Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Atlanta or Bust!

I knew the day had to come so I seized the Saturday. During my escape to Florida (mental breakdown#1) I kind of went off the deep end and spent some money, in Atlanta on the way home. I guess I needed one last umph before heading back to reality.
THE CONTAINER STORE...Have you ever been? All I have to say in ELFA...
If you have never been you must try and find one. Of course they are not here in TN, why would they come here. Just like Nordstroms, Ikea,Wawa(for you eastern girls), ect.. The store is just overwhelming with storage. I wraps you tight and before you know it $, while Dave Ramsay is in the the other shoulder saying do you really need that or is it just a want. Ugh. So I got home with the stuff and 3/4 of it needed to go back. I guess my organization mind was outta wack too.
Got my mom on board to watch the klan and off we went with no back seats in the van.(Get your mind out of the gutter, we do that in our closet, not the van) Yes, Brian was on board too and with the seats out there is no holding back. The purpose take the goods back and spend 5x more than you did the first time, but bring the measurements this time idiot.
More or less the day went well and Brian and I had great bonding time. We laughed and giggled at the stupidist things. When you've been together as long as we have you get this mental communication going. Bri looked and me and I knew exactly what he was thinking. ....that is a man.... DING... This Hething that wanted to be a Shething walked in the store and rudely bagan talking to the person that was waiting on us. So Brian (Mr.Don't Hide Anything So You Can Embarrass Your Wife) decides to make the high voice the Hething/Shething was trying to make. Picture this, Brian is facing He/She and I am giving him the eyes "stop He/She can hear you" I whispered. This person was obviously clueless or it wouldn't be dressed like a woman. He said look at those hands. I whispered Hush! Duh that just fueled the fire..Finally after he got it all out of his system 5 min latter he said "So, If I ever want to become a woman all I have to do is get rid of my Adam's Apple." .....Oh no hunny you would have to get rid of a lot more that that..Ha! Mr. Hairy man
So there is still hope in the Keegan Family. It is all in a good day's work . Come my friends covet...da da da daah.. MY NEW PANTRY! It is beautiful and I may make it my new get away place since we probably spent all our vacation money on it. I think I will have to paint some palm trees on the walls. I haven't yet put anything in it, that would mean I have to clean the kitchen. So, all you organizing guru's out there...I need help.....don't know where to begin ....too much space....thought those words would never come out of my mouth.
No,I think I just have irritable organizational disorder.

6 comments:

Renee said...

You can do it Cheryl! My best organizational tip is purge, purge, purge. Get rid of all your unused items/"bad for you" food and start fresh. Mismatch cups, etc...

Wendy said...

I'm glad to hear that you and Brian had a good time together. We were having a good time with your kids at the same time! I'm just glad we didn't run into anyone like you did. I wouldn't want to explain that to 6 boys and 1 girl.

Jessie said...

Oh my goodness... you have the funniest experiences. That is so funny. And I'd love to help you organize. I've been to a Container Store in Kentucky... good thing they don't have one here or else I'd be BROKE!! I'm really worried once Bed Bath and Beyond opens up here in Spring Hill. I think I have Container Store OCD! So yea, come over to my house and I'll let you rummage through my closets and cabinets if you want some ideas. Just promise not to laugh at the overkill organizers!

Becky said...

I'm drooling over your kitchen already! You are hilarious, I thought the van might be better because a closet doesn't have shocks, ya know?

Mia said...

Your pantry rocks. But apparently not like your closet rocks ;) Seriously I love your new pantry system.

Devri said...

I hop on board from my sister's blog, I hope you don't mind, I love reading your blog, and you sound just like me, never sarcastic at all. Who has time to organize, not me!!! And who has time for closets, we have too many children for that nonsense, ok jk we always find the time for that:}