Gettin' Organized in 2011

I think I'm just like every other stay at home woman who has made

a resolution to get organized in 2011.

Except I've been working on organizing my home

and purging "stuff" since November!

I've gotten rid of 10 bags of clothing, 2 huge bins of

home "stuff" and am in the process of selling pieces of old furniture

on my favorite web site of all time:

CraigsList.

Right before Thanksgiving I tackled my pantry.

See, I don't have an actual pantry,

so when we moved into our 1970's split level,

we tore out the coat closet and added some wire shelving

to create our own pantry.

Of course I went out and bought some nice baskets

at Cost Plus right away,

but after a few years, it looked like this:

2 huge bags full of food donated to HopeLink

later and

VIOLA!

An ORGANIZED pantry!!

YAY!!

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This past week I've been cleaning out my "hoarder" room.

Yes, my spare bedroom had become out of control.

However,

I've gotten so much accomplished this past week,

that I am thoroughly proud of myself.

I got rid of A LOT of crappola and have a lot of stuff to sell.

I just can't wait to decorate now!

But that's another post.

;-)

By the way,

I'm linking to my first ever

linky party at The Shabby Chic Cottage: