So Shelly over at the Coupon Teacher, is doing a series on taming your stockpile. It made me think about my own stockpile.
My food stockpile is nicely organized and neat. I recently donated several boxes of food, so I am not overflowing with food.
However, my toiletry stockpile, is a big ole hot mess. I have been really lazy about organizing it. I haven’t made any donations lately. So I am going to out myself. Then, I am going to lead by example. I plan on cleaning it up again.
Here is my big pile of stuff:
Yes, my books are mixed in with my toiletries. Totally shameful. I clearly need to take the time to organize this mess. If you have a food stockpile that is out of control, you can check out Shelly’s series here.
If you have an-out-of-control stockpile, you have a chance to win! One lucky FTM reader will win a $500 Gift Card to One Kings Lane, to purchase some organizing tools or to just splurge on something nice!
So here is how this will work-
To enter the giveaway readers must email a photograph of their “cluttered” stockpile to admin@forthemommas.com. Five finalists will be chosen at random, using a random winner selector. The five finalists photos will be featured on the FTM blog. Readers will vote for the stockpile that needs the most help!
This giveaway is now closed. You may enter the latest giveaways here.
Peter G says
My stockpile is “slightly” out of control. I love to try new things and just keep adding to the pile.
Alison says
My stockpile is out of control. I went to Bed, Bath and Beyond and got one under the bed box. Yeah right, that isn’t going to do it so I went back and got another two to try to be more realistic. I filled them all and have them all organized but I have other stuff just stuck under the bed because there isn’t room for another box. Do you think that the gift card would help get a new house with a linen closet? It was on my list to pull out the rest of the stuff under the bed to see what I can do with it because my 2 year old keeps pointing out that I need to do something with it by trying to squirt soap all over the floor. Message received- get mess together :) Thanks for the motivation! Pictures first, organization second!
kat amber says
i have mine mostly together in 2 spots, lol, we just moved so im sure there is stuff still lurking somewhere
amber jackson says
My stok pile has taken over under the bathroom sink and into the bedroom :(
Amy says
Wish you had done this before the end of the year…I gave all mine away for a year-end tax deduction. It was crazy enough to qualify before then though.
Shannon says
@Amy,
thats great that you gave it away — the point of this is to motivate everyone to get organized for 2011 and it sounds like you are already there and don’t need motivation :)
michele says
I love the idea of organizing our freebies.
Abby says
You can find the Olay UPCs on the Olay web site (if it’s the same product, it will have the same UPC), or if that fails, look at a bottle in the store.
Rebekah says
My photos are being taken now! Our stockpile is in the basement, the upstairs linen closet, my bedroom floor, my bookcases, the kitchen cabinets and the trunk of my car. Pretty sure that would count!
Katie says
I wish I could show how spread out my stockpile is. My house has no great storage so my stuff is spread out all over the place–cereal over my washer & dryer, 1/2 of my toiletries (boy deodorant, razors, etc) in one bathroom, 1/2 in the upstairs bathroom (girl deodorant, toothbrushes, etc), stuff under my kitchen sink… I try to keep it all hidden and out of sight, I’m scared that I’m going to find somehting 5 years from now that I forgot about. :P
Tanesha E. says
I have a question. The question is all of my stock pile is in cardboard boxes will that count as an entry? Or does it have to be seen like your? On shelves? I have no where to store my stock pile that’s why it’s in boxes.
Thanks,
Tanesha
Shannon says
@Tanesha E.,
Cardboard boxes is perfect :)
Corrina H. says
I wish I had taken a picture before I organized last week. Maybe I can mess it up again…lol
DanielleCorrelle says
Ha…my stockpile is a disorganized mess at the moment. I have my stockpile in two different places, garage is for most foodstuffs and cleaning supplies and upstairs is toiletries/etc. Can I submit both pictures in one email or just one or the other?
Shannon says
Just send them together.
DanielleCorrelle says
@Shannon, Whoops, I sent before I saw this. I’ll re-send with all of my pictures together. I do apologize.
Sharon says
How did you know that my goal this month was to get my stockpile under control???? :)
lynn @ Maven of Savin says
OH – my hubs just made me pack up my stockpile for the move!! I will have to look for a BEFORE pic! What a great giveaway!
Shelly @ Coupon Teacher says
I hope I am eligible to win too! I have been really working hard to Tame my Stockpile, but it is still messy!
Shannon says
@Shelly @ Coupon Teacher,
He he Shelly, gonna have to exclude you :P
Amber Elliott says
I’m also loving that you’re a Twihard! LOL
Shannon says
@Amber Elliott,
YEAP. He he..
trish says
HELP! I gave away a Ton of stuff in my stockpile and forgot to write down the upc for the olay bodywash in the tan bottle……i need the upc for the rebate!!! I think its called total effects, i cant tell on my walgreens receipt!
Bonnie Stone says
I LOVE this idea. I have to gather all my toiletry stockpile items together so they can be in one picture. Right now they are strewn about the house still in the (mostly) RiteAid bags…totally unusable!
Kelly Grant says
I see your I Twi-hard too :)
Shannon says
@Kelly Grant,
Yeap, my secret is out.