Yep, organizing is still going on in our house.

And I know I’ve written about this great feature The Container Store has,
but I just have to tell you about it again.

Has anyone ever used their “Click and Pickup” feature online???  HEAVEN ON EARTH!!  I swear, more places should have a feature like this.  I don’t necessarily need things delivered to my door, though there are definitely times that that is helpful, (which is why I love Amazon and their super saver shipping). But for the most part, I don’t mind getting out of the house to run errands.  The trouble starts when I have to take the Littles OUT OF THE CAR.  Addie is ok sometimes, but you never know how long she will tolerate a shopping cart before she is either grabbing things off shelves to make herself some lunch or decorate an aisle – or picking out clothes from the racks at Target to get her ownself dressed….and when mom says no more….then it’s “out mama, out mama, out mama…” until I pick her up and carry her on my prego belly while maunevering a shopping cart with sweet Hayden just smiling and eating my clutch….yeah, no thanks…

So back to the point.  Click and Pick up.

If I could order my groceries online and then go through the drive through at the store to have them loaded in my car – I WOULD SO LOVE THAT ! Can you even imagine the errands you could get accomplished???? To place an order online at Home Depot, Target, the Garden Supply, Costco, Babies R Us – you name it – such an easier way to shop!  And it’s not like the stores are getting less business from me not shopping their aisles.  I assure you, I’m NOT lingering and picking up lots of extras – I’m trying to keep 2 Littles from tearing apart your store – therefore shopping as fast as humanly possible!

So on New Years Eve, after we had put the kids to bed and had a nice dinner I started thinking about the 30% off Elfa Sale going on at The Container Store. Which is something everyone needs to take advantage of if you are organizing anything.  Very easy system to use, and customize, and truly, anyone can install it.

When we moved into our house last year, I did our master closet and half of Addie’s closet for her clothes.  I knew that the other half of her closet would be shared with Hayden one day (because silly me thought we might be turning Hay’s room into a guest room this year while we “thought” about when we “might try” again for #3).  I went ahead and installed the back brackets for Hayden’s side, but just installed some older shelves I already had over the brackets to hold supplies, etc for the time being.  My way of trying to be supportive and not spend every dime we had since we were at the end of our remodel.

But now it’s time to move Hayden into the room.  So I wanted to take advantage of the Elfa sale to finish up her closet.  It took me about 15 minutes to measure what I needed.

I popped online, placed an order for the extra pieces, and scheduled a pick up for 9:30 Friday morning (they open at 9A, but I like to give time to correct mistakes if any). Super easy to check to see if it’s available in your area.

The only thing I struggled with was adding in the custom lengths that I needed 2 rods and the shelf to be cut down to, but a quick call the next AM to their 800#, they notified the store and they had it all taken care of.

When I told hubby what I had done he looked confused, “They are open on New Year’s Day”.  OOPS!  I thought I had booked it for the day after New Years, but oh well.

So here is where the really good stuff comes in.  I load both kids in the car at 9:17A on Friday AM so hubby could have a few minutes of “Daddy Man Cave Time”.  I called The Container Store from the car to see if the order was ready:

Container Store – “Yes it is Mrs. Coady, how close are you?”

Me – “I’m getting off at Bear Street now”

Container Store – “What car are you driving”

Me – “Gray Expedition”

Container Store – “We’ll meet you in the back parking lot”

I pulled up at 9:28A and the order was waiting outside, a very nice guy loaded it into my car, said “Happy New Year” and I was back on the road at 9:31A, ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!! I had to think of more errands to run so hubby could have a little more quite time…(we went to see Grams and Gramps).

Moral of the story – The Container Store people ROCK!  And Click and Pick up is THE WAY TO GO to keep our sanity and keep your projects moving.

Hubby installed the peices that afternoon and I cleaned out Addie’s side and made room for Hayden.

(This is Addie’s side of the closet as I have not moved Hayden yet.
The top shelf stretches both sides.
The section between the drawers of each girls side allows for “long hanging things”,
relative to their size obviously!)

I used:
4′ long, 16″ deep ventilated shelves, white – cut to 45″ (4 total)
4′ closet rods, cut to 45″ (4 total)
16″ ventilated shelf brackets, white (6 total)
Closet rod hangers (10 total)
7 runner drawers with mesh drawers (4 total)

You will also need an easy hang top track and easy hang standards,
I installed mine a year ago.

Now if only putting the 2 girls together and sleeping peacefully could be as easy….

I am not affiliated with The Container Store.  They dont have a clue who I am.  Just letting you know about a feature that I find beneficial in running our family.

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