A New Desk, and then some...

Today I had planned to drive down to Andover to pick up a large craft desk with fabric cutting mat that I found for a great price on Craigslist, but ran out of time, so I will do it tomorrow morning. But while I was in Cambridge I scored a major thing on my "Want List"! While I was leaving the bank I got a little tickle in my brain that told me to stop at the thrift store and when I went in I wasn't sure what I was looking for, so I started wandering around... looked at all the display cases that weren't for sale, and hating the owners for not letting me buy that really cool armoir that I would have snatched up in a heartbeat. I wandered around a little bit picking things up and putting them back down in random other spots.... I tell myself, "it creates job security for someone".

I turned a corner and .... "aaaaahhhhhhhhhh!" Angels started singing and a light shone down before me onto a very simple, yet very wanted, drafters table! And best yet, it was only $10!!! And if that wasn't enough for my speed-racing heart, I also had a coupon in my purse for $10 off my next purchase, SCORE!  I brought home this little beauty for only 67 cents. *happy dance!*

 

The kids were excited to try it out for me by doing their homework on it.  (I'm not sure why Jaeden has taken up wearing her hat all day long... might be because I keep the house at 65 degrees.)

I spent some time, tonight, tackling one of the things that has been driving me nuts... all of the cords in the junk drawer.  First I threw out the ones we don't use anymore. Then I bound the remaining ones up with rubber bands.

I love this little pot that I keep my rubber bands in. Jacob made it when he was little.I'm a sucker for pottery, and a sucker for organizing containers, and throw in my own kids work and I am happy as a clam!

Back to the cords... Ok, so the last dishwasher that died had a utensil basket that came apart into two pieces. Somehow it didn't get thrown out with the dishwasher and I ran into it the other day. I thought up a way to hang the baskets inside of my cupboard doors and ....

 Voila! 

Cords are out of the drawer, and organized so they don't tangle and best of all, they are out of the way!

Then I sat back and celebrated my brilliant mind with one of the peanut butter cookies that were left over from yesterday.  Yummy!