We came back from vacation with about 5 days before I had to go back to work. I cannot sit idly, I had to be doing something, so I organized my pantry. I've been inspired by all the great pics on pinterest, so while mine is only a mini makeover, it's functional for me. It was a dark cluttered mess, so I took everything out, painted the walls and shelves. I put the shelves back in on a moveable shelf track system so everything is adjustable. I trimmed a shoe organizer to fit the back of the door and hold small odds n ends. Then my ocd took over and I labeled everything obsessively, I'm so proud of it!
The best part- it only cost me about $5!
I had the paint laying around from an old project
I had the shelf track system laying around from my previous shoe shelves
The over the door shoe organizer came from my old closet too
The bins are dollar store bins that I had previously purchased
I spent $2 on labels, and $3 on some wall anchors to be sure the system would hold
I did the project over 2 days, because the paint on the shelves took some time to dry. All in all I spent somewhere around 3 hours total on the project. (not counting the shopping)
So i've taken a bit of a break. Went on vacation recently, and picked up lots of great dog and other goodies. Without further ado, here they are:
I've been going totally crazy with nail polish lately, here are some that i picked up on vacation, the cynthia rowley polishes came in a three pack from tj maxx, the formula is nice, i'm unsure about the orange color on my skintone though. The wet n wild and catrice polishes are from a swap i received in the mail when i got home. The catrice polish is named ms. piggy reloaded, it's an amazing color. The nyc polish is supposed to be a dupe for nars orgasm, i don't have the nars to compare so i'm only going on what other bloggers are saying. The loreal is rainy picadilly, it's one of the new london ones. The essie is stroke of brilliance, it looks fab as an accent on top of the loreal rainy picadilly.
The dog toys I picked up on my trip: the nina ottoson dog toy is from home goods. I was really excited to find the dog tornado, my dogs have a couple of the other nina ottoson dog toys that they love. The two tiny blue toys are yard sale finds. The others are described below.
Found this set on ebay. Another super cute set by target, I'm seriously obsessed with their dog toy sets. I picked up one for my babies, and another two as christmas gifts for our doggie friends, bosco and scout.
A couple of martha stewart toys. The gator is squeaky and crinkly, jordan's favorite type. The crinkly sounds like something he shouldn't be chewing so he gets very excited! The round piggie was in a clearance bin by the register. I picked up the pig for my guys, and a chick and dog for bosco and scout.
Also visited a couple of home goods stores on my vacay. I bought this for jordan's birthday on sept. 3
DH picked these up for macy and jordan:
A yard sale find at $4!
Another home goods find. They nailed the chihuahua expression. (all you chi owners know what I mean!)
A couple of random purchases. A vintage snoopy lamp at a yard sale, a dog head at home goods, and the new judi mccoy dog mystery. If you've never read her books, I highly recommend it!
Petsmart clearance t shirts. These started out around $17, but they were marked down to $4 and change. I picked up these two for myself, and two others for my mom and grandma.
