Organization

Organization

When you have a family of 6 and live in a 1300 square foot home, organization is KEY.  Caycee and Layla share a bedroom and Layla's clothes are all stored in an armoir Chance has converted into a wardrobe.  It's worked for years, but now her shoes have overrun the bottom, thanks to two of my best girlfriends who hand down clothes their girls have grown out of to Layla.  We are SO FORTUNATE to have had a girl right at one and two years behind Sarah and Heather!  Here's how shoes were stored before:

A royal mess. With all of her dresses getting longer, we were losing space, so I made a quick trip to our local Family Dollar and picked up one of these:

It's black canvas, hangs on three hooks over the door, and makes me wonder if my head's been up my ass for the last two years because I why else would it have taken me so long to figure this out?  Now they're all in one place, and out of the way:

But why stop there? I picked up an extra one because my scarf situation was quite a mess as well.  Some were on hangers in my closet, some on hooks on the back of the door; all a disaster:

Now they're rolled up neatly and all in one place:

So until we buy a bigger house, re-purposing space will be my new hobby.

xoxo

Lauren

An eBay snafu gone RIGHT!

My favorite Jessica Simpson heels finally bit the dust.  Right where the ball of my foot sits on the bottom, they snapped.  I shouldn't be upset, I've had them for 6, maybe 7 years.

To ease my broken heart, I looked on eBay to see if I could find the exact pair, knowing it was a stretch.  I didn't find them, but i DID find that there are some AWESOME shoes to be had! I have no idea why women would choose to let these babies go; maybe they were a gift, or bought on a whim and never worn, who knows? Their loss is my gain and I didn't ask questions, just bid on every pair I could! Guess how many I won? ALMOST ALL OF THEM.  Whoops.  

Here are the ones that have come in in the last three days:

Dont y'all know my mail carrier must hate my guts? Keep in mind, I bid on 11 or 12 pairs and some auctions are still going, plus some are still being delivered, this is just what I've received so far.

These Nine West wedges were New, IN THE BOX, and I paid $5 for them.

These leopard beauties are Steve Madden, new with box AND TAG were scored for $9.99.

These Dolce Vita wedges were not new, but are still in perfect condition, $169.00 price sticker still intact on the bottom. Guess what I paid for them? TWO AMERICAN DOLLARS. Not kidding.

Jessica Simpson wedges, second most comfortable pair I've ever had on my feet. (Behind the leopard Steve Maddens, above). $8.99. Brand new, no box but not a speck of dirt and the holes in the buckles have never been punctured on the left shoe. CRAZINESS.

Another pair of Jessica Simpsons, without box and a bit crumpled during shipping, $5.00

Lastly, these sex on a platform Jessica Simpsons, brand new in original packaging, $9.99.

Of course, I had to pay shipping on all of them, and it was more than the shoes themselves each time but that's a part of life, and still didn't make them more than $20 a pair once it all averaged out.

Chance's first question was "Are they all real?" Hahaha.  If someone takes the time to replicate fabulous, inexpensive shoe lines, more power to them.  I love that my talks of The Label Loop have affected his thinking.  God love him.

So, moral of the story; the next time you're jonesing for some good quality shoes but don't have time to shop all over town or a few hundred dollars laying around in a shoe fund, check eBay! you never know what is currently being cast off!

xoxo

Lauren