jam and found an outlet to test it out. All the while I was shifting back and forth impatiently like an angry teen out shopping with her mother. He’s pretty great for putting up with me–and for other reasons as well!
I like our filing cabinet but I think I want to jazz it up a little bit. The boxes below are my inspiration, but I’m generally a neutral kinda gal who likes smaller pops of color.
{Little Green Notebook}
What do you guys think? I brought home a few swatches to get an idea of the shade of blue that I want to paint them, but so far I’m not loving any of them.
So, should I paint it blue, paint it grey (because that is always an option), leave it as is, or find a new idea all together? I know this one is already thinking long and hard to figure out a solution.
A little P.S.–If next year will be your first year filing taxes on your own, I am warning you save everything!
Over the holidays Peter and I drove from Austin, TX to Rockford, IL and back. Let me show you just what that looks like:
We spent 19 long hours over the span of two days (each direction) sitting in our beloved Fit. Why’d we do it? We couldn’t bare to spend the holidays knowing that our two little dogs were stuck in a kennel. When my mom got wind of our trip, she insisted on having an early Christmas. Cue Emily. Still confused? Emily is the name of the female British voice on our brand new Garmin GPS. We decided that her voice was more soothing than the rest.
Throughout our journey, Emily told us exactly where to go and what restaurants and attractions we could stop at along the way. We ran into a few mishaps, like when we decided to go to Mama Josie’s Southern Kitchen somewhere in Oklahoma and it turned out that Mama Josie’s no longer existed (We were on vacation. Bad food choices are totally forgivable!), but all in all she was a huge help. It was an extremely thoughtful gift from my mom and we’re really excited to have Emily as a new addition to our family. If you’re anywhere near as bad as Peter and I are with directions then I recommend that you follow the link below to Amazon and buy one instantly! Does anyone already have a Garmin? If so, what’s your favorite part about it? Have you tried uploading celebrity voices? Tell us everything!
Images courtesy of Google Maps and Amazon.
