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08-31-2010, 08:24 AM
#41
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I've been recommending this method for months. These containers are great: lightweight and the lids snap tight. If you have the same ones, they stack empty in a small amount of space. There are smaller ones too for things like nuts and yogurt covered raisins (am I giving myself away with that reference?). Anyway . . . good idea.
08-31-2010, 12:02 PM
#44
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It is just DH and I and if I buy a whole head of lettuce or pkg of spinach it usually rots before we can finish. Yes, it may cost a bit more but I buy small quantities from the salad bar. They have plastic containers you can put your salad in and this is what I save and reuse. You pay by the weight and you can even buy them empty if you choose. You just pay the tare weight. Works for me. I feel terrible to throw out food. Just buy what I can use. I live in a small town and go shopping the "European" way. It is all local and I help support my local economy instead of driving 2 hrs. to save a little money.
08-31-2010, 12:10 PM
#45
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Originally Posted by moonrise
I inherited all of my grandmother's (and through her, my great-grandmother's) sewing stuff. On top of the metal cabinets, I bought some of these storage containers from Walmart:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-...of-14/13376573
They're large see-through shoebox-style containers with latching lids, for $2 each (sold in packs of 14).
Not free, but they're cheap and also very tough.
My Granny kept empty Tide boxes, decorated them with contact paper, and used them to hold her patterns. They fit in the boxes perfectly. :mrgreen: She also hung vinyl shoe storage thingies on the back of her sewing room doors (she had 2 sewing rooms), and put stuff like packaged bias tape in the little pockets. It worked great! :thumbup:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-...of-14/13376573
They're large see-through shoebox-style containers with latching lids, for $2 each (sold in packs of 14).
Not free, but they're cheap and also very tough.
My Granny kept empty Tide boxes, decorated them with contact paper, and used them to hold her patterns. They fit in the boxes perfectly. :mrgreen: She also hung vinyl shoe storage thingies on the back of her sewing room doors (she had 2 sewing rooms), and put stuff like packaged bias tape in the little pockets. It worked great! :thumbup:
You're describing lots of GRANDMAS and GREATGRANDMAS out there. They didn't have disposable income . . .like we HAD...so now we must be more like them.
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