4th saturday in January

 If it is January, organizing and reorganizing is well under way!

I find it interesting that with the buying and giving mania over, the only thing the stores could come up with to keep us spending is to put out plastic containers and convince us to find new ways to store the too much stuff we already have.  So many things to store. So many sizes, shapes and colors to store the too much stuff we all have in.

I remember  a time when cardboard boxes were saved and called into action for storage. Mostly obtained from the state store (liquor store to you non Pa readers).  Cardboard boxes seemed to be at a premium way back when.  When i think about it, i don't remember having  much stuff to store.  Nor was there a place to store it.

Not too long ago, a friend brought her yet to be used collection of fabulous card board boxes over for me to peruse. I myself moved to plastic years ago when it became evident that mice abound in the country and cardboard was a favorite nesting material for both mice and squirrels. Cardboard? cardboard!!  i brought in my own collection of pretty purple plastic boxes with matching lids to show her i did not need any stinking cardboard boxes.

We laughed till we cried.