Let’s talk about baskets. I love baskets and use them all of the time. I buy them at yard sales and the dollar stores. They are an inexpensive way to store almost everything.

I use the plastic baskets to keep all of the things that are stored underneath my bathroom and kitchen sinks neatly arranged. They come in pretty colors and are easily removed for cleaning under the sinks.

I keep all of my CD’s in a pretty green basket on my sink top right beside my CD player. I have a flat woven basket in my silverware drawer to hold various assorted odds and ends: frozen food knife, can opener and mixer beaters come to mind. Also in my kitchen is a pretty all-colored basket that holds reusable zip-lock bags. I use those bags over and over. Just wash them with the dishes and they are good to go.

In the living room, beside "my chair," is a basket my mother made. It holds scissors, thread, scotch tape and blue jeans patching material. Frank is hard on blue jeans. Right by that basket is another basket shaped like a little house. It holds extra rolls of scotch tape--I use a lot of it. By the phone in the living room are three really nice baskets. One holds "Waste Not, Want Not" materials, one holds envelopes and odds and ends, and one holds recipes. You never know, I might try them some day. One last basket by the couch holds addresses and address labels.

So there you are. Baskets are fun, affordable and very useful. You should try using them yourself.