The Great Pantry Purge

Day 10

It's finally done. The great Pantry Purge of 2010 has been completed. My husband doesn't like the shelf I gave him because he can't see what's on it. Well, I can't either and that's the point. Sorry babe.

So, it all started out like this. The pantry was stuffed to the gills with crap that I hardly ever use. Note to self: Stop buying brown sugar every time you want to bake something. YOU HAVE PLENTY.

For the record, I did not throw away all my flour and sugar. But, it is on the very top shelf which requires a footstool for me to reach it. Free days and baking go together like peas and carrots. But, I digress.

I know that Jon and Brian have reached for the paper sacks to keep from hyperventilating over my lack of organization. Warning boys, it gets worse before it gets better. But, it does get better. :)


I set out three bins for my endeavor. A Keep, Toss, and Tony bin were all labeled.

When is was all said and done, the keep bins looked like this. Mine is on the left.

The Toss Bin looked like this! I ended up throwing out three large green bags of crap!

But Drum Roll Please.... It was worth it. Now my Pantry looks like this!

It's been a fairly uneventful day in the Angell household. Skully (aka Tony) is sick. He's been getting TLC while he's awake and I've been purging pantries and making soup while he snoozed. Yes, I finally made the Taco Soup.  It was delicious!

I did something else today too. I took some "Before" pics. (Dixie - stop reading now) No... no... not bikini pics. I did take them. But, hell would have to freeze over for me to post them here. So, you people get the Rated G for (GUT!) version.

Woof... Don't even get me started. I've cornered the market on extra chins and spare tires. My only comfort right now is the knowledge that it's only going to get better from here.

Weigh in tomorrow morning. I'm super excited about it. Exercise starts for real tomorrow morning. I'll be honest. I'm not super excited about that. But, it's necessary and I will do it! Doesn't mean I won't complain.

By the way. Don't feel sorry for me and these pics. I did this to myself and I will do whatever it takes to undo it.

Cheers!

Margaret